Ppython escaped!

He's only about 1 and 1/2 feet long, pretty fat... and i fell asleep holding him (stupid ass me)... he couldnt of escaped my room unless he can fit under 1/8th " door... which seesm improbably. theres baseboard heating but i inspected it and theres no way out, just the wiring that does the heat...

where would he go? im so sad :<

what can i do to lure him back?

Check small spaces, even ones you think would be too small or improbable. Dark and warm more often than not. Under dressers, laundry piles, etc.

Luring him back is unlikely and not even worth trying at this point. Just look around for him, thoroughly, and he will likely be close.

could he get in my trash can? its like almost 2 feet tall... lots of trash in it... i checked my laundry..... :< :< :<

It's worth checking, though he's likely on or very close to the floor.

They can squeeze through spaces that seem too small for them. Are you understating the distance when you say the door is 1/8" from the floor?

This brings me back to my early days of being a BP owner lol...Mine actually made his way all the way down the hall into my other room where I had a tank of Rats. He was trying to slither up the rack!

Check under the mattress. In the closet. Behind everything against the wall. In boxes, drawers. If the doors were shut, and there are no spaces, I doubt she got out of the room, so just tear the entire thing apart. They can also manage to climb to unlikely places, so maybe check the trash can and any shelves. If it might be hungry, try luring with a food item in a cage, maybe with a space heater focused on it. If it's f/t, put it in a soda bottle they can get into. They may stay after eating. These are just tricks I've heard.

check everywhere even if you think its impossable and if you cant find him try running a rat across the edge of the wall next to the floor to scent it then place the rat in a hide on the floor to try and lure him out, sprinkle flour on the floor (if its wooden lol) to see if you can see any tracks give it about an hour with the lights off in the room and the door closed. not my ideas and i'll give credit where its due but i cant remember who posted these first.
good luck finding him:gj:

hes like over an inch thick.. prob 1 1/3 he couldnt get under a doorway thats carpeted, with like 1/4th a inch clearance right??

i checked my hamper, all my drawers, under mattress, i have a futon so idk if theres spots he can hide in that but i looked. i looked under my cpu table (which has a flat wooden floor piece, my computer, im worried he mighta climbed into my damn subwoofer... its only like 4 inches off ground, the hole that goes in...idk if i wanna break it open to see that hes not there...

can he climb up clothes to get onto shelves in closets? doubt it.... when he gets hungry hes bound to come out to the place where he knows he gets fed right:???

I've heard of them found in speakers. I've heard of them found on the kitchen floor seven months later real skinny, so no, I don't think he would go right to where he usually gets fed.

check behind furniture thats pushed up against the wall. they be able to climb that. they like tight spaces. and sometime they're right in front of your eyes. so be calm patient, and you will find it.

i dont know if hes in my room, or if he somehow got into the baseboard heating (even tho i dont think he would and i didnt see any places that exited)

if hes in my room thats one thing, but if hes in my HOUSE thats a major prob. i cant keep checking everywhere

i ordered snake traps, little hide lookin things that have glue stuff on them... but after their stuck u spray with vegetable oil and they come off...

I have no experience with this, but I've never heard of using those traps, and I wouldn't. Sounds messy and there are probably better ways to trap them. Heck, a plain hide sitting along the wall might work better. When I clean, I just put a hide on the carpet nearby and set the snake near it, because I know exactly where he's going to go.

ok that sounds good.. i have about 4-5 hides in my collection all the same ones he has used before.... i will put one on the first floor, one in my bedroom, one in the upstairs hall, and maybe the other 2 each on one floor..... sounds like a good plan. iwill sprinkle flour in front of the hides to see if he actually goes in them

thanks man, good idea. i will put some tuna fish oil on the hides to scent...

im just really worried he somehow did get into the walls........ then he might be dead man walkin........... if he gets stuck somewhere and cant back up.... :< :< :< :<

Please don't use glue traps to catch your snake. That stuff is a lot harder to get off than you would think. Plus the snake can suffocate if it sticks to it in the wrong position whole struggling. Look in the same places over and over. Make your way from one side to the other, leaving no place unchecked. Repeat every couple hours and it works every time. It can be very frustrating but you have to be determined. Don't just sit around and wait. Doesn't usually work, plus the longer its out, the higher the risk of accidentally stepping on it, sitting on it, etc.

any luck in finding the wee man yet?

Usually they're close by. But they can squeeze themselves flat and get under doorways you think they can't. Is he a climber, or does he always head for the floor? Ball pythons that like to climb will tend to find hiding spaces higher up; ball pythons that don't like to climb will tend to find spaces on or near the floor. They hide in closets, under cabinets, between the backs of books and the bookshelf, in drawers, and in the tight space between our expandable dining room table and the wooden leaf that we keep stored underneath the table top. The best one was a snake that found an open hole in the back of a stereo speaker, crawled in and took a nap while I panicked for 4 hours straight.

