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/urge...ost-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.