Lost Radix

[Lori P]

LOL Anji, I was thinking the same thing... suuuuuuure we'll return her to you, Rich, really!!

Just keep feeding in the same spot... surely she'll hang around the feed source, right? Really pulling for you and her Rich!!

[RZL36]

I don't think she is gonna keep coming back. The house is kinda cool and she is probably looking for a hibernation spot.

If you guys find her, you better let me know (shaking fist vigorously).

[Lori P]

Er-- uh-- right-- (Oh dear, I better take down all the little tiny signs leading to my house...)

[RZL36]

No need to worry. If you found her, you could keep her.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

In light of how mad I am at that little girl, I would think it best for her to stay away for a little bit.

[MoJo]

She is beautiful. I hope you find her.

I seem to remember someone saying that the blue tape that painters use is not that sticky that it will harm them but it will "catch" them. I have no experience with this and only vaguely remember this from some board. I know that I have read about numerous people using vegetable/olive oil to get their snakes off of tape when they are stuck to it.

Good Luck.


Joanna

[drache]

I've heard of peaople using tape and i don't think I ever would
when we first moved here I lost a snake that turned up a couple of weeks later stuck to some packing tape
we used the cheapest possible packing tape and I'm fairly certain that it's no more sticky than the blue painter's tape and yet the snake had ripped its side open trying to get off it
if you cannot be there to get to the tape right away - don't use it

[Cazador]

I've also heard some pretty bad stories about glue traps and garter snakes... like ventral scales being pulled off and scarring the garters. Maybe it's not such a big deal with larger snakes, but I certainly wouldn't recommend using tape on garters. It sounds liek patience is the ticket since she's hanging around.

For what its worth, I lost a garter one time, and found it in the garage (where it was cool) with its head resting on the lid of a plastic bowl where I kept worms. The cool temperature made the snake lethargic, yet it was attracted to the scent. It was very easy to walk over and pick the snake up without it trying to flee at all. Do you have (or could you make) a cool spot to put the fish "trap?"

Rick

[RZL36]

Yeah Rick,

She hasn't been around in almost a week, but I do have plans to pull the room apart again. My trap is a 2 liter bottle with some minnows in it under a light. She came back a few times, but has not in a while and I am starting to get really nervous about it. Plus it is really starting to get cold out here (New Jersey) and I am hoping she is not looking for a good hibernation den. I'm sure underneath the floorboards of my 150 year old house could provide.

[Cazador]

Hey Rich,

There is always hope. I've heard of people basically giving up on lost snakes and finding them months later, wondering how they survived without being given food and water. They're really amazing and great survivalists!

Rick

[RZL36]

I have not given up hope yet and I swear I hear it in my bedroom at night. When I find her, she is so grounded. What would be adequate punishment for a juvie plains? I'm gonna force feed her a pink I think. ;