PANIC! :( escaped ball python

I woke up this morning to check if my 1.5 y/o ball had finally shed. Turns out he did shed, but found a way to slide his doors open to escape :( . I've been looking everywhere for the good part of the last hour and I don't know what to do!

ANY helpful advice as to how to search better would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks all.

-Johnathan

Try looking in dark corners


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Check all the places right around his enclosure. Behind the enclosure, near the heat source, etc. Like someone else on here said, a lot of times they spend all sorts of effort escaping then make it 5 or 6 feet away and that's it.

Put flour on the floor and you can see the tracks when it goes across it. Look I n every nook and cranny. Be patient but vigilant. Also look in the bathroom they seem to like bathrooms. Also welcome to the world of BPs lol. I've had my girl escape 2x and found her in the bathroom, and on a book shelf up high.

Good luck on your search, I'm rue you'll find him soon!

I lost my 2 BP's once, mild heart attack almost happened LOL.

I have found him!! I don't know where he was when I first combed through my room, but I found him in my closet on the second search.

Thanks to everyone!!

Glad you found him! I have lost two of my snakes, not a fun experience.

That's good you found him, I've had my Snow Corn get out while I was deployed. Although she didn't get far she did get injured when my cousin closed the door on her head. x.x She survived it and made a surprisingly quick recover. Snakes are sure hardy reptiles.

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I have found him!! I don't know where he was when I first combed through my room, but I found him in my closet on the second search.

Thanks to everyone!!

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Glad you've found him! :)


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Glad you found him!!

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Glad you found him! I have lost two of my snakes, not a fun experience.

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can you put a picture of your normal up as im new to this and was given mine and was told he is a normal but no to sure ppppplease

congrats on finding your snake.

to minimize the risk of it escaping again, i suggest you put some sort of lock on the enclosure. your ball python probably rubbed itself against the doors to shed its skin, and this rubbing motion is what opened your sliding door. my display cage also has sliding doors, i lock it by jamming a stick on the rails of the sliding doors, just long enough so there's no room for the doors to slide. i do not use the usual store bought lock for sliding glass because it's an eyesore to a realistic set-up, and my method cost me nothing.