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Lost a snake? Wanna know how to make a trap?

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Anyone who's ever lost a snake will know how stressful it can be trying to search the house for it! Especially small snakes. There are serveral 'methods' of finding your snake and here I am going to show you how to make a very simple snake trap. Its cheap, easy, and safe to use and I've found a snake using this trap before.


Firstly, wash out an empty bottle and cut the top off.

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Then, unscrew the lid and make a chute out of a bit of plastic bag. Tape this to the neck of the bottle.

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This chute will allow a snake to go into the bottle but then the plastic will drape over the opening behind the snake so that it can't get back out.

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Once you have done this you then need to invert the top of the bottle and secure it into the bottom of the bottle to make a chamber in which the snake will get caught.

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The snake can get into the bottle very easily as the end has a large opening which narrows. It cannot however, get back out!
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Now all you need to do is put the snakes favourite food in the trap(s) and leave them around the house! Making small holes in the bottle will allow for the scent to escape and attract your hungry snake!

I hope this is of some help to anyone who looses a snake!


Jimmy.
 
#17 ·
lol, im sure ive seen this somewhere before. :whistling2:
 
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#28 ·
great thred, still cant get the acme roadrunner image out my head:lol2:

if some one has lost 3 snakes in a week please dont keep hots!

my cousin lost his snake 3 months ago, he has moved house now so i can see some one in for big a suprise.... it was a 12 foot inian cobra.......

only joking please no one panic!
it was a corn snake, still would not want it in my bed:lol2:
 
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#29 ·
my idea for a trap

find you a big piece of corrogated tin or something similar and lay it in the middle of the floor at night with some damp newspaper under it. rub a mouse on the floor all around it and put the mouse under the tin or plastic. a heat mat in between the newspaper and tin will be better.

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at night when the snake is prowling around the room, it will smell the mouse scent and follow it under the tin. it may eat the mouse but if not, it will at least find a warm, moist spot that is dark and secure. each day in the morning look under the tin and you may very well find the snake. the smell of water and/or food may attract it and the tin would be a nice hiding spot so the snake may stay.


just an idea......:whistling2: what do you think?
 
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