bad news mates...

[garterking]

rico got out and has been missing now for a whole day...and i fear the worst does any one at all have tips on how i can find him. i live in a relativly small apartment. i went to the store to get him some minnows and i came home and he was gone... this day really has just gone down the drain.

First, I would put towels or something under the doors so if he is still in your apartment, he stays there. You wouldn't want to find him next door where there may be a cat or..... (Nevermind, you get the idea)

Also, if he's about to shed. If you find his skin, you know where he's been and can start there or at least you know he's still in your apartment. Plus you can put a food source close by and hope to find him that way. A buddy of mine found his after 2 weeks by lowering the temp. in his place, but putting a heat source in the middle of the room. One day he found him warming himself and the problem was solved.

Good luck.

[KITKAT]

Gremlins Run Amok!

[KITKAT]

Use a flashlight to thoroughly search the furnace vents. Then, if he is not there, pull the vent covers up, insert gauze or netting over the bottom of the vent cover, and re-insert.

[garterman07]

i have 3 cats and i have been using them to try and locate him. if they start to act funny know hes around cause the cats hate him and are terrifed they start hissing and mewing. but so far no luck and it is now day 2

[KITKAT]

i have 3 cats and i have been using them to try and locate him. if they start to act funny know hes around cause the cats hate him and are terrifed they start hissing and mewing. but so far no luck and it is now day 2

That is exactly how I found my pickeringii when they were loose. My cats were staring at the book case, and the snake was underneath.

[adamanteus]

Don't give up, Chris. There's hope yet.

[Stefan-A]

I think that's also how a local owner found her proximus, except that the cat had killed it.

But this isn't the first time dogs or cats have helped locating escaped snakes, I've heard people mention how the animals have pretty much shown exactly where the snakes had been hiding. I'd be careful, though.

[adamanteus]

Ouch! We're lucky, we don't have any centipedes in the UK that can inflict much damage.

[Stefan-A]

Definitely wouldn't want to get bit by a Scolopendra gigantea. It's not just the size (30cm length), it's also the neurotoxin.

At least, I think it was a neurotoxin.

[CrazyHedgehog]

thanks, have looked them up now, how creepy!