Please help!

[jtyson123]

Alright I am about to lose it. I raise a handful of snakes and one of my little ball pythons has gone missing.. Two actually escaped but I found one. The other is nowhere to be found.

Here is my situation

The snakes have their own room in my garage. It is fairly sealed, but not very well apparently seeing as how I am missing one snake. I actually have two garages that are divided in the middle. Bad news, they are PACKED with stuff. boxes, tubs, etc so many hiding spots it makes me sick. I have been searching for about 6 hours now. The one snake that I found was only about 8" from its tub, behind another snakes tub. But I don't know how long they have been gone. I check the room frequently throughout the day, but don't inventory cages every time so this snake could have been missing for as long as a day and a half now.

Since I couldn't find him, I decided to try some common methods I found online. I set out two space heaters next to hide boxes with bowls of water near to them hoping he will go to the heat. I cut the top off of a two liter bottle and put a thawed rat in there hoping he will smell it. Bad news is, he ate Saturday so likely isn't very hungry. I bought 10 lbs of flour and covered the floors, shelves, benches, etc to see if I can track him.

So at this point, I am just looking for any other methods that anyone may have used to find their escape artists. Thanks in advance! call text or reply to email with ideas!!! 505-379-1917

And by the way, my name is Jeremiah. Sorry for not properly introducing myself first, I am just trying to get some answers fast!

[BPelizabeth]

they are usually fairly close. I would start to open boxes and look if the other stuff did not work. Also I know my water heater is in my garage....if your is...or anything that is warm....take a look around there. Good luck

[jtyson123]

Still no luck today! Cleaned out one garage and didn't find a trace. Tried flour on the floors, a rat in a bottle, heat lamps and a box, etc. Any other ideas? My garage is detached from my house so I don't have a water heater or furnace in there. DO have a couple deep freezers which I keep checking. Still open for ideas please give me whatever you can think of

[A.VinczeBPs]

When one of ours got out, it took 5 days for her to appear and she was in a cold area.

Lesson is: Relax, you've only been at it one day, slow down and think. Second, check EVERYWHERE not just where you think they will be, they have an uncanny ability to climb places, look both high and low, warm and cold.

Try to look through things, and then remove it from the room so there is less stuff to go through.

Good luck.

[Jeremy78]

Ball python- WTF! I get out to this crowded cold garage!
There's powder all over the place and a dead rat in a bottle!

Lmao your neighbours are gunna think your nuts...

Anyways... I hope you did something to the racks you have so yo don't have any future escapees...

[x_gilmore_x]

Good Luck I hope you find him soon one of mines got out 3 weeks later I heard a noise as I slept and bam she was in the middle of my basement floor

I heard a guy lost his for one yesr once and found it but I searched for 2 sleeepless nights and no luck best bet is to relax and keep your ears open and hompe for the best

[Charlie And Lucy]

I hope you find him soon! The only time we every had an escapee, we found her about 4 feet from her cage, in between a bunch of picture frames. We looked everywhere besides where we thought she would be. Maybe you could post a pic of the area you keep your snakes so we could all take a look. We may see something you missed. Keep taking deep breaths, and I know it's hard, but try to take it easy. The more worked you are, the less likely you are to find your missing baby. I read in the forums that something like 95% of missing snakes are found. I'm sure you'll find him.

Is there any way he can get out of the garage, or into your house? Do you use your garage as a garage? Strange, I know, but in some parts of the country they're used as rooms. Here in WI, we use them as garages due to the crazy weather.

Think like a snake... warm, dark, and tight fitting. Good luck, we are all here for you!

[jtyson123]

Well did a little late night hunting tonight to no avail. Woke up at 4:00 trying to "think like a snake" lol.

I am pretty sure my neighbors wont think I am crazy. I live in the city next to an old couple (both 82) and they have been here so long that they are grandfathered out of the city farming zoning laws. Up until about a year ago when he got too old to take care of his animals, there was pigs, rabbits, goats, sheep, horses, chickens, etc. A mini farm. So not much they can say about my snake collection lol.

The snake that got out only got out because the rubbermaid failed. He is one of three little baby breeders I picked up about 6 weeks ago and I still had them in quarantine to make sure they are healthy before I put them in my rack.

Tomorrow morning I will post a picture of the room that I keep them in quarantine, but for now I am going to attempt sleep! Thanks to all for the help and advice!

[mechnut450]

heck this mat seem odd but look up high to. I had one that was loose( I use to let them roam a little once in a while ) and i had forgotten about it ( dang 3 fire calls in a row ) and I happen to be doing my head count and spot cleaning and bang I get nailed in the head by the scale. Here I am with a small bleeding knot on my head looking up at one of my het pied bps she had gone from the floor to over 6 ft in the air on top he one cage ( that I still not figure how she got ther esince the cage was 2 ft tall (straight on top of my rack ( like i have it now) but I didn't see how she got up there. shewas tryingo t push stuff around to get to the warmth that was beeding though from the light in the cage below. needless to say I poped it bck inthe cage andwas go happy.

[jtyson123]

Camera seems to be broken so I can't take pics of the room I have my snakes in. I have been looking high and low, going through every box, bag, crack and crevice and still can't find this little snake anywhere.

Does anyone know of anything I can put out to attract him other than the hide box with a heat lamp? I tried putting out a couple thawed rats but that didn't work either. Anything else?