If you can't find him by nightfall, turn all the lights out and wait quietly for a 1/2 hour. Then start in the room you lost him in, and go around the house tiptoeing and listening. Listen in each room for 5 or 10 minutes. They're not actually silent--you can hear them crawling and bumping around. (That's how I found the one in the closet.)

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ok that sounds good.. i have about 4-5 hides in my collection all the same ones he has used before.... i will put one on the first floor, one in my bedroom, one in the upstairs hall, and maybe the other 2 each on one floor..... sounds like a good plan. iwill sprinkle flour in front of the hides to see if he actually goes in them

thanks man, good idea. i will put some tuna fish oil on the hides to scent...

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Try to find warmer spots for the hides if you can. And I've also heard that running a dead mouse along the baseboards is a good way to lure them with scent.

And put out a water bowl while you're at it, and put some flour around it, too.

i dont know what to do... hes gone......

whenever i play with him he always tries to get down to the floor... i checked under every thing touching the ground... i have so much stuff in this house, in the gar age, basement, so many places he could be... i didnt know he could get under my door hes like a inch and half thick

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He's only about 1 and 1/2 feet long, pretty fat... and i fell asleep holding him (stupid ass me)... he couldnt of escaped my room unless he can fit under 1/8th " door... which seesm improbably. theres baseboard heating but i inspected it and theres no way out, just the wiring that does the heat...

where would he go? im so sad :<

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It's entirely possible. I had a full-grown, 3100 gram female (probably about 5 feet) fit under my closet door. It was incredible to watch.

My advise to you is simple. S-l-o-w-l-y look in every crack, crevice and hole you can find. Get down on your hands and knees and search carefully.

Do not try to find the whole snake, get that picture out of your head. Look for a smudge or smear that looks like a bp side. You will most likely only be able to see 2 or 3 inches of the snake at most. If you keep trying to see the whole snake you'll miss it.

Look for the tightest spot the snake can get to, remember balls are secretive and shy and will wedge themselves into the most impossible places seeking security. My girl Mauro came up missing the other night, really freaked me out because I had her out 2 days prior and had no idea when she'd escaped. After checking under her rack and not seeing her, I stood still and looked over every square inch of that rack. Within moments, I spotted a tiny smudge of bp side, where she was wedged between the wall and the rack. I could only see about 2 inches of her. It took about 15 minutes of panicky struggling to get her out, because she was wedged between them, but we got her out none the worse for wear.

I've been here long enough to see pictures of bp's hiding in the craziest places, including 5 feet off the ground between a bookcase and wall. But I rarely see much more than a bp colored smudge.

Search slowly and carefully, look for the smallest of signs in the most unlikely places, and chances are you'll find your snake.

Gale

Where were you at when you fell asleep? On the bed? Remove all of the covers and check between the mattresses. remove all drawers and look in every piece of clothing in them...

I had one bp get lost once. The door was wide open so she could have gone everywhere. But, I found her inside a drawer about 5 feet from her tank. I looked through the drawer and didn't see her. I got so frustrated after hours of not finding her. Finally, I went through all the drawers again and took out EVERYTHING in there. And I found her on the bottom drawer inside a file folder which is why I didn't see her the first time.

So, yeah, I heard they don't travel too far usually. And yeah, try to empty every drawer you got in that room.

Sorry, I really don't have too much advice for this.

Just keep looking.

she came back... was waiting outside my door one nite :p

I'm glad to hear that you found her.

Glad to hear this story had a happy ending. When I saw the time stamp on the first post I wasn't sure if this was going to end with an "Any update?" post or not.

I actually did the exact same thing the first month I had mine. I figured I could just sit there and since I was in contact with her I assumed I'd feel her moving. Well I didn't count on falling asleep.

Fortunately mine was just hiding under the tv. Like another poster said, they usually don't go far.

good deal

Maybe it needed to go out for a beer or 2...

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Originally Posted by kane_abel

Maybe it needed to go out for a beer or 2...

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lol

I am very happy to hear that you found your snake. I had mine escape last night due to my stupidity about not making sure the lid to the enclosure lid was on securely. I keep my snake in my bedroom. I found him hiding in the base board of where my heat comes from in my bathroom. Luckily I keep my bedroom door closed at night when I go to bed. This could have been a lot worse. I have a cat that likes to play with other animals. I never never never let my cat in my bedroom for fear of him messing with my snake. I have learned my lesson.