bp escaped!

well this is pretty :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:ty, my bp has gotten out of his tank. its only been a few hours since i last seen him. ive heard there nocturnal? so i dont think he went far. any opinions on how to find him or how to get him out from where he is?

Start looking everywhere in the immeadiate area of his enclosure. No place is too odd for a ball python on the run!

ive searched high and low. i still cant find him! i have a mouse in the middle of my room on the floor in a little plastic container, hopefully that might lure him out considering he hasnt eaten in a week.

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ive searched high and low. i still cant find him! i have a mouse in the middle of my room on the floor in a little plastic container, hopefully that might lure him out considering he hasnt eaten in a week.

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That ball is more interested in exploring then eating, a week is nothing for a ball python.

ive searched all my furniture already, i dont know where he could be! im freakin out, i feel like the worst bp owner ever :(

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ive searched all my furniture already, i dont know where he could be! im freakin out, i feel like the worst bp owner ever :(

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Snakes are the master escape artists, we've all had them get out.... if you haven;t, just wait... it will happen! So don't feel bad!

Being day time it may just of found a nice tight spot to hide, keep looking and you may get luckier when it gets dark. Leave the lights off for a while....

thanks. i already miss him lol. my little buddy. i hope i find him soon

still no luck :( , i noticed there is A LOT of dust under all my furniture. Can that harm the the snake ? im goin nuts looking for him. I even thinkin bout callin into work and not goin in. i feel so bad. ive searched my whole room over and over. no clue where he could have gone.

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still no luck :( , i noticed there is A LOT of dust under all my furniture. Can that harm the the snake ? im goin nuts looking for him. I even thinkin bout callin into work and not goin in. i feel so bad. ive searched my whole room over and over. no clue where he could have gone.

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Do you have any flour? Some sprinkle it aroung the edges of the walls to see the tracks as the snake slithers thru.Then you just follow the track to the little bugger ;) .

i dont think i have flour at the house, ill get some though. is that where they normally hide, against the walls? i feel terrible that i lost him.

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i dont think i have flour at the house, ill get some though. is that where they normally hide, against the walls? i feel terrible that i lost him.

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Balls are shy so he will avoid the open part of the room.Keep us posted

i will. but im starting to lose hope here. on top of all this, i have work at one hour. :(

I totally feel what you are going through. My little bubble gum corn escaped about a week ago. She is very shy so I am sure that she has found somewhere to curl up and hide, but I can't find where that is. She is about 2 feet long but fairly slender so she can fit into very small places. :(


Definately try looking with a flaslight at night. Look in dark small places. I've heard of snakes showing up in shoes, gym bags, under kitchen appliances where it is warmer, bathrooms, pretty much anything is fair game. I have also heard of snakes that have gone missing for weeks and even months and then randomly showing up again so don't give up hope yet!

well i want to look more but i have to go to work :( i get attached to animals very easily lol. its my soft side. so i feel really really bad that i lost him. i should be home from work sometime after 10 pm, ill be up all night if i have too. i miss my little buddy!!! thanks for your support everyone. and best of luck to you critterlover.

Is there anyplace you may have missed? One of mine got out years ago and she was wedged underneath our sofa, in the frame; had to take it apart to get her out! (it was one of those recliner sofas.)
Tiny, tiny places are where you need to look..
I seriously wish you luck; I have had escapees back in the day, and I know that feeling you get.. remember we all make mistakes and I hope you find him.

well its about 12 hours since he's been missing, im physically exhausted from crawling around , bending, lifting. im worried for it too. guess ill just have to give it time now.

How long have you had him and how often to you handle him? When my son's favourite (and first Cornsnake Kai) got out of her viv, my son turned his room upside down. I told him to look round about his bed. About 12 hours later, he finally decided to look under his bed...and there was Kai. My son has handled her frequently since the day he got her as a tiny baby so I figured she may well be where the scent of my son is quite strong. She was.


BPs are nocturnal so you could try putting some flour round about the edges of the room and across the door entrance so you can trace where he's gone.

Here's a link which gives lots of helpful tips on finding a lost snake.

http://www.anapsid.org/escapedsnake.html

Hope you find this helpful and I really hope you find your snake.

any luck yet?

what worries me is its been bout 14 hours now, and all the doors in my two story house have big gaps under the doors. i do handle him quite frequently. but hes nowhere around the bed. im fixing to just leave a mouse in a plastic, ventilated container in the middle of the room because mondays are his feeding days. that website gave me some good ideas. wish me luck. ill be up all night.

i havent read the 2nd page of this so i dont know if hes been found yet but i wouldnt worry too much... more than likely hes within 10 feet of his enclosure and youll find him when you least expect it.... i searched every inch of every room for 2 days... when i finally took a break and sat on the couch mine crawled across my floor..

i hope that happens to me, i dont even know if im looking in the right places. right now all the lights are off. i have a live mouse in the middle of my room, and he's got a ton load of fecal matter in there and its givin off quite an odor lol. i plan on sitting here and waiting for him to make a move.

keep waiting.. go brew a pot of coffee

lol im doin all that i can to stay awake. the things i do for my BP lol.

