im sorry james

[Scaley.Jade]

went into the viv last night to feed my little ones found tiddles who hadnt eaten with me before and she ate well
then went to find ketu we had the normal palava of emptying the whole viv but this time it was different she never poked her head out i emptied the whole viv substrate and all but shes gone

i have no idea how as all holes even tiny ones we blocked up when i kept getting paranoid

im really sorry james

[infernalis]

That sucks, Hope your wee tot shows up soon.

Time to start searching.

[olive oil]

So sorry you lost one of your little ones. Bummer

[drache]

don't think of the baby as lost just yet
lots of us have had snakes escape and many do turn back up

[infernalis]

Heck Rhea, I even had one turn up before I ever noticed it was gone..

On multiple occasions

[Sid]

Hope the little one turns up soon. In the mean time here's a link that may help[ you locate the little guy. http://www.thamnophis.com/caresheets...g_a_Lost_Snake

[Sputnik]

I would be tempted to just replace everything as quickly as you can... as you said, they are so tiny it's easy for them to hide in unbelievable small spaces and your little snake might still be hiding in the equipment.
One tip to stop future escapes James gave me last year, which has been incredibly useful, was to stretch a piece of net curtain over the top of the starter tank, if that's what you're using. Just make sure it is completely tight and trapped underneath the lid.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

She is using one of those exo terra terrariums... which I failed to mention before (and I apologize for not having done so) that I used one myself until the two amelanistic radiated rat snake babies I had in there dissapeared. I never found either of them That tanks sits in my basement un-used until this day. My advice would be to keep them in a smaller tank until they are large enough to where thres no way they will be able to fit through the grooves in that black part that lines the doors at the front. That's where they get out even though it does not look passable.

I really hope your baby turns up soon, don't give up hope! I too have had a snake turn up before I even knew it was missing.

[reptile3]

Jade, I hope you find your little one. Aundrea lost swiper a few weeks ago...
found him the very next day!!

I lost my BALL PYTHON!! ha ha I went on vacation, after 3 days of me being gone. My bp must have missed me. I had my neighbor watch the house & take care of the many pets. I didn't at the time have latch locks. Well he got out, & my neighbor had a search party(all my neighbors I know, were over) looking.

I came home a week later, at night, I looked & searched for him. Next day, was on the phone with neighbor.. & I realized, one more time check my sons toy box in the bonusroom. GUESS who I found all curled up at the bottom??
He was cold, mad(he hisses) & he was in the shedding process.

I NOW have latch hooks....

[Scaley.Jade]

gutted just wouldnt be the right word