Ok....soooo the little bugger got out

Yeah, Norman managed to get out of his cage. It is amazing how cunning BP's can be. When I got home from work, he was gone. I found him in about an hour and I thought that I would share my trick.

I searched the house in every place that seemed like a good place for a snake to hide but I couldn't find him. So after looking over the house twice, I decided to try something. I got a frozen mouse out of the freezer and thawed it out. Then I went to the opening of the bedroom, held the mouse by the tail and used a hairdryer to blow the mouse scent in to the room. and watched for any movement. Sure enough, he came out of the closet all excited. So then I got the feeding tongs and fed him right on the floor where he was because feeding day is tomorrow and he had the mouse already locked on. After he had eaten the whole mouse, I gently put him back in his cage. If your snake gets as excited as mine does when he smells food, it should work for you too. I assume that if you don't see anything moving in the room, you could probably just go around the house with the mouse and dryer. If that doesn't work, you can always use the box trick, where you get a box and make a hole just big enough for the snake to squeeze in and place a nice dead mouse in the box. Sometime during the night the snake will come and get the mouse and the lump won't let him get back out of the box. That one works well too :)

Haha, I have a couple that think the day before feeding day is the end of the world, so I will definitely keep that hairdryer trick in mind!
Glad you found yours safe and sound :D

Yeah, I'm glad I found him too :)


He is my favorite. I love his attitude...He has the curious and almost lovey personality and he is way too smart for his own good.

My baby got out the other night. I tell you I FREAKED out. Especially because I have cats, soooo I was crying thinking I was about to find a dead bloody skeleton somewhere in my closet. The cat's had knocked something heavy on top of the cage, and it broke through the top. Skittles (my ball) climbed up it and right into the back corner of the top shelf. I was glad I found him in one piece let me tell you! But needless to say, I don't let the cats roam around the tank anymore.

Skittles?!?


Ok, I love the name...

I just had to say that

AAAhhhh Um, OK....... That's me filing your idea under CLEVER!!! ;)

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Originally Posted by parabuzzle

Skittles?!?


Ok, I love the name...

I just had to say that

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Lol, I went about 4 or 5 months without having a name for him, so finally when a friend asked me for the umpteenth time what I named him, I said the first thing that popped into my head :cool:

Wow, Mike! That's an awesome idea! I will also file that away, and will be sure to mention it when others lose their scaley buddies!


Chesire...I agree...Skittles is a really cute name. Welcome to BP.net! :handshake:

That is such a great idea! I'm sure going to remember it if I ever have that happen to any of my snakes!