Help!! Ball Python Lost

Hi, my 09 Spider Ball go out of his tub last night. I Checked his temps with my temp gun and he was there. Now he is gone!! Please help. I am searching frantically.

Thanks,
Cbentley

did you have the room open? could he possibly slip under the door? usually their are in a 15ft radius of where they got out. be patient and dont freak. leave no corner unsearched or pillow un feathered!!!!

Look in warm spots. Look in cramped spots. Like het.pied said, normally they don't go further than 15 ft from their tub.

Like Elise said...warm spots. Near heat vents, electronics, under the refridgerator, etc... If the tub is in your bedroom, check inside of shoes.

What room was the tub in?

Remember, these guys can climb. When my albino escaped, i found him in my dresser. The dresser stands over a foot off the floor. So he climbed the leg, when back behind the drawers and climbed into the top drawer, in between my t-shirts. :D Good luck.

The Tub was in my bedroom. I have stopped looking and have the light off. I will check in a little while. Thank you for your help.

Hope you find your baby.... If it makes you feel better both small pet shops in my itty bitty town have lost adult ball pythons from their enclosures in the last few months.... one was out long enough they kept track of it being alive by finding poo, and shed skin.....

Good luck! When my female got out she ended up being crammed under the dresser that her tub was sitting on top of.

24 hours and still no sign of him, I am going o try to put flour on the hardwood to try to see tracks. The only thing is I am going away tonight.

Look in the back of ALL your closets. They will choose security over temperatures, and will even get into places lethally cold.

I would be careful if you have dogs or cats. I could see that going south if they found it. Good luck!

If you have a heating pad (used when you have sore muscles), plug it into the wall and leave it lying on the floor up against the wall. If you can get it in the corner of the room behind something, that would be better. If you have something to put infront of the heating pad, you will in effect, make a warm hiding spot for him to find. Close the heat vent if you have one in that room. What you want is the heating pad to be the warmest thing in the room.

Set your alarm clock for sometime in the night, maybe 3 am. If he's in the room, he'll be there.

Good Luck!
Jim Smith

I know ball pythons and corn snakes are different. But I had my snakes in a 3 drawer rack sitting up on a counter. My one corn snake escaped from the bottom drawer within 5 seconds of my last seeing him in there. After about 5 minutes of frantic looking, he was curled up in a tiny box sitting about 10 inches from the rack. Check the immediate surroundings.

Seems like when snakes escape, their first thought is "I'M FREEE! Oh no! Where to hide!"

Try spread some flour on the floor - then you can track him down.

Still no sign of the little guy. I've tryed what everyone has stated above. THere is a inch high by nine inch gap underneath my radiator, htat i didn't even notice till now. Hopefully he didn't go into the wall via the hole.

I keep checking this thread for some good news. Best of luck!

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Still no sign of the little guy. I've tryed what everyone has stated above. THere is a inch high by nine inch gap underneath my radiator, htat i didn't even notice till now. Hopefully he didn't go into the wall via the hole.

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Oof, I didn't like this last update.

I hope we're not smelling something nasty and burning now... :tears:

If you know anyone that is able to scan the house with a thermal camera you may be able to find him. I helped a buddy out with my fathers thermal camera. I was able to see into the walls for cols spots and warm spots in the shape of the snake.

My guy got out in the basement and went upstairs and under a dresser so expand your search if needed.

Once you find him maybe you can try what I use. I have 2 australian cattle dogs with one heck of a prey drive. I had to put a tall baby gate in the doorway of the snake room to keep them out. Im now getting ready to put a piece of tarp or mesh of some type on the inside of the gate. Something the snakes cannot climb over just in case one ever gets out. That way I know it would be in that room. Well, unless its the sd retic that gets out lol.

You'll find him. Everyone usually does. Has anyone told you to put plastic grocery bags in every corner yet? Put one anywhere he may go or be hiding. Then you may hear the rustling of the bag if he crawls over it.

Keep us informed.

I'd do an extreme "check everywhere and don't leave one stone or sock or shoe unturned" search within about five feet of his tub. All of mine that have escaped (save one) did not go any farther than that. Even if you don't think he could fit somewhere, check anyway!

Are the tubs stacked? Have you checked between the tubs...or even in the other snakes' tubs?