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by jane1snake on September 3, 2003
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HI , I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THAT RESPONDED SO QUICKLY TO MY PLEA OF MY VANISHING COPPERHEAD ! STILL HASN'T SHOWN UP... MY PLACE HAS BEEN TURNED INSIDE OUT~ HAD A FEW PEOPLE INSPECT THE CAGE,,, ALL CONFER THAT IT COULDN'T HAVE JUST ESCAPED . THE OTHER SNAKE LOOKS A LITTLE LARGER THAN LAST WEEK, BUT TWO OTHER PEOPLE SAID IT GREW A GOOD DEAL SINCE THEY SAW IT
( ABOUT 2 WEEKS ).IT'S STILL A MYSTERY . I JUST CAN'T REST IF I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE WHAT HAPPENED ! I HAVE BEEN UP ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT AND DAY JUST LOOKING FOR IT . THANKS AGAIN , EVERYONE FOR YOUR HELP, I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON PROGRESS. SINCERELY, JOANNE N.
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by TomT on September 3, 2003
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There are several "tricks" you can try to locate an AWOL snake. 1)Sprinkle baby powder along the baseboards in rooms with bare floors. Snakes generally will travel along walls and if this animal is indeed loose in the house, it will leave a "footprint" in the baby powder. 2) Turn down the temperature in the house and put a basking lamp 6" or so off the floor in the room where the snake went missing. If it's out there, it will seek a warm space (that's why most snakes end up under the water heater when they get into houses in the summer) to bask. Check day and night at odd intervals. 3) Place a thawed mouse in a 2 liter bottle and leave it overnight in a space near where you think the escape happened. If the snake eats the mouse, it won't be able to crawl back through the neck of the bottle (you may have to jam the mouse in there) and it will be waiting there for you.... I'd set the "trap" near the basking light. 4) I've had success placing pieces of crinkled up newspaper (had a ball python get out years ago) around the edges of the room. Then I sat in the dark and listened for odd sounds. If the snake crawls over the newspaper, you will hear it...
It sounds to me like one of the snakes ate the other, but it's hard for me to tell without seeing the animal in question. It is odd that your son can't tell if his own snake is bigger than it was just a few days ago.... Are you sure the snake didn't die and he isn't talking out of some sense of shame or something????
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TomT
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by Mulebrother on September 4, 2003
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A loose corn snake is one thing, but a copper, thats quite another....Now I sure would not want to harm an animal, but in a situation like this, I would (or should I say, my wife would make me) put those sticky traps around the base boards etc. Like the guy mentioned above, snakes will stick close to the walls most of the time...If he gets on the sticky trap, you got him. Getting him off without injuring him, that is a different story. I found out about this the hard way...I had a juvee pueblan milksnake (non venomous) escape and he found one of the sticky traps I keep out for spiders...anyway, it took patience and some vegetable oil and an x-acto knife, but I got him off the trap safely and he did fine. Not so sure this would be possible with a "hot", but if it were loose in my house, I would rather send a copperhead to his death than pay a couple thousand bucks to the doctor for an accident. Just my thoughts.....
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