Freya escaped - Mea culpa!

[jenkva]

I didn't really want to post this because I feel very very very very (....) stupid and sad and worried since Monday morning.

My little adorable cute beautiful mellow Freya has escaped on Sunday night
I wasn't feeling well at all and was spot cleaning her cage, I was putting things away and forgot to close her cage. I even went to see how my two babes were doing before going to be (as you do) and I thought "oh well, she must be hiding under the substrate", I didn't even noticed that the glass doors were opened!!!
:headbang:
I am feelling a bit better now with the help of a lot of medicine but I feel so so very stupid for doing this. Is there any medication for stupidity?

I have flour on the floor since Monday morning, boxes with moist substrate in strategic places, I have moved furniture's, followed my cats each time they were sniffing something (yes, I have cats.... oh my lord, this is so scary!)

I am kicking myself so hard for doing this because I am not an immature person, I think of things and about things and I am rational but right now it is all sinking down on me, I love her so much.. ARGHHHH!

Anyway, enough ranting, I am going to try to be strong.

Thank you all for listening.

Vanina

 

[Roy Munson]

Crap happens, 'Nina. You're only human. I really hope you find her.

 

[jenkva]

Thanks Dean, it is appreciated

 

[JenC]

Lay strips of masking tape or scotch tape down.

Im so sorry hun I really hope you find her!

 

[ghosthousecorns]

Sorry she got away, I hope you find her.

 

[desertanimal]

Sorry about that. Hope you find her. I'm a complete waste of a human body when I'm sick. I don't know where my brain goes, but I can't do a thing to get it back. I could easily do exactly the same thing. Don't beat yourself up too much about it.

 

[SnakeAround]

I would be reluctant to use any kind of tape.... but maybe a small risk at loosing some scales is worth saving her from having to room around for a long time.

By the way; I guess you will, but did you provide water in every room she can be? Also drinking bowls would be a good place to put flower around...

Good luck, we keep in touch as you know!

 

[jenkva]

Thank you so much all of you for your kind words and suggestions.

@ desertanimal; glad to hear that I am not the only one
@ Blutengel; thanks B, will try that (yes, have put water on the floor)

 

[titus]

Try placing a heat mat with a hide on the foor in the room, with a nice mouse on top. Haven't needed to try myself but some have had luck.

 

[jenkva]

@ Titus; It would be a good idea in the winter but today we had over 35 degrees over here (you sweat by just sitting still) so I don't think she would be looking for a warm hide but more a cool one but I have put hides with substrate on the floor for her

@ Blutengel; have put more bowls on the floor now and the floor looks like I am trying to bake a cake but forgot all the other ingredients

 

[SnakeAround]

:rofl: Though it is not really appropriate to laugh now.... but you know me, not laughing about the situation.

 

[jenkva]

:rofl: Though it is not really appropriate to laugh now.... but you know me, not laughing about the situation.

No worries, it did not make me loose my sense of humour
Question: do you think she would have been able to go up the ladder in the snake room?? I think should could have but I hope not!

 

[Candachan]

Corns are pretty sneaky when they want to be, I'd look every possible place, even some impossible ones!

Hope you find her!

 

[SnakeAround]

No worries, it did not make me loose my sense of humour
Question: do you think she would have been able to go up the ladder in the snake room?? I think should could have but I hope not!

Why don't you hope so? That space the ladded is going to, is smaller then the room! But I doubt it.... why would it attract her? Corns are not typical aerborial.

 

[~slither~]

I lost my snake for 3 days once, but luckily found her just before it was too late, she was in my back garden! I've read about people having snakes missing for weeks and even months and they eventually stumble upon them in the least likely of places.
Hope you find her sooner rather than later, and good luck!

 

[jenkva]

Happy Happy 'Nina!

She is back ... YAY ... !

I got home yesterday and found a very serious husband in front of the door telling me "well, you have a lot of flour to hoover now"
:roflmao:
She was hiding amongst the books in the furniture where the vivs are on and I did look there yesterday morning... sneaky snakey.

I am so so so so ... happy! :crazy02:

And she is shedding as well, eyes totally blue but her body almost looks pink... funny
I have included pics of the happy reunion


@ ~slither~ : Is your avatar from "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"??

 

[jenkva]

oh, I forgot the say, the second pic is to show that she almost looks pink

 

[~slither~]

Yes it is, what a face eh?

 

[SnakeAround]

Happy dance, happy dance....

I knew she would be pretty close to her viv... she probably just slithered away from you when you checked the books... They are sneaky indeed! And thinking you took whole of your house up and down to find her :rofl: just kidding, I felt evenly 'silly' when my b/fr found Blutengel some time ago hanging on the wirring of his viv while I searched whole the house for him! It is really mysterious where they hang out if you are looking for them around their vivs immediately after you find out they get lost. Or would they all return to their vivs eventually? Guess not...

 

[aiden_punx]

Congrtas on finding her.