Help! Snake in car air vent

[BrettG]

Google HELMS manual for your car. HELMS,not the Chilton crap.It is the bible for any H/A products. You can normally download them in PDF from their site. Other than that,I would start at the cabin air filter,which is normally in back of the glovebox. Next would be removal of the whole dashboard.Since I only work on Honda products at our dealership,I am not quite sure about how to remove that.If its anything like an Accord,its bolted in with 10mm bolts,and phillips head screws.But seriously,look up the HELMS .It will save you a LOT of time...If you cannot find it,.go to the Acura dealer and have the parts guy print out the dashboard diagram.Just sucks that enough though they are made by honda,the aacuras are assembled differently from anyhthing with a Honda label....They should have no issue doing that for you at the parts/service counter. just tell them why you need it!

 

[sharpfang]

Please do LMknow - dtknow, what happens...

I have been tellin' people/friends bout'........I truley hope U get her back! - J

 

[Rabid538]

This happened to me before.....only with a monitor lizard. :wall:
It happened the day of purchase and the monitor sadly didn't survive.
I really wish you the best of luck in getting your snake out safe and sound. These things happen and it really sucks.

 

[Kirsten]

I lost a ribbon snake the day I purchased it in the van we had at the time. BIG van and small snake. Found it 6 weeks later after a very cold snowy winter, barely moving and sickly. We thought we would never see it again after extensive searching so had bought another one. After finding it, we rushed to pet store to get another snake setup,etc. and gave it to our youngest son. Of course, after about a year (and the snake staying a bit small due to it's ordeal) our son's friend let the snake out and replaced the lid without telling anyone. Gone for good this time.

 

[pouchedrat]

Oy I actually had a FERRET do this to me, except he went underneath the car wheel and into the dashboard. That was an ordeal, let me tell you!! Wasn't a tiny baby ferret either, but a HUGE male!!!

 

[Tim Benzedrine]

Ferrets can squeeze in anywhere. I think they have the ability to fold space and time! I swear, if I were looking for one and saw a thimble on the floor, I'd check inside it!

 

[SixShot666]

Ferrets can squeeze in anywhere. I think they have the ability to fold space and time! I swear, if I were looking for one and saw a thimble on the floor, I'd check inside it!

LOL!!! Crazy....

 

[Bazzgazm]

i lost a tokay gecko in the car foolishly showing it off to friends, and i put a little bowl with water in it under the bottom of the dash... and i could see him but not get him.. then he'd keep going further and further in when i tried.. so i let him sit in there for about 4 days when i caught him out when driving.. he was in the water bowl drinking away... i grabbed him quick and put him in a little tank.. he was malnourished when i got him, and him and his tankmate (both wild caught specimens) died within a few weeks even after parasite cleaning and food/water.

but make a little tub with a hole and put a mouse it in.. see if you can lure him into that... do that overnight for a few nights.

 

[bitzy1]

Due to a stupid moment of inattention on my part a small Honduran milksnake gamely squeezed itself into the airvents in a Honda Acura. Anyone ever run into this before??? :wall: I really want to get him out safe and sound. I have a little cream cheese container with a hole just big enough for him and a FT fuzzy mouse inside on the dashboard hoping to bait him out.

Anyone know anything about cars know where he might be at this point? i know their is a heater core+the fan so it seems the snake will be restricted merely to the passageways leading to the vents inside the car?

i have a way safer way. take a few drops of rubbing alcholhol/gasoline (dont get in on ur plastic) and place it in ur vent, the smell will drive him out.

 

[dtknow]

Sounds like a good way to kill the snake actually, and dribbling gasoline into the vents is anything but safe. I'll pass on that one.


Bazzgazm: I'm trying something similar tonight actually...but from the many stories I've had their has been very limited success with luring escaped snakes with prey items.

 

[bitzy1]

Sounds like a good way to kill the snake actually, and dribbling gasoline into the vents is anything but safe. I'll pass on that one.


Bazzgazm: I'm trying something similar tonight actually...but from the many stories I've had their has been very limited success with luring escaped snakes with prey items.

sorry i was just hopeing my advice would be somewhat usefull or put a new idea in your head. my father is a mechanic and he gave me the advise.