Ohh No. Snake MIA

So I just came back from a 3-day trip and went to change the water in the tank. Uh oh.. no snake. The lid was cracked a little, I don't think it was that way when I left? I've already done a quick search with no luck. This sucks because I have a 2 story house with tons of boxes and little places it could be.

What's the best way to search?? Is there any way to coax it out? I have a tank of mice a room or so away, do you think it would be camping out in that room or go towards the smell?

Any help is appriciated

There are a few tricks some folks have used or suggest....for us one was missing for 4 days...we found her on the 4th day no more then 1/4 foot from her tub...same with the other one who went missing twice..she was with in 2 feet of her home...you can use the search up top and find a million threads on little tricks an such...good luck!

A couple thread's with some tips...
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...hlight=escaped
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...hlight=missing

I also just recently had a snake out on the prowl. He was out for maybe 2 days. Found him in the drawer of the oven. :eek:

Oh and btw my snakes are kept in a upstairs bedroom. He got out and made his way down to the 1st floor. :eek:

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Originally Posted by daaangconcepts

I also just recently had a snake out on the prowl. He was out for maybe 2 days. Found him in the drawer of the oven. :eek:

Oh and btw my snakes are kept in a upstairs bedroom. He got out and made his way down to the 1st floor. :eek:

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That sucks, mine is in upstairs bedroom too and i'm kinda assuming it stayd upstairs. Haven't searched downstairs yet?

Does leaving a mouse out or something help?

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Originally Posted by Snikt228

That sucks, mine is in upstairs bedroom too and i'm kinda assuming it stayd upstairs. Haven't searched downstairs yet?

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Yeah, that's EXACTLY what I thought! Untill I found him. I actually heard him move one of my pans. :oops:

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Originally Posted by Snikt228

Does leaving a mouse out or something help?

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I know I read somewhere on here about a couple of tricks you can to. I think I remember reading something about a mouse or rat and a soda bottle. :confused:

The only thing I really did was set up a heating pad with his hides on top of it. I had that up in the room he got out of. But that didn't really do me any good b.c he had already gotten out of that room.

Here is what I was talking about.

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...9&postcount=18


Here is the full thread.

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=35923

Good luck! All sorts of different things you can try....turning heat off in house except one room, a mouse/rat in a cage, flour along walls or in front of doorways to see his travel path.


Use the search for the different threads. Just remember, even if it looks too small a space, it probably ISN'T. (Unless your escapee is 3' long and 2-3 lbs. ....then there would be some places that would be too small. ;)

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Originally Posted by sweety314

Unless your escapee is 3' long and 2-3 lbs. ....then there would be some places that would be too small. ;)

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Exactly...when Willow A.K.A Big Willy got out she weighed 2190 grams...I thought HA I will find her fat ass in no time...I still have no idea where in the room she was for 4 whole days...but when I came in to feed she was slithering across the floor like she owned the place. Of course she started a fast 2 weeks prior to the escape (rumors is she was trimming down to squeeze out lol) and has been on the same fast since *sighs* she was my best eater to :(

My adult ball I've found btwn Robins mattress & the wall (the bed sits on two boxsprings < no frame >, once in the file cabinet drawer, and once in the bedroom closet. Kishnah's escape events found him under the rat cages in Robin's room, and along the wall on the shelf of the boxsprings of Robin's bed.

I've posted about Oreo's escapades and finding Kaa in the back of the stove.

Luckily, he's the only fatality, and the other escapees were found w/in a day or two.

Many years ago I made the mistake of falling asleep holding my 4ft king snake in the living room (downstairs). Roughly a year later I found him all nice and fat in my desk drawer (upstairs). It was pretty crazy.

best o' luck getting the snakie back , they can and will get to places you would go ' nah ...no chance being there ' , have a look anyway , keep the faith Bud

Still no luck. I'm thinking about buying a couple male mice because they stink more and try the 2 liter bottle trick a put a few around the house.

Kinda getting worried with some of these stories about them being found a year later.

This is my only pet, at what point do you give up and buy another one?

Success, I found the little bugger. He was about 10 ft away from the cage sitting on my range bag. I searched the room about 10 minutes earlier and he just appeared.

Well i'm glad he's back. Seems to be ok, hope he enjoyed the adventure

Not sure if the mice I planted around helped bring him out at all

That's great news! congrats!

nice one !!!

:carrot: That's great news!! Glad you've found him!!:carrot:

Congrats...I am sure that is a load off your mind. Now go secure your lid really well :D

Thats great that you found him. I lost one in December and found her:( pinned behind a 2x4 wall dead 2 weeks ago.:( It really sucks so any happy ending is great:P .

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Originally Posted by Snikt228

This is my only pet, at what point do you give up and buy another one?

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Personally with me, unless I find him dead I never really give up. I hope that I'll come across him before too long and know that snakes can and will live a very long time without food. And thats to say you don't have a critter problem because as I believe with mine (since he was rather plump when I found him a year later), that he had to have found something to wrap his jaws around.

When you go and replace him (if at all) is of course at your own discretion. I didn't want another snake while mine was MIA b/c I never lost hope that I wouldn't find him, so for the time being I turned his tank into a fish tank and hoped for the best.

So glad that you found him:carrot: