OMG She's gone

[[Username]]

I went to check on my leos last night only to find one of my PA hatchling is not in his tub. So I look around a bit but don't see him. By now this is all sinking in i'm looking for a hatchling in a messy bedroom in an old house. This thing could be anywhere and my floor is carpet so no flour for this hunt:sad3:. I have tured the room upside down as much as I can before work at 9:00 and nothing. In closing this sucks and I just got him too so any advice ya'll have would be nice. :help:

 

[Mel&Keith]

Was it in a rack system?

 

[[Username]]

No it was in a temp spot on a heat mat in its tub but I found that the top was kinda open not enough to notice if you just look but enough for a explorative gecko to push through (and they got some strong necks my male can get outta anything with a small opening). What really sucks is I'll be going to work in an hour and won't be able to look all day oh and did I mention my GF has 3 cats in the house. Luckly they aren't allowed in her room but if he gets outta here then it's good as gone. What I need to do is empty the room piece by piece cause the space under the door is too tight for it to crawl under (I think). My GF will clean the room today and i'll tear it apart tonight hopefully it gets some of them loose crickets.

 

[[Username]]

I have been beaming a mag-lite around every 5 or 10min. looking for it but no sign.

 

[Mel&Keith]

Unfortunately, they're hard to find when you're really looking for them. We tuned our house upside down for 2 days once only to find ours behind a tub on the shelf above hers. She hadn't gone very far! Another breeder had suggested to me that I leave a humid hide on a heat mat in the middle of the room at night . Good luck finding her.

 

[[Username]]

Thanks I'll need it

 

[Kotsay1414]

I had my Male Hybino het RAPTOR escape out of a holding tub while I was cleaning his cage. I found him under my computer. My advise is to check all the spots that give off heat.

Best of luck with finding your hatchling.

 

[Alusdra]

Also don't be too energetic about looking. Mine got loose once and I almost sent her flying across the room as she was under a blanket that I was about to fling. Fortunately I saw her in time! Good luck on finding that gecko.

 

[LeopardLunatic]

good luck and don't worry one of mine got loose once for a week and a half i eventually found her behind some boxes stacked against my dresser.

 

[Leopardbreeder]

They are sneaky snakes but not really snakes. Ussually they turn up when your NOT looking.

 

[trizzypballr]

took me 3 weeks to find my female that got loose, and I even knew i had her confined to 1 room. They definitely are tricky

 

[lazzara8478]

I had lost one of my girls when I was getting my girls ready in the morning. I had the tank in my girls' room and I put her in a large bowl to soak while I got them dressed. about 10 minutes later I checked and didnt see her so being forgetful that I am figured I must've already put her back and didnt remember. I got home and went to check on her and she wasnt there!!! so then i remembered that noooo I didnt put her back. I was gone 6 hours so I was freaking thinking of allll the places she could be. Turns out she was less than 10 ft away under my daughters crib....They do turn up..LOL

 

[GoGo]

Im going through the same thing, except the CRESTED is slightly older.

 

[Perefalcon]

Should I even go into how many reptiles I've lost and found??? as long as 3 months later on that one crested....and he turned up in the basement

 

[bittner_344]

good luck! i have had my sht male escape once, he is a sneaky little bugger, he ended up in a travel bag, god knows how he got there lol

 

[Baysidegeckos]

I lost my Tangerine albino pos het raptor/reverse stripe babie yesterday morning, and was freaking out, and waited till night time and walked in the room that i left pitch black so she would come out then flick the lights on and look for her really fast and foung her behind my Racks! This is Her

 

[geckorick]

I thought my gecko escaped from it"s terriarium. But it was hiding in it"s log. I spent an hour tearing my room apart to find it. My gecko"s name is snide.

 

[Ghostoftangerine17]

This thread is 5 years old You should probably check the dates when you post