I just lost my BEL

I was just reading someone's post about their ball python gone missing, and here I am missing one of my own and didn't find out until now. [Dangit]! It had to be my most favorite one too. My BEL. WTH man! urghhh......This sucks because my room is so cluttered but luckily the heat vents are closed and I keep my bedroom door closed at all times *My roommates don't know I have snakes*. Hope I find him..

Good luck. keep us posted

Good luck ... look anywhere small and warm ...

I hope you find him soon. :(

Just start looking near his cage first. They usually don't go far.

With your vents and door closed, I like your chances! Just keep looking, it'll turn up :)

Good luck !

...take a deep breath....

Mine turned up after I started feeding the others. Give it a try - a nice tasty rat may be just too much to resist.

Aye good luck and start looking close to the enclosure and moving outward from there:rolleyes:

Good Luck...Its always hard.

If I can find a lost baby corn snake in a 1025 sq ft apartment...you can find a BEL BP!

Start rummaging!

My tip: Dont just look BEHIND your book cases/desk/dresser etc... also look UNDER. A lot of furniture has a gap under it that is accessible from the back side as the paneling on the back doesnt always go to the floor.

Best of luck!

Agreed, don't panic!! And don't throw anything around if your room is cluttered, s/he might be hiding under a pile of something and you don't want to harm him/her. I'd set up a few hides or a nice warm spot and see if s/he comes to it, or put a mouse/rat in a hide and see if that draws him/her out. Look under/around EVERYTHING, even if you think they'd never fit. My RTB got out once and she turned out to be under my mini-fridge, which I would NEVER have thought she'd fit under. If she didn't poke her head out I would've never looked. :P

I've also heard about someone using a non-toxic type of mouse trap that has something akin to glue on it instead of a spring-snap. I'd be VERY careful and do your research before doing it, but it could be a good way to catch him/her if there's a lot of places s/he can crawl in and out of.



It helps that BEL's are stark white, s/he should be a lot easier to spot than most! Good luck, I'm sure you'll find him/her in no time! :gj:

look in your closet thats where mine like to go since its dark and i have a few things they can crawl behide and hide good luck i know how it is

lol once again my black light.....ive had a friend lose an ivory and she turned all the lights off and used a black light lmao well this was at night too i had a pastel get out and found his way into a vacuum hose......yeah luckily his head was poking out and i saw...

Please don't use sticky traps. If it's sticky enough to hold your snake, it's sticky enough to be very harmful.

If you can't find it by looking, try listening. Especially in the evening or early morning hours when they are most likely to be moving around. Give yourself a quiet activity like reading...get comfy....and silently entertain yourself while keeping an ear out for the slightest rustling sound. Placing plastic grocery bags around the edges of the room and under furniture can help with this trick, too.

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Originally Posted by JLC

Please don't use sticky traps. If it's sticky enough to hold your snake, it's sticky enough to be very harmful.

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X2!

This is how I unintentionally caught my escaped BP once and it was one of the scariest moments of my life when I realized she was stuck in it. I didn't set the trap down and if I ever have another escape removing them will be the first thing I do (my apartment complex puts them down yearly).

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Originally Posted by Kinra

X2!

This is how I unintentionally caught my escaped BP once and it was one of the scariest moments of my life when I realized she was stuck in it. I didn't set the trap down and if I ever have another escape removing them will be the first thing I do (my apartment complex puts them down yearly).

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Ooh I think it was you that I saw this written about, I didn't know you didn't do it on purpose. I take back my statement then.

If your room is cluttered/messy I'd start in one corner and just go through eveything, look everywhere, and organize while you're at it. That way you might have a better chance finding him by looking at every single area and at the same time you clean/pick up your room too :) Good luck finding him!

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Originally Posted by xFenrir

Ooh I think it was you that I saw this written about, I didn't know you didn't do it on purpose. I take back my statement then.

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Even if I did do it on purpose after finding her the way I did I would NEVER recommend it. I thought she was dead at first, half her face was stuck to it and her mouth was open. It was just horrible. :tears:

I wish I had taken a picture so I could show people how bad sticky traps are but I was more concerned with getting her off safely (you use cooking oil for this btw) than think about how to use it as a future learning experience.

I search high and low for a few hours and finally found him! Thank goodness. >_<

He was under my green tree python's terrarium. I didn't think he could squeeze through such a small gap. He was laying under the UTH... Luckily the UTH wasn't hot enough to burn him. Back to your cage you bad little snake. lol. Thanks for all of your support!:D

YAY!! :gj::gj:

See! Warm dark secure place! I thought under a book shelf or dresser...guess it found the next best thing!

Glad you got him back safely. You should give him a slap across the wrist...oh wait...he no has.

Glad you found your friend

glad you found the little bugger!

i should post some of the photos of my snakes great escape at the beginning of September. i've had so many escapes now (all human error) that when a snake gets out i just wait for it to turn up. our room is always sealed off and we don't have heat vents they could go in.

i only get worried when it's an itty bitty corn!

Sorry to hear that. I just had my Houdini episode this morning! Story forthcoming. Word of advice: look in everything! Twice. I only wish it ha been my BEL... He woulda stuck out like a sore thumb...

Good luck searching!

Wow and Jason is late to the party again. Congrats on finding him. I can relate to your relief.

