Ball python stuck?

I usually take my BP out and let him "explore" on my bed or a desk or something every now and then. Just a while ago I thought I lost him, but he somehow snuck inside my computer cooler and now he's stuck! any advice/tips for me to get him out? :tears:

turn it off, first of all. not only do you not want electricity running through it, but itll be much too cold. can you disassemble it?

we'll focus on the urgent nature of the situation, but its a bad idea in general to take your eye off your snake when its out and about.

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I turned it off, but I cannot disassemble it without breaking it. And I really don't want to break it since that might harm my pet.
Also, I usually keep my eye on him. I just made the stupid mistake of thinking he wouldn't go anhywhere if I left for like, a second...Well, this is a learning experience..:rage:

This is basically the conundrum I am in right now:

http://i.imgur.com/RcGqNj5.jpg http://i.imgur.com/rEJOqGN.jpg

just how stuck are we talking? these guys can look wedged in pretty tight, but chances are he can wiggle out ok.

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I kind of edited my post before you answered. Look at the post above and you'll see.

Tempt him out with a rat

I fed him 6 days ago... I don't think a rat or mouse will get his attention.. but I guess I could try and see if he's hungry.

He won't take any food and I don't know what else to do. Would it be wrong if I just put the unplugged and cooled off computer cooler in the cage and see if he figures out how to slither out of it later?

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Originally Posted by Seemingly_Harmless

Would it be wrong if I just put the unplugged and cooled off computer cooler in the cage and see if he figures out how to slither out of it later?

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Yep. That's exactly what I would do. I wouldnt worry about it too much.

My Albino boy squeezes himself between the glass and splash in his terrarium but always gets out.

(Yep, there's glass there)
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/07/uzaza9a6.jpg

Here's a better one:
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/07/8a6ehu5y.jpg

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Ah. Okay. Thanks!
Awww. He looks beautiful! And that's so hard to tell that's glass :giggle:

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Originally Posted by Seemingly_Harmless

Ah. Okay. Thanks!
Awww. He looks beautiful! And that's so hard to tell that's glass :giggle:

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Thank you! He's one of my calmer BPs. Yea, I realized that and posted a better one. Lol.

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One of your calmer ones? Do the others get nippy or something? lol
I saw the other picture :D How big is he?

oh, yeah he can wiggle out of there whenever he wants to, he just wanted to see how you dealt with a little heart attack. lol. I was expecting some crazy piece of machinery, but if you just leave that in the cage, he'll eventually abandon it for his hotspot. :gj:

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He's still a baby. I think he was born early 2012 and he's now at 740g. I say he's one of my calmer ones because I can take him out and he just wraps around my arm and hangs out. My other ones like to explore all over the place so I always have to watch them. Lol.

Thankfully, none of my BPs ever snapped at me yet. One of them hissed at me once but she was in shed.

I have no doubt someone will pipe up with an exception, but I've never seen a BP get themselves into something they couldn't get out of, including the inner springs of a Lazy-Boy recliner one time.

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oh, yeah he can wiggle out of there whenever he wants to, he just wanted to see how you dealt with a little heart attack. lol. I was expecting some crazy piece of machinery, but if you just leave that in the cage, he'll eventually abandon it for his hotspot. :gj:

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OR youre snake just claimed himself a new hide.

My boa got stuck inside her hide 1 time. It was an upside down wicker basket thing that i cut a hole in, well 1 day I had a left over rat pup so i gave it to her. She snatched with just a quick strike out of her hide hole and 2 days later shes draging her hide across the tank cause only about 1/3 of was able to fit out the same hole. It was an easy fix and she wasnt harmed and didnt even seem to care or notice. I was lmao.

I would put the cooling fan in his enclosure rite next to his hide and call it a night.

I think my snake found himself a new hide lol
I just checked up on him, and half his body was in the hide on his hot spot whilst theother half was still in the computer cooler!

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Originally Posted by Snatantula

OR youre snake just claimed himself a new hide.

My boa got stuck inside her hide 1 time. It was an upside down wicker basket thing that i cut a hole in, well 1 day I had a left over rat pup so i gave it to her. She snatched with just a quick strike out of her hide hole and 2 days later shes draging her hide across the tank cause only about 1/3 of was able to fit out the same hole. It was an easy fix and she wasnt harmed and didnt even seem to care or notice. I was lmao.

I would put the cooling fan in his enclosure rite next to his hide and call it a night.

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One of my ball pythons did the same thing! Got stuck in a hide and I had the break the hide apart to get him out. I'm glad yours came out unscathed, mine still has a scar from his sticky situation.

Definitely doing that on purpose, I think ;)
They are sneaky bastards. Love them, but they are!

My BP will get himself in all kinds of shenanigans, and when I try to help him - he doesn't see it that way - he hangs on to whatever is around for dear life. He's not stuck. He's holding on. :P

I would "tickle" your snake out from under there lol

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I would "tickle" your snake out from under there lol

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seconded, tickling works surprisingly well! if you can get a fingernail against his belly, run it lightly up and down his scutes. it is both effective and adorable.

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I just tried that and I must say, it is adorable watching them move after tickling them~
Though really, if my computer cooler wasn't so big and clunky I would have kept it in his cage for him to hide in, because he really seems to like it lol.