Corn on the loose!

[Zephyr]

Well... Today was feeding day for the corns.
I generally leave them on the living room floor and have my ma watch them while they eat. Apparently, she went to the bathroom while I was in the basement, so now we have a missing corn on the loose. x.x
We couldn't have left them alone for 5 minutes. We've cut open the furniture in the living room but nothing. I've checked up and down, no sign. I'm willing to go to the endth degree to find this snake. She has a mouse in her so food isn't an issue. My friend suggested putting a few strips of tape on the floor to snag her if she moves about. Will this work? Will leaving out a dead mouse attract her? Obviously she's not gonna be interested in food for a bit, but is it worth a shot?

[Stefan-A]

As always, I advise against using tape. It has the potential to cause serious injury.

Food might work, but I'd imagine it's less likely than usual.

[Zephyr]

I've suggested the flour/sand trick, we're gonna see how we could try to make that work, seeing as we have carpeting. x.x

[drache]

I've suggested the flour/sand trick, we're gonna see how we could try to make that work, seeing as we have carpeting. x.x
use a sifter and spread a fairly even coat, thick enough that you can track in it with your finger
do not use the tape - the potential for fatal injury is too great
good luck
and when you're looking, don't forget to look up

[reptile3]

Hope you find her!! * I found my bp in my sons toybox *:rolleyes:

[olive oil]

Seems like you have a pretty good mom!
Mine would have never let me keep a snake let only cut up the furniture. :D
Hope you find it.

[guidofatherof5]

Hope you find her soon.

[adamanteus]

Obviously she's not gonna be interested in food for a bit, but is it worth a shot?

Water will always be attractive, Kyle, especially in the relatively dry environment of a house.
Dish of water, hide, and a heat source...... and loads of patience. Good luck.

[Zephyr]

I'll try the water dish. I have a pretty big one I use for the outdoor pen; should I put it in the living room or near the dog's food/water dish?

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

in my room when i lost a milk i covered the carpeted room with newspaper put 5 water bowls out covered around the water bowls with flour and blanketed off the room. i found a track leading to the closet and i found her.

[infernalis]

Good luck Kyle..

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/chair.jpg

[Zephyr]

I have an odd feeling she's in the springs of the couch...

[infernalis]

OH be careful there.

Cy our Amel corn got out once, he was wound up fairly good in the folding part of our sofa bed couch.

Dorothy almost folded it out, I said lets flip it first, and presto there he was.

The way he was wrapped up in there, it would have cut him in half if we folded it out!

[Jack Neary]

Kyle,
Put a light on the floor (make sure it can not burn the carpeting or start a fire) place a towel near the light.
I lost my Eastern Male, Climber, twice now and he always came back to the light I left on the floor of my basement in the middle of the night!

My famous last thoughts when I lost Climber twice and my one Puget...
"I only left the top to the Viv open for a couple of minutes to go get.... water/worms/pinkies/etc........"

Fotuniately, I found both snakes when they went "AWOL" 3 times! I am still in the dog house about not being able to vacuum up all the damn Pillsbury flour I spread carefully (looks kike I used a shovel:D) around my basement floor.

Here's some good advice.... "Think like your Corn snake" "Where would I go first to hide"?

Good Luck!
Jack

[infernalis]

Once when my Pueblan milk got loose once, I tried thinking like a snake, we tore up the place ground level...

He was six feet up on a shelf!

I noticed a bottle of copier toner laying on the floor, it belonged on the shelf, so I moved the other bottles out of the way, and he was hiding behind them.

Thankfully the rep room is escape proof, so even if they get out of the cage, they cannot leave the room.

[Zephyr]

Day two.
Still no sign. We ripped open the couch and everything in the living room. I set out a water dish and flour "traps." We moved the fridge and checked the kitchen and hallway closets. I checked my room; nothing.
Tonight I'll be setting packing tape traps. It worked with my parietalis; It's my best shot for now.

[guidofatherof5]

Check the tape often. Tape can cause some serious injury.

[Zephyr]

The dog gets let out at 2 AM, my parents are up at 5 in the morning, my mom's home all day, and I get home at 2:30. There are only two small time gaps where the traps couldn't be checked, and at this point I'm a little desperate.

[guidofatherof5]

I had a Thread called "Lost snake trap" Sorry, I don't know how to link you to it. Maybe it will help.

[infernalis]

Here you go Steve

http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/general-talk/4368-lost-snake-trap.html

[NetBSD]

i would never use tape, my BP got stuck to a small piece once and i had a hell of a time calming him down to remove it, think a cat with tin foil on its paws. keep up the flower traps.

another thing that might work is one of those minnow traps, the ones with cone shaped ends. i dunno if this will work with a snake but it might be worth a shot

[guidofatherof5]

Thanks, Wayne. PM me some instructions on how to do that. Then, I may get closer to being as smart as you:rolleyes:

[infernalis]

Thanks, Wayne. PM me some instructions on how to do that. Then, I may get closer to being as smart as you:rolleyes:


Steve, I have been asked this same question before, So I think I will launch a thread on the site forum instead, that way everyone here who has difficulty can get the idea.:)

[guidofatherof5]

What a wonderful idea. Then we'll all be smarter! Our Hero. Thanks Wayne.

[reptile3]

What a wonderful idea. Then we'll all be smarter! Our Hero. Thanks Wayne.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/reptile3/images/Superman.jpg

[infernalis]

Thanks guys, I'm blushing right now....

So here it is, let me know what you think...

http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/site-feedback-suggestions-questions/4652-how-make-most-forum.html

[Blue]

I agree with another of the posts, don't forget to look up! Try putting out a towel or some other type of hiding place, and vacuum your rug. Snakes don't like vibration, and may be encouraged to leave their current hiding place when bothered. Can they get out? Check under rocks!

Good Luck!

[Zephyr]

Well guys, I've seen it all now.

I was down in my basement procrastinating on the computer yesterday and had to print something. When I clicked print, it started to print, but it said the cartridge was jammed. I checked the back and all I saw was a piece of paper, so I pulled it out.
I clicked print again. Still no go. So I called my dad to come and fix the printer, he opened it up, and there was my corn snake wrapped around the toner cartridge, alive and well.

She hasn't lost a lot of weight, she was very thirsty though. I got her to eat 3 pinks today, so I'm confident she'll recover.

So to anyone missing snakes, don't ever give up! :P

[Stefan-A]

Good news, then. :)

[drache]

wow - congrats
great news

[Snake lover 3-25]

wow that's awesome! congrats!!!:D

[anji1971]

That's great news! Guess you just never know where they'll show up.......:)