my ball python has been on the loose and i found him and he wont let me get him out..

my bp has been loose almost 2 weeks and i found him in a hole in wall under air conditioner , i tried to get him out but hes acting very aggressive and trying to bite me.. so i thought he was hungry so i tried to get him out by dangling a frozen mouse in front of hole but he just keepss trying to go for my hand and arm.. what do i need to do? [IMG]12957188_1533098766993896_1454819700_n.jpg[/IMG]ep

Put the mouse down near the hole, if he grabs it while still; in the hole he may try and pull it in, plus you dont know whats in the wall so you dont want to try and pull him out if his tails wrapped around a wire or if theres a nail sticking out somewhere

depending on what you are willing to do to get him out make the hole bigger but be careful not to hurt him so you can get him (as stated above avoid all sharp objects) or take the bite and get him also you could put a heat pad under a box in front of the hole and see if he will go to the heat

If you can get hands on him, get him out of there. Let him bite he'll get over it. You take your eyes off him he'll be gone again.


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all he is giving me to grab is his head and a lil bit of his neck, im scared to grab him like that, hes a very large aprox 4 foot , and very thick..

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depending on what you are willing to do to get him out make the hole bigger but be careful not to hurt him so you can get him (as stated above avoid all sharp objects) or take the bite and get him also you could put a heat pad under a box in front of the hole and see if he will go to the heat

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thank you im actually thinking that as a possibility , so i can grab him.. right now all that he is giving me to grab is his head and start of his neck, im afraid to grab him like that

thank you, im trying to get him to give me something to grab besides his head, and start of his neck.. i dont want him to get hurt.. even a mouse isnt making him come out further .. i did give him one mouse for an appetizer, bc he usually eat 4-5 large mice a week.. i just cant understand why hes being aggressive , hes very friendly (usually) and handled very often by me

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I'm Not trying to be insulting. However I have to ask. You said you dangled a frozen mouse in front of him. Did you thaw it out and heat it? If you didn't do that. It may be a reason why he did not go for it.

I'm sure the op unthawed the mouse... I believe they said they left one there as an appetizer. It would have to be unthawed for him to eat it lol.

It looks like the area around the hole is drywall? Since there's already a hole there I would just enlarge it enough to get him out and then patch up the drywall later. Drywall repair isn't too difficult.

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It looks like the area around the hole is drywall? Since there's already a hole there I would just enlarge it enough to get him out and then patch up the drywall later. Drywall repair isn't too difficult.

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If you do decide to make the hole bigger, try starting a new hole further away from the snake. Use a small blunt object to probe through the drywall first just to ensure that the snake is not there and your not going to hurt it if you start a hole in that area. Then you could work on joining the two holes together to make one large one, hopefully large enough to get at more of his body so you can remove him without harm. There's plenty of how-to videos and guides on the internet to help you patch up the hole once you have your snake out. You'll have to be prepared to be bit by him as well from the sounds of things, just be sure that if he does bite you that you don't panic.

As for how aggressive he is, that could change once you get him back into his enclosure.

I didn't mean to come off as insulting in any way. It's just that I have seen some strange things on this forum, that should be easy to understand. That are not, by some reptile keepers. To the original poster I hope you get your BP out safely.