What do you do if you can't find your baby red ear slider and you know he's in the house?

Question

I've looked everywhere. I lost him last night.

Answer 1

put out some bowls (that he can climb into) on the floor add some of his tank water and some food. After you do that start searching. Inside cabinets, under furniture. In a pile of dirty clothes, look everywhere!

**MAKE SURE THE FOOD IS IN THE WATER, THEY CAN"T SWALLOW IF THEY ARE NOT IN THE WATER!! ;-) **

Answer 2

Keep looking. They can die within a couple of days if they don't have access to water. Don't just look under dressers and sofas, look behind them too because they tend to try to climb upward sometimes against whatever is handy and could be behind a dresser leg in a vertical position that you can't see from the front. Shine a light under the washer, dryer, stove, and refrigerator. Look thoroughly in the entire bottom area of all closets that have any space under the door. Check inside your shoes. Keep the house quiet and listen. Sometimes you can find it if you hear it move around and they will be more likely to move when it seems quiet and safe.

Answer 3

I have lost a snake before but never a turtle. They need to stay moist or they can dry out. Put bowls of water in different rooms of the house. He will smell the water and go to them. Then you will find him in one of your waters bowls. Food wise he should be fine it's just the water I would worry about. Good Luck!

Answer 4

Get out bowls of water, or plates of water, enough he can get a drink from, lay them out around places where you can see him/her coming and getting into them. If they stay out too long, they'll dehydrate (they need water to swallow food etc etc) since your turtle is a baby it's going to be really hard to find them.

Also lay out some food, even some cooked food, or vegetables, as for cooked food, hard boiled eggs, things like that, to get the scent around the house that food is around and your turtle may come out. Good luck, and they can and will hide anywhere dark and small, they can fit in places you would never imagine.

Answer 5

Good luck, mine did this last winter, and I had finally given up and thought he died. And wouldn't ya know it, about 3 mo's later, I get up in the morning to go potty and there he is, scootin down the hall way. So, all I can say is if it is cold, he will attempt to hibernate, if it is warm/hot, he'll be active.

Answer 6

Get on your hands and knees, look from the turtle's eye-point of view. Look for little hidy holes- they often climb into clothing, into bags or piles of stuff, into nice, dark corners away from the scary giants.

Once hidden, it may easily stay there for days. Sadly, it might chose to stay there until it passes away.

Answer 7

check corners. mine likes to hide in corners but they usually dont go further than what they're used to. So my guess is it's not too far from the tank.

Answer 8

make very loud irritating noises, the dog gets alarmed by those stuff, works 4 me.

Answer 9

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