Lost baby pudget

[i of the storm]

Well, it has happened to us as well. My older daughter found our baby red-sided in our master bathroom staring at the bathroom scale two nights ago. This led to the discovery of the lid of the snake cage (a 10 gal aquarium with a screen top) in my younger daughter's room being ajar.

The redsided is quite a bit more active than the pudget and the pudget is more likely to hole up some where. Probably still upstairs. On each of the 3 bedroom floors, I have placed a glass bowl, containing a minnow in water, and a desk lamp over it. so far no luck. Next step is to lower the house temp a bit, probably when we go away tor 2 days for Thanksgiving.

Hows that sound?

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

hmm well how large is it?, if its to small it might be dead by the time you get back, and lowering temps might activate brumation mode so idk

[zooplan]

Garters also climb up to search for a nice hide, so check the shelves and similar around.
Baby snakes can dry out during very few days!
So when it is wandering, the bathroom will be worth a second and thrid look.

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

i once lost a very little baby garter snake when i was like 9 and i thought it would be dehydrated and dead but then one day we found him soaking himself in the cats waterbowl :)

[Cazador]

Hows that sound?

Sounds like a bummer, but it also sounds like you have things under control. Just in case you haven't seen this thread, it's worth a look (http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/urgent-care/2056-lost-radix.html). Some neat ideas for finding escapees there.

Rick

[enigma200316]

hope you find your snake soon, good luck.............

[Lori P]

Oh, I'm so sorry... sending you lots of luck and please keep us posted.

[drache]

keeping my fingers crossed for you
when they're that little, they're harder to find and more fragile too
good luck

[anji1971]

Best wishes for finding the baby safe and sound. Keep us posted!:)

[RZL36]

I still have not found my baby radix, I wish you better luck than I have had.

[i of the storm]

Thanks for all the good luck wishes. I'll put water & fish in the two bathrooms as well. The house is about 70*F. I keep looking at the heat vents wondering if a snake would venture into such a place, and if it did how I would know and how I would get it out.:confused:

[adamanteus]

Good luck finding the missing snake.

[i of the storm]

My wife called, and one of the fish is missing. The bowl is on carpeted floor so if the fish just jumped out, I'd suspect it to be dried up nearby, which it isn't. My family is searching the room now.

[adamanteus]

Sounds promising! Good luck and keep us posted.

[garterchick]

that sounds primising, good luck with the search.

[i of the storm]

snake found! ...while going after another bowl of fish, in another room than before, even though that room was sealed with a towel. Like someone said, you only find them when you are not looking for them, and there they are right out in the open. Thanks for everyones help and best of luck to you, RZL36.

[CrazyHedgehog]

woohoo happy ending!

[adamanteus]

Great news! Glad to hear it worked out well!

[anji1971]

YAY!! another AWOL snaky rounded up! Congrats!:)

[Cazador]

J,

What a relief! I know you were smiling from ear to ear once you had it in your hands. Many contratulations :D

Rick

[Lori P]

WONDERFUL!!! Love happy endings!!!! Now how about more pics, since we all loved yours so much?? :-)

[Sid]

Congrat's on finding the lost baby.:D

[Snaky]

Great that you found it again!

[drache]

congrats
I'm so glad you found the baby
whew!

[enigma200316]

Congrats, glad it ended happy for you............:)

[Odie]

Woohoo, Doing the happy dance :)