Escaped Kenyan Sand Boa

My kenyan sand boa just escaped, she was in a 6 quart sterilite bin over heat tape with 3 others, and she wasn't there when I just checked. I looked on all the shelves of the rack, and on the ground, and everywhere I could look. She is still small, but not a baby. I got her at the Daytona expo a few weeks ago. She ate 7 or 8 pinkies since then, so she can go a while without eating. Are there any traps I can set or things to put out that she would want to go to? Someone told me to try a sticky trap made for mice. I looked for her everywhere.

Can it get out of the room?

Do NOT get a sticky trap!!!! He will die after you tear all his skin off

When mine escaped, he slipped through a hole in the wooden floor and was in a dark area on the HVAC vent in the basement directly below the hole.

Since they don't climb look in dark areas in corners, under clothes, etc

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Originally Posted by rperry03

Can it get out of the room?

Do NOT get a sticky trap!!!! He will die after you tear all his skin off

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I don't know, she could probably go under the door. I will go put a towel there. The person that said to get a sticky trap said that it would come off with vegetable oil, and to use oil or it will rip the skin. I had 1.2 normals and 0.1 albino in a VERY secure bin, there is no way she could get out. I think she got out right before I put the bin back. The lid was even taped on.

It was one of the 2 female normals that escaped. She was the really calm one, and she ate all the pinkies that nobody else wanted out of my hands.

check old shoes lol i found my rat snake in a shoe I dont wear often (shoe rack is right outside my snake room).good luck with the search!

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Originally Posted by Genetics Breeder

The person that said to get a sticky trap said that it would come off with vegetable oil, and to use oil or it will rip the skin.

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I saw something like that when they get stock on tape, but maybe they have experience with mouse traps.

I would start on one side of the room go through everything and just keep moving to the other side. I just got lucky and have no idea why I looked where I did.

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Originally Posted by Golden Yeti

check old shoes lol i found my rat snake in a shoe I dont wear often (shoe rack is right outside my snake room).good luck with the search!

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lol I only own 2 shoes and I'm wearing them. She was only about six inches long or less. I don't think she could have climbed anywhere very easily.

good luck with the search maybe try setting up an easy to access sandbox or something that it would be drawn to instinctively? not sure, i dont know much about sand boas, and have no experience with an escaped snake. sorry :(

they CAN climb btw
off all my sandboa's that escaped i found them all between boxes and on the stairs going down

good luck finding her

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Originally Posted by tcutting

good luck with the search maybe try setting up an easy to access sandbox or something that it would be drawn to instinctively? not sure, i dont know much about sand boas, and have no experience with an escaped snake. sorry :(

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I'll try that, and leaving some mice out in my room

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Originally Posted by rperry03

Since they don't climb look in dark areas in corners, under clothes, etc

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That's not true at all but since she's small the areas she'll be able to climb to are limited. I had a KSB escape because he climbed up and pushed the (weighted) lid off a temporary tank. I spent hours just combing every part of the room and then when I was about to give up went into the kitchen to get a drink, happened to look down and there he was hiding under a grocery bag, staring up at me. Check every inch of the room that she was in and then move out of that room and look anywhere warm. When you've exhausted searching tcutting's idea might work with creating a mini sandbox maybe put some sort of heat source there so that it will be warm. What substrate do you use? Use that instead of sand so that it seems familiar to her. DO NOT USE A GLUE TRAP. You can put flour down so you can see a trail of where the snake has been.

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Originally Posted by babyknees

That's not true at all but since she's small the areas she'll be able to climb to are limited. I had a KSB escape because he climbed up and pushed the (weighted) lid off a temporary tank. I spent hours just combing every part of the room and then when I was about to give up went into the kitchen to get a drink, happened to look down and there he was hiding under a grocery bag, staring up at me. Check every inch of the room that she was in and then move out of that room and look anywhere warm. When you've exhausted searching tcutting's idea might work with creating a mini sandbox maybe put some sort of heat source there so that it will be warm. What substrate do you use? Use that instead of sand so that it seems familiar to her. DO NOT USE A GLUE TRAP. You can put flour down so you can see a trail of where the snake has been.

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I was using shredded aspen, but I still don't know how she got out.

ksb's are very strong
the can push up lids without a problem
maybe you can try putting a heatsource like they said
or just be lucky and find her somewhere where you least expect it

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Originally Posted by Genetics Breeder

I was using shredded aspen, but I still don't know how she got out.

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Yeah, my mind was blown when mine escaped. They're incredibly good at finding ways out and like Trolle said really strong. Just keep looking. Make the "sandbox" but with the aspen instead of sand and add a heat source to it. I doubt food will help because you said you'd fed her a bunch. I think doing an intense search is going to be your best chance.

They use the silicone in the corners to climb

I'm sorry she got out. At least she's eaten recently. When my KSB, Serengeti, got out, he was gone for a few weeks. I loked everywhere I thought a KSB would be. Searched the entire condo many times. Then one day, my mom happened to be in the kitchen and turned around to see Geti several feet up on the counter about to get behind the oven. Luckily she grabbed him before he could and he's safe now. :) Goes to show that they CAN and will climb, even high, slick surfaces.

Try checking behind anything warm, like the oven, fridge, freezer, etc. Also, watch any other pets; they might find her before you do.

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Originally Posted by babyknees

Yeah, my mind was blown when mine escaped. They're incredibly good at finding ways out and like Trolle said really strong. Just keep looking. Make the "sandbox" but with the aspen instead of sand and add a heat source to it. I doubt food will help because you said you'd fed her a bunch. I think doing an intense search is going to be your best chance.

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I'll try that too.

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Originally Posted by rperry03

They use the silicone in the corners to climb

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They were in 6 quart sterilite storage bins. They didn't have silicone, but the boas were long enough to reach the top.

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Originally Posted by SoFarAway

I'm sorry she got out. At least she's eaten recently. When my KSB, Serengeti, got out, he was gone for a few weeks. I loked everywhere I thought a KSB would be. Searched the entire condo many times. Then one day, my mom happened to be in the kitchen and turned around to see Geti several feet up on the counter about to get behind the oven. Luckily she grabbed him before he could and he's safe now. :) Goes to show that they CAN and will climb, even high, slick surfaces.

Try checking behind anything warm, like the oven, fridge, freezer, etc. Also, watch any other pets; they might find her before you do.

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My mom wouldn't pick up any snake longer than this one, just because she is only about 6 inches long and she is used to her now lol. One of our cats found my baby corn snake when it got out, but the cat was too scared to touch it.