Maria Has Escaped

[katach]

Went to clean the water dish and realized I hadn't seen Maria yet today. Did a head count and no Maria. I have no idea when she got out or which direction she would have headed . I put her tank on the ground on it's side with her water dish available and the heating pad under it. Hopefully she will show up soon, I think she is due to shed, plus it's almost food day.

[guidofatherof5]

Darn.
Keep us posted.

[katach]

Is there anything else I can do but watch and wait? I looked under the couch, fridge, oven, and bed. I looked behind the tvs and around the baseboard heaters. Our place is small.

[Invisible Snake]

Unfortunately I don't think there is much you can do, usually when a snake escapes they look for dark warm places. I hope you find her soon.

[katach]

Ok, this may seem awful, but I put a frog in a container with very tiny holes all over it in the enclosure on the floor to try and entice her out. The container is one we saved from buying crickets. Hopefully this works. Sorry to anyone if this seems cruel to the frog. I guarantee the safety of the frog.

[chris-uk]

I'd happily use food to try to get an escaped snake back into the fold.

Unfortunately in our house, what the snakes call food the cat does too, so the bait would attract the cat... Not to mention that the cat would consider the escapee to be either food or a toy. I'm paranoid about another escape (we've only had one and found her). My plan if we have another escape is to spray fishy water around the likely hiding places, I have old nasal sprays that I clean out and use for misting and figure that using water that has had trout in it would fill the air with fishy smells.

Hope you find Maria soon.

[mark cope]

would this help?
Lost a snake? Wanna know how to make a trap? - Reptile Forums
It would stop other pets from getting to food
Mark

[Stefan-A]

would this help?
Lost a snake? Wanna know how to make a trap? - Reptile Forums
It would stop other pets from getting to food
Mark

Has anyone, ever, caught an escaped snake with a trap of any kind? I can't remember.

[mikem]

Just keep looking! She's gotta pop out eventually. Sounds like you've already got a good plan in action!

[katach]

Thanks. I'm glad we don't have any other pets. I don't have to worry about her getting eaten by a cat or dog. I guess we'll just have to be patient. I just hope she sheds ok. As far as the trap goes, I don't think I would want to risk using all that tape, but it looks like a good theory.