BP escaped - I'm joining the crowd! Need help!

I cannot stress this enough, THINK SMALL. When my 6 foot long 3400 gram female got out, when I finally found her {and a snake that size you would think would be easy to see!} I saw a piece of her side that was no more than 3 ".

I'm not sure how big your guy is, but the thing to remember is they can get into the smallest of spaces. One thing to help you is the size of his hide. If for example he's small enough to use one of those cereal bowl hides, then he can fit anywhere you could fit one of those bowls. Stretched out, if he's the diameter of say a half-dollar, then he can fit anywhere you could put a coin that size, and if he's all stretched out, he'll be even harder to spot.

Start slowly, and close to where his enclosure is. Look up, down, inside, upside down, behind and between. Take your time, if you get the slightest bit impatient, you'll miss him. Look in the most unlikely of places, because that's usually where they are. I found that 6' long female wedges behind my rack, which is only about 2" from the wall. I still don't know how she squeezed back there.

I wish you all the best in your search.

Gale

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Originally Posted by weofui

Quite a few of the f/t rats I've used bleed from the mouth as they thaw.

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ditto...

I know this is a huge longshot, but have you looked in his enclosure again? I know someone on here "lost" their bp a while back and he was crammed inside a little hole in one of the tree type decorations in his tank.

Anyways, I wish you luck! I don't now what I'd do if my little guy got out D: I'd probably lose my mind.

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Originally Posted by Ashleigh91

I know this is a huge longshot, but have you looked in his enclosure again? I know someone on here "lost" their bp a while back and he was crammed inside a little hole in one of the tree type decorations in his tank.

Anyways, I wish you luck! I don't now what I'd do if my little guy got out D: I'd probably lose my mind.

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Great advice!!!

Also did you drag the substraight???

Sometimes they bury themselves

Awh:( have you found him yet??

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Originally Posted by Ashleigh91

I know this is a huge longshot, but have you looked in his enclosure again? I know someone on here "lost" their bp a while back and he was crammed inside a little hole in one of the tree type decorations in his tank.

Anyways, I wish you luck! I don't now what I'd do if my little guy got out D: I'd probably lose my mind.

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Yes...I took the opportunity to remove all bedding & sanitize it while he's been gone. Just waiting for him to put back into it now!

No luck. I'm whipped emotionally & physically. Just laid out sifted flour in each room with a warm bowl of water inside each area. Will lay out the tape strips soon. Had to make sure it was "el cheapo" tape that wasn't too sticky...sure don't want to hurt him & stress him even more.
Gonna be a long night, but hope it'll pay off for us...if we don't get him tonight, it'll be pinkies added to each area too along with tape, etc...
Actually looking for a retired/active search dog to com ein & just FIND HIM! Seriously...this is killing me inside to know he's out hee all alone...

I've used the tape trick for corns that have escaped but those were much smaller. I would also recommend something like painters tape that's meant to come back off so it doesn't hurt him. Run it along the walls, behind furniture, and across any opening he might use to get out such as doorways. If he's going into blue though, he may not move much at all so pull everything away from the walls, check inside furniture such as couches, desks, etc. and work your way across the room. With the tape, also be sure to check it first thing in the morning. If you do catch him on it, use a little oil to help it release from his skin. Hope that you find him soon but don't lose hope. I had a corn girl (adult) missing for close to 3 months when a friend was borrowing her. She was found upstairs, hiding under the vacuum cleaner, digesting a meal she'd caught. Snakes can be amazing survivalists so don't give up on him.

Laid out the tape everywhere, water bowls surrounded by flour in every room & woke up this am heartbroken because there was NO evidence of my baby boy anywhere...so I turned on the computer, glanced to the bookshelf to myleft & saw a book was hanging out of place. KNOWING I searched there lastnight, I pushed it back in & no go...took it out & there was Felix, in a tight little ball.
Ice cold but still snuggly & sweet...we held him under the heat lamps for awhile, got him nice & warm & he's back home where he belongs!
I thank everyone here for helping me find him...and from what I've read, it was a quick find - 3 days.
Hoping this never happens again, but if it does, I know exactly what to do & where to look!

Yay! That's great news! Glad he's back.

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