I'm glad you found him. :)

This is going to sound really dumb, but it works... It's a trick that can make some picky snakes eat, but once I used it to coax a friend's python out of a wall (don't ask, he's dumb... The friend, not the snake.)

Get some chicken livers from a grocery store, or boil up some beef broth, be sure to let it cool off first (lol,) then dip a live mouse or rat pup in it, or in the blood that the livers are packed in. Then put it in a container with lots of holes (the little critter carriers work well.) Then just set it out in the middle of the room. If you have a little fan, point it at it. The scent, and the heat from the mouse will draw them out.

I hope that helps, and good luck in finding your baby!!! Keep us posted.

LMAO @ self! :stupidme: I guess it would help if I noticed the post had more than one page before replying.

*face palm*

So happy you found him!:D

Thanks everyone! ^_^ I can always count on you guys! <3

Oh, whew, so glad to hear it.

My super mojo got out the other day during feeding, and after 15 minutes of looking, I just heaved a sigh and started sprinkling talcum powder along the walls and in all the corners. And when I got to the closet, I saw I was sprinkling powder on something white down near the baseboard. And there was Noodle. With powder on her head.

(I really do recommend the talcum powder trick if you can't find a snake in the first couple hours. Talcum powder, and water bowls in the bathroom. Then at least you know where they've been visiting.)

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I search high and low for a few hours and finally found him! Thank goodness. >_<

He was under my green tree python's terrarium. I didn't think he could squeeze through such a small gap. He was laying under the UTH... Luckily the UTH wasn't hot enough to burn him. Back to your cage you bad little snake. lol. Thanks for all of your support!:D

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Glad you found him - always look under/in the heated spots first! I lost a baby corn snake twice last year, before realizing her tub had a small crack (just big enough for her to escape)... both times I found her under my adult BP rack, the warmest spot in the room & first place I checked. Gotta think like a snake, LOL. ;)

P.S. How do your roommates not know about the snakes? I can see a landlord not knowing, but hiding them from a roommate would be tough!

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Originally Posted by SquamishSerpents

glad you found the little bugger!

i should post some of the photos of my snakes great escape at the beginning of September. i've had so many escapes now (all human error) that when a snake gets out i just wait for it to turn up. our room is always sealed off and we don't have heat vents they could go in.

i only get worried when it's an itty bitty corn!

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Yeah, I've had my share of (temporarily) lost snakes by now... and the tiny ones, like that little corn snake I mentioned, are always the scariest!! You think "there's NO way I'll ever find him/her," but again it's always smart to begin looking around any heat sources.

Btw, I've discovered that snakes are generally creatures of habit, and tend to head the same way whenever they're out... so if you find a snake hiding in one place one time, there's a good chance it'll be their regular hiding spot. Some snakes I don't even worry about when they're out (on purpose), since I know they'll eventually end up in a certain place. Not that I allow snakes to wander freely, I'm just less paranoid about it when I know their habits - and if they're really big. :P

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Originally Posted by Lolo76

P.S. How do your roommates not know about the snakes? I can see a landlord not knowing, but hiding them from a roommate would be tough!

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Haha. I have skills!! lol. jk. It has been over a year. I keep my snakes in my bedroom and always have the door close. I also keep my frozen mice in the freezer at work. ;)

haha i was wondering that too, because others in our building don't know we have snakes. we have to bring up the big bales of aspen late at night, lol

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Haha. I have skills!! lol. jk. It has been over a year. I keep my snakes in my bedroom and always have the door close. I also keep my frozen mice in the freezer at work. ;)

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Dang... I'm just such a blabbermouth, I wouldn't be able to keep my mouth shut for long. :oops:

Btw, howdy neighbor! I'm down in the South Bay now, but lived at the border of Daly City (in SF) for about 4 years - and to be perfectly honest, I miss that foggy weather. :(

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Originally Posted by SquamishSerpents

haha i was wondering that too, because others in our building don't know we have snakes. we have to bring up the big bales of aspen late at night, lol

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Nice, LOL. Luckily my complex is huge, and people here tend to mind their own business... plus my direct neighbor's hiding a large dog (she has two but only put one on the lease, since they charge pet rent per animal), so I know SHE won't squeal on me. Bwahaha.

For the record, I don't even know if reptiles are allowed or not - I just followed the "don't ask don't tell" policy when I signed the lease. ;)

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Nice, LOL. Luckily my complex is huge, and people here tend to mind their own business... plus my direct neighbor's hiding a large dog (she has two but only put one on the lease, since they charge pet rent per animal), so I know SHE won't squeal on me. Bwahaha.

For the record, I don't even know if reptiles are allowed or not - I just followed the "don't ask don't tell" policy when I signed the lease. ;)

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Good job!! Squeal on me, I'll squeal on you! Kind of black mail but not really. lol.

Although, when I moved in, my landlord/roommate already knew about my Green Cheek Conure bird and my fish tank. He was alright with those. But not all people are OK with snakes, so I don't want to scare him!! All my friends are scared of snakes...When I said all, I really mean it!!! All of my friends are scared of snakes regardless if they bite or not. :tears: Kind of sad......

This is all good info to know! Haha, one day mines gonna get out and I'll have the joys of trying to find her in my room!