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| Emmzi |
Posted - 26/09/2013 : 15:49:21
heya my royal has escaped and he has been gone a few days, any advice on finding him? i am kicking myself as the other night i heard something fall but ignored it thinking it was me hearing things but i think it may have been him mooching around!, we have looked everywhere in the room all my snakes are kept and he isnt in there (its a small room so isnt much place for him to be) |
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| Emmzi |
Posted - 27/09/2013 : 16:40:19
yeah I know, such a relief and im so glad hes back in his home and safe from all the other animals here :D |
| marc_sg |
Posted - 27/09/2013 : 15:15:12
Glad u found him. Its such a relief wen u find them |
| Emmzi |
Posted - 27/09/2013 : 10:32:23
so glad i have him back :D was actually so happy he was there :D missed my baby he's now back home and mooching around but hes not getting out anymore :p |
| jonnyc1988 |
Posted - 27/09/2013 : 06:00:29
Great news!!  |
| Baobab |
Posted - 27/09/2013 : 00:04:27
Good news. Glad to hear youve been reunited |
| Emmzi |
Posted - 26/09/2013 : 21:46:35
I FOUND HIM!! he was between 2 boards on the bed in my room... my little baby was cold but he is now back in his home warming up :D all that needs doing now is the rooms being put back together |
| anatess |
Posted - 26/09/2013 : 17:42:34
Royals usually don't stray far from their enclosures too. They don't move around too much... well, at least not my royals. They tend to find one secure spot and stay there all day long. They might move the next night and stay there all day long.
So, I would hunt during the day when they're not moving. When I lost my royal, the door to the snake room was closed so I was fairly certain she is still in that small room. But, I spent an entire afternoon searching in closets, underneath furniture, inside drawers even tore up the bottom of the sink. No royal. I put powder on the perimeters of all the furnitures and walls. The next day, the powder was not touched. I went all throughout the room again and again and went through it again and again the next day. Powder untouched and no royal. I had to conlude that the royal has somehow found a way out of the room. Finally, I took all of the drawers out (the snake room is also my office) and dumped all the contents out... and there goes the royal buried underneath a stack of work papers in one of the drawers within 3 feet of the enclosure...
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| Emmzi |
Posted - 26/09/2013 : 17:04:02
haha yeah i wish i could but the boyfriend wouldnt let me :( |
| jonnyc1988 |
Posted - 26/09/2013 : 17:00:35
Id be locking the cats out the house! lol |
| Emmzi |
Posted - 26/09/2013 : 16:27:08
thanks for the replies :D and yeah i know i have only lost one of my corns but found him straight away and how my royal got out is beyond me.. ill be setting up the traps and food as he was due a feed today :o scary because we have cats and dogs too :( and the cat brings in alot of things and im hoping she doesnt get my royal :( thank you sooo much for the help |
| jonnyc1988 |
Posted - 26/09/2013 : 16:22:15
Depending on when your royal last ate, you could also try baiting it out with food. make sure to warm it up, and you can brain it (cut through to the brain with a knife) to make it extra smelly.
Sorry for all the messages, keep having ideas lol |
| jonnyc1988 |
Posted - 26/09/2013 : 16:17:47
Also its very odd that you have several corn snakes and manage to lose your royal?!?! lol.
Corns are normally the houdini's of the snake world. |
| jonnyc1988 |
Posted - 26/09/2013 : 16:16:20
If he's moving around they normally stay close to walls so leave some plastic bags on the floor around the walls. If you hear them rustle you will know he's there.
Leave some clothes on the floor because they like to hide under things like that. (obviously check them regularly). leave a flour trail over doorways and you will be able to get an idea if he's moving between rooms.
He will probably only bother to move at night time, so you may be best hunting round with a torch at night. Its starting to get cold so try leaving all the heating off in the house except for one area (snake room for example). That might draw him back to it. |