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lol im doin all that i can to stay awake. the things i do for my BP lol.

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what kind of things do you have near the enclosure? how much time passed between her escaping and you discovering the fact?

his tank is on my dresser with nothing but a few picture frames and buddha statues. im assuming he fell off the dresser which is a good 3 foot drop. around the dresser is another dresser, a garbage pail. my room also has a bed, tv and movie stand, a closet and a recliner. all have been searched.

Any dark spot is a good spot, I've found a small corn snake behind a picture hanging on the wall 6ft off the ground! So the message is the most unlikey places are you best places to look!

I searched a whole apartment once for a six ft boa.... found it the next day 2ft away from where it got out in between racks. It was under a 4 inch high gap between two racks that were stacked on top of each other. I forgot about that gap!


Is there a gap under the enclosure?

no gap. i searched the whole dresser , including my sox and underwear drawers! im really losing hope. im starting to think that he "explored" his way out of my room.

Well, if you have any walmart bags or crinkly similar bags.... lay them around the room. I have done that and been woken up by a snake loose crossing over a bag.... it makes a lot of noise.... might be worth trying.

ok, well lol, i just covered most of my room in plastic grocery bags, hopefully ill hear him. i still have the mouse in the center of the room.

Try laying in there with the light off.... listen. When that light is off for a while and all seems safe to come out.... you may hear him!

Ok deep breath.. I know your worried and stressed. Sit in the middle of the room. Think warm, SMALL spaces. I found mine behind the computer soaking ou the heat from the fans. Try putting a heating pad on the floor on low over night and cover it with a hide. Do this in one the room he got out in first for a day. then go to the other rooms. I am so serious think SMALL they can get in places you can't even imagine. Good luck

still no luck finding him. i still have plastic bags everywhere lol. im gonna try finding a heating pad.

Also keep all the lights off

Look in cold places too, you'd be surprised... I've found them in some cold places as well. Anywhere tight is a good hiding place!

im done looking. i guess he'll come out when he's ready. :(

thats when you find them.. good thoughts and prayers your way.

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im done looking. i guess he'll come out when he's ready. :(

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Ummm... Don't stop looking. You're responsible for this animal, and I wouldn't stop looking, and relooking, until he's found. I know you must be extremely frustrated, and I do hope you find him.

I can only imagine how frustrated you must be, dont quit looking, however do take a break and clear your head as you need to. Any friends that could help you, 2nd pair of eyes would be helpfull. Good luck!!!

Think snake. They are good climbers so dont just look on the ground. when mine got out he crawled up a chair on to the desk accross the night stand and down a stool before coming behind the computer.

one of my escaped bps and i looked all over just to find her right underneath her enclosure sitting near the heat lamp of another girls encolsure...
they dont really get far just keep looking...
usually in the most obvious places...
like under a couch or bed...
good luck...

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still no luck finding him. i still have plastic bags everywhere lol. im gonna try finding a heating pad.

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Yup, there comes a point when you need to stop, take a break. They often turn up when you do!

well i have been chillin for a few hours now, still no sign of him. im worried that all the dust will get to him. underneath my furniture is A LOT of dust.

Did you carefully check the recliner. They can and will get up inside furniture and coil into springs and so forth. We had to disentangle a 6 foot plus boa from the springs in the couch. He managed to stuff himself under the couch then find a small hole in the material, rip it open and in he went. What a gawd awful bit of work that was getting him back out.

Mine just came back yesterday after 5 days...hang in there

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well i have been chillin for a few hours now, still no sign of him. im worried that all the dust will get to him. underneath my furniture is A LOT of dust.

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Don't think dust would bother him as in the wild they live in a lot worse. The dust could work to your advantage though - you should be able to see a trail where he's been.

Yes, look for evey place thats warm. My kingsnake has escaped before and ended up hiding IN MY COMPUTER. (she survived though ^_^ just really freaked out)

well still no sign of him :( i do periodic checks everwhere. i even looked downstairs, though its highly unlikely that he made it that far. im clueless to as of where he could be. i just keep hoping that he shows up out of nowhere.
again, thanks for everyones help and support.

Sorry to read you have not found your snake yet .He will pop up when you least expect him ;) .

still no sign of the little bugger. really worried now. im starting to think he made it downstairs and out the back door. but that would mean he made it past my boxer, my poodle, and my dad who has been re-modeling the kitchen. Apep is pretty shy when people come near him. but i just dont know any more.

I know it won't make you feel any better, but I had a Mexican Black Kingsnake when I was younger, that got out of his cage one week before I went to boot camp. I couldn't find him at all. My Mom never did see him while I was gone, but when got home from boot camp, two days later I found him at the foot of the stairs. That was 13 weeks after he got out. I hope you find your buddy soon. Keep a sharp eye out, and you'll find him. Sending all my luck your way.