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Snake Escape..
- Thread starter BlueDolphins
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medusacoils
Mr. Enigma!
I realize that life gets in the way sometimes, but that shouldn't be an excuse for not taking care of your snake. Everyone has a minute. The only time you don't is when you are not home. Sorry to come down hard, but I have heard this a lot from people who have had their emaciated dog or cat taken away from them, because they had neglected them. "I didn't have time for them." is a common excuse! Really?? Did you have time to shower, smoke a cigarette, watch the tube, send a text message, chat on the phone, or poop? What about water? Did you have time for that? I know you have other responsibilities, but a pet is a major one and if you can't handle it, find or hire a temporary caretaker. I don't deal in excuses, when it comes to pets. I have heard too many!
Now that I have gotten my little chastise out of the way. It sounds like you have set up everything you can to find the little snake. I recently lost a snake so I can relate. My circumstances were completely different, but I can completely understand, what you are feeling. Set up the traps. Try to set up tape traps, even thought you have other pets that may get caught up in them. You never know, you could catch the right one. Try running them behind the couch or dresser where your other pets can't get at them. Check in small warm spaces. Try putting a feeder pinkie in the bottle trap.
Some time's these little guys turn up a while later. When you least expect it. So don't give up hope.
Good Luck,
Wayne
Now that I have gotten my little chastise out of the way. It sounds like you have set up everything you can to find the little snake. I recently lost a snake so I can relate. My circumstances were completely different, but I can completely understand, what you are feeling. Set up the traps. Try to set up tape traps, even thought you have other pets that may get caught up in them. You never know, you could catch the right one. Try running them behind the couch or dresser where your other pets can't get at them. Check in small warm spaces. Try putting a feeder pinkie in the bottle trap.
Some time's these little guys turn up a while later. When you least expect it. So don't give up hope.
Good Luck,
Wayne
Chris Olson
Evolved from Eukaryotes
"Last I saw him in his cage was nearly month ago,"
Do you clean it's enclosure? Give it water? If this is the best care you can offer it, find a different hobby.
Chris O
Do you clean it's enclosure? Give it water? If this is the best care you can offer it, find a different hobby.
Chris O
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Chris Olson
Evolved from Eukaryotes
No one is assuming. Read your post. That is what you gave us. Look, I'm not here to tell you how to fix the problem, just that there is one. You said you hadn't seen the animal is a month. I have 300 snakes and I can tell you I've seen everyone of them this weekend.
Chris O
airenlow
hope is not a strategy
I have 4 mouse/bug catching cats who have managed to get ahold of other loose pets, aka my frog.
So, the killer cats got the frog bad enough to make a sad face but it was actually perfectly fine...got it!
Chris Olson
Evolved from Eukaryotes
You know that it's healthy and doing fine....but you have no idea where it is? Sounds like you're on top of it. If you're pets are too much for you to handle you shouldn't have them. Stop making excuses. It is or it isn't. You're talking out both sides of your mouth. If I had more on my plate than I could manage to do well, I would start setting some priorities. Good luck getting your big-boy/girl work done and keeping your animals alive.
Chris O
chia44
Milksnaker Imposterating!
The whole situation here is unfortunate, and I hope that you do stop in and see this, Jenn. Its really hard for people to give advice on a situation like this without being a little critical. You did very few things wrong, but there are some very die-hard snake keepers here who have a different idea of the level of care they think is appropriate.
We have all been there, that time in our life when we wish the days had twice as many hours. Its hard to manage our time, and the last thing we want to do is to give up/give away our pets.
I'm certain nobody wants you to leave, or to take things personally, they just want to council so that we can all use this site to be better caretakers for our little legless friends.
If you do come back and check this out, my 2 cents is that you are doing the right thing, and keep doing it. Good luck finding your hondo, they are very attractive snakes.
We have all been there, that time in our life when we wish the days had twice as many hours. Its hard to manage our time, and the last thing we want to do is to give up/give away our pets.
I'm certain nobody wants you to leave, or to take things personally, they just want to council so that we can all use this site to be better caretakers for our little legless friends.
If you do come back and check this out, my 2 cents is that you are doing the right thing, and keep doing it. Good luck finding your hondo, they are very attractive snakes.