Pokie esaped

[Dilbrain]

What a crap day today was......
I recently rehoused my 2.5 inch pokie ornata into a larger custom built enclosure.
A bit on the large side but very cool with a lid on top and a sliding front door halfway up. All glass and a micromesh steel breathing panel.
I fed my menagerie yesterday evening and all seemed well. This morning I realised that I had not closed the sliding door fully..........
The pokie had done a moonlight flit....
I have spent most of today looking for the little perisher to no avail.
To make matters worse, when I was combing through the enclosure's area I moved my little 'nursery' [ a 5 gallon tank with several deli pots containing a H.lividium sling and a C.crawshayii sling] , I opened the lid and was removing the crawshayii pot when I managed to drop the blleding thing! Dirt all over the floor and 'Asbo' the King B was on his way to freedom........... :?
Well, I managed to recapture him ok , but still no pokie. I have told the wife, who understandably is not too chuffed. It's freezing in Oxfordshire at the moment and the house is not warm in ever room , I have a feeling that he may have found this 1 inch hole in the wall between the hallway and the kitchen.
Here's hoping I find the little fella sooner rather than later, but these little devils are not the easiest to catch.
I will let you guys know the outcome.

 

[cheetah13mo]

Sorry to that and good luck.

 

[ErikH]

Good luck. Hopefully you will find your pokie in a corner along your ceiling.

 

[PinkLady]

Sorry to hear about that. I actually had a p.murinus sling last for pretty much a month living in my home and found him/her yesterday. I hope you have the same luck with your p.ornata.

 

[Alice]

that really sucks, sorry. i've never had a t escape (honestly, not even a sling - ok, a pokie sling jumped out its box once, but fortunately i got it in under 1 minute). maybe you can try offering a shelter near the ceiling, artificial plant or some such. as pokies ime are very shy, she might use it as a shelter.

 

[Dilbrain]

Still looking , thanks for the messages of concern
Watch this space...........................:?

 

[tospace]

look in every corner of your house. if u still don't find it go to sleep and wake up at about 3~4am and with a flashlight look around your house because f it was in a hole it will most likely come out at night

 

[Talkenlate04]

Oh I am in the same boat right now too..... there is a ghost pokie out there somewhere at me gf's house..... amazingly enough she is not mad or scared, now when the cat knocked over the dubia colony that was a different story. =-)

 

[Dilbrain]

look in every corner of your house. if u still don't find it go to sleep and wake up at about 3~4am and with a flashlight look around your house because f it was in a hole it will most likely come out at night

I woke up about 3 times last night and tried the above method. Hopefully I will find it eventually.

 

[mischaaussems]

good luck finding your pokie....

 

[Anastasia]

I woke up aboiut 3 times last night and tried the above method. Hopefully I will find it eventually.

did u look in closets??
My P.cancerides escaped twice, found in my closet
shez closet girl

 

[Becky]

ur sure its actually escaped? not burrowed or hiding in a small piece of cork bark inside the tank? check where its warmest

 

[Dilbrain]

ur sure its actually escaped? not burrowed or hiding in a small piece of cork bark inside the tank? check where its warmest

Good Point Becky, I will have a look tonight. I put a piece of Bogwood in the enclosure, it's not quite the same as Cork Bark but it has a few little knots and gnarly holes.
Fingers crossed......:8o

 

[Dilbrain]

did u look in closets??
My P.cancerides escaped twice, found in my closet
shez closet girl

I will look !

Cheers!

 

[Dilbrain]

Well , I checked through the enclosure and the wood, to no avail...
Looked through every wardrobe/closet, door frames, skirting board , you name it. I may try something a bit wacky next.
I'm going to hang a heat pad in the top corner of the area from which the pokie escaped [ hallway ] . I'm thinking on a chilly night it may be drawn to this source? I was going to attach some polystryrene on the back and tape it to the wall.
I will be working nightshifts for a few weeks and use a bunch of pc's at work, I may set up a web cam aimed at the general area to alert me to any action.
Sounds daft, but so did sending men to the moon..........................
Fingers crossed!

:clap:

 

[ErikH]

You might try putting a piece of cork tubing in the corner somewhere. It may not work, but it certainly wouldn't hurt to try, either.

 

[Mr Short Radius]

Go in the room and yell, heel. It should come running. It works great with my rottweiler. ...and I would check every inch of the dresser or whatever your enclosure is on, underside, behind, everywhere.

 

[Mina]

Good luck, I hope you find your T.

 

[Anastasia]

Go in the room and yell, heel. It should come running. It works great with my rottweiler.....

made me laugh,
lol, it works on my cats too

 

[Dilbrain]

You might try putting a piece of cork tubing in the corner somewhere. It may not work, but it certainly wouldn't hurt to try, either.

Good one ! What's 'Heel' in Sri Lankan?

:?