lost ball python

I also feed my BP in a feeding tub, which is placed on a table directly across from his viv. After swallowing the meal (and working it down a good way) he will poke his head over the side of the feeding tub and look at his viv, and if I don't pick up the tub to move it into the viv for him to crawl out, he will start slithering out and heading in that direction himself.

These animals are not dumb, and indeed must be thought of like children. I won't berate you for your error in judgment, because you are clearly worried for the well being of your snake and will take a very valuable herp-keeping lesson from this incident. I just hope your snake is found safe and sound, and does not have to pay a higher price than s/he already is by being lost.

Also, you might try keeping an eye on your toilet. A friend of mine lost his BP a while ago, and found it licking condensation from the toilet a couple days later.

You could also try setting a trap. set up heating pad (on LOW) and put one of your snakes hides over it, or beside it if it gets too hot. Check the temps before you leave it. With any luck, the snake will go inside to get warm and you will find'em there tomorrow.

Yes, it was irrisposible to leave your snake unattended.. But on to finding it, I ALWAYS found mine under the dryer (I had a male that was an escape artist, and I could never figure how.. So I got another tank). There was one time that I couldent find him anywhere though, the first time he got out. That time I put a small tank that he could get into with a heat pad on under it, and the next day my boyfriend found him crled up inside. lol.

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Originally Posted by k1ingdomKaa

ive fallen asleep holding mine 2 times, i dont hold them at nite anymore. last time i woke up and found my snake curled up in my arm pit... lol
wont do that again tho.

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Ahahahaha! Must have felt weird.

found it today trying to get under the tank because there was a heating pad never going to do that again thanks

I'm glad it turned up so quickly!

Glade you found him dude :gj: