Yesterday i went to check on my 5 month old corn to find out he had pulled a houdini out of his enclosure. I sifted through his bedding, made sure to check over his tank mutiple times but he was gone.
The last time.i had handled him was 2 days before yesterday so he could have escaped 3 days ago. He had a wire top lid on the tank with clips to secure the lid and i always just rest a dome light ontop of the lid just for extra weight. I inspected the tank and have no idea how he managed to escape. There are no gaps or spaces i can see him.firrting through and i never leave the lid off and withought the lock clips.
So his tank was on a dresser about 4ft off the ground. Nothing near the dresser he could reach so he must've fell off when he escaped? Yesterday i had spent 12 hours doing a full search of every nook and space. I searched everything in the room first..had opened my dresser unfolded all clothes, infevestigated tight spaces and everywhere i could think of. Because my bedroom door has a gap underneath large enough for him to fit under i expanded my search to the other bedrooms and bathrooms. No luck so i invetigates the downstairs..keeping in mind they like dark small spaces and warm spaces such as power bars, heaters etc.
I had left his enclosure on my bedroom floor with the under tank heater running hoping he would return to a familiar habitat that has many hides. But no luck with that. Last night i had sat in my room in the dark and quiet too see if he would show up but no sightings.
Im very worried i may never find him. I was reading tips such as laying flour on the floor to see if he moves but the entire upstairs is carpet so i cant do that.
Idk if leaving out some bait traps would work because he had eaten a fuzzie 5 days prior to his escape.
Im wondering if anyone has any help tips? would a corn snake go down a flight of stairs that are wide out in the open? And what would his survival be like? He has eaten, he weighed 28 grams and was about 2 feet long and as wide as my pinky finger. Should i wait to put a fuzzie in a bait box? Because he ate? And how long before the fuzzie would smell unappealing to a snake?
And one more thing to note. The outside temps have dropped after a heatwave and the air conditioner is off. The house drops to about 70 at night. During the day depending on the part of the house its around 76. Im worried this is cold for him and could make him sluggish that he wont move around from wherever hes hiding.
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The last time.i had handled him was 2 days before yesterday so he could have escaped 3 days ago. He had a wire top lid on the tank with clips to secure the lid and i always just rest a dome light ontop of the lid just for extra weight. I inspected the tank and have no idea how he managed to escape. There are no gaps or spaces i can see him.firrting through and i never leave the lid off and withought the lock clips.
So his tank was on a dresser about 4ft off the ground. Nothing near the dresser he could reach so he must've fell off when he escaped? Yesterday i had spent 12 hours doing a full search of every nook and space. I searched everything in the room first..had opened my dresser unfolded all clothes, infevestigated tight spaces and everywhere i could think of. Because my bedroom door has a gap underneath large enough for him to fit under i expanded my search to the other bedrooms and bathrooms. No luck so i invetigates the downstairs..keeping in mind they like dark small spaces and warm spaces such as power bars, heaters etc.
I had left his enclosure on my bedroom floor with the under tank heater running hoping he would return to a familiar habitat that has many hides. But no luck with that. Last night i had sat in my room in the dark and quiet too see if he would show up but no sightings.
Im very worried i may never find him. I was reading tips such as laying flour on the floor to see if he moves but the entire upstairs is carpet so i cant do that.
Idk if leaving out some bait traps would work because he had eaten a fuzzie 5 days prior to his escape.
Im wondering if anyone has any help tips? would a corn snake go down a flight of stairs that are wide out in the open? And what would his survival be like? He has eaten, he weighed 28 grams and was about 2 feet long and as wide as my pinky finger. Should i wait to put a fuzzie in a bait box? Because he ate? And how long before the fuzzie would smell unappealing to a snake?
And one more thing to note. The outside temps have dropped after a heatwave and the air conditioner is off. The house drops to about 70 at night. During the day depending on the part of the house its around 76. Im worried this is cold for him and could make him sluggish that he wont move around from wherever hes hiding.
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