vanishing garter..

[orangepenguin]

hey guys new to the forum... just a quick question... where do garters tend to hide when they escape?!

i have recently just upgraded my snake into a bigger viv with lovely new decor etc he was in there for less than 24 hours and now hes gone.. with out a trace. ive turned my room upside down looking for him but he is nowhere to be seen. he hasnt eaten for the past 3-4 weeks either so on top of worrying about that im now worrying where the heck he is!

this is the first time hes escaped (altho i have no idea how he has... as its a v secure viv).. but im also thinking coincidental as i have just had a new guy move into my house who is scared ****less of snakes........

now im not one to pass judgements but my snake is nowhere to be seen.. and im pretty sure he cant get under the door...

help!?
steph x

[Tyrel26]

well as i posted a couple days ago I too lost a snake, I placed a straw beach mat along the wall in the room where the snake was kept (snakes tend to follow walls) and in 3 days (after looking under the mat 2-3 times a day everyday) there she was, all curled up under the mat.

I too took every single item out of that room but found no trace of her that way

Goodluck!

[orangepenguin]

ive looked round the edges... ill try ur trick tho i got a nice big cardboard tube he might go into...

u dnt think it could get under a door do u? the doors definatley been shut as its a fire door n the gaps pretty small.. hmmmmmm

[Tyrel26]

i plugged the space under the door with rags, just in case the snake was still there

[guidofatherof5]

They tend to stay along walls.

[ConcinusMan]

I rarely find them by looking for them. If they've only been missing a short time, sometimes I find them under or behind furniture along the walls.

Most of the time, they just show up one day unexpectedly, out in the open, days or weeks later.

If you have no idea how he escaped, and yet claim the viv is secure, then it's obvious that it is not secure. All to often there are aspects to the enclosure that can facilitate escape, and people overlook those aspects or underestimate the capability of snakes. For example, they can get up glass walls taller than themselves, and they can push and prod with surprising strength, say, on a screen top or sliding door, allowing just enough gap to squeeze through.

Plugging a gap under a door with rags is like trying to damn the Mississippi river with a mud wall.

Not trying to sound critical, I'm just saying many escape stories have been told by people claiming the enclosure is secure and even experienced "impossible" escapes myself. There is always something that has been overlooked. They don't just magically disappear.

Good luck. Hope you find your snake.

[Tyrel26]

Quote "Plugging a gap under a door with rags is like trying to damn the Mississippi river with a mud wall"

I pushed the rags in with a screwdriver, and it worked for me. If you are really concerned about your snake leaving the room (as I was cause I have cats) its worth a try.

[mustang]

holy crud yours is like checker (his middle name is hudini guess why?) put a warm object (turned on radio ,litle heat pad , charging laptop,ect) in rooms he might reappear near em....in major hall ways put strips of tape (loosly) so in morning if it went by youd see the tape would be curved wher he drug it. (or is sticks to it if you dont do it right but then all you have to do is follow trail of missing tape and give him a bath once you find him and the tape should come right off) good luck!(checker compleatly dissapeared once we cleared out my room (furniture and all) checked everywhere then put stuff back in and blocked doo with towel....he appeared on my radio warming up the next morning just outa the blue)

[ConcinusMan]

Yeah, those sneaky snakes. Even in an unnatural environment, they are the masters at disappearing right under your nose. If a snake just got out minutes ago, I'll look. Other than that, I don't bother. Too much effort and little results. I just wait for them to surface one day in the open. Usually happens from a few days to a few weeks later.

[infernalis]

Yeah, those sneaky snakes. Even in an unnatural environment, they are the masters at disappearing right under your nose. If a snake just got out minutes ago, I'll look. Other than that, I don't bother. Too much effort and little results. I just wait for them to surface one day in the open. Usually happens from a few days to a few weeks later.

Had one show up on the kitchen counter before, found them inside furniture, piles of cloths, in baskets, hampers, under appliances... all potential hiding spots.