Escapee help needed ... lost snake

[Bogertophis]

.... They are almost aaaalways within a 10-foot radius of the escape spot....

You BP-keepers sure are lucky! Of the snakes I've ever had escape (all of them many years ago) all 4 were more active types that sure didn't follow
that rule about staying close by, much less "a few feet away", lol. But I got three of them back quickly, the exception- my very enterprising adult female
bull snake (Tara*) that hibernated for 6 months under a kitchen cupboard, where I suspected she was, by process of elimination, but where I couldn't verify
until she made a dramatic appearance on my kitchen floor one night in May, about 10 pm. I was SO relieved & happy to have her safely back. When she
was first given to me, she had a bit of an attitude (hence her name Tara bull snake, pronounced "terri-ble" snake", lol) but by the time she disappeared,
her mischief was a thing of the past, except for the escape; it was her first & last big adventure, she settled down & produced some feisty offspring for me,
with her unrelated mate, Fulla ("full o' bull snake") and both lived good long lives.

[Spechal]

How do I get under the refrigerator myself to see if he is under there? I can see he isn’t on the floor under it and he isn’t visually under the dishwasher after removing the skirting. The flour lines helped as I can see flattened areas moving back and forth between the two, so I know am closing in on him. Thanks!


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[Bogertophis]

How do I get under the refrigerator myself to see if he is under there? I can see he isn’t on the floor under it and he isn’t visually under the dishwasher after removing the skirting. The flour lines helped as I can see flattened areas moving back and forth between the two, so I know am closing in on him. Thanks!


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If you can slide it forward, slowly & carefully, so you can look in the back...? That's awesome that you have tracked him with the flour!

Speaking for myself, I'd be tempted to call an appliance repair guy (& carefully explain the problem, hoping they aren't phobic) if the snake is in there but
out of reach. And I think it would be much safer to cut the power (unplug the frig) for a while while you're poking around back there.

[Vipera Berus]

The snakes I've kept have managed to escape a few times mostly by ether me or my family having them out and falling asleep (us humans that is). Several times they were found hidden under various beds, once behind a radiator and sometimes behind a cupboard.

[Bogertophis]

The snakes I've kept have managed to escape a few times mostly by ether me or my family having them out and falling asleep (us humans that is). Several times they were found hidden under various beds, once behind a radiator and sometimes behind a cupboard.

Snakes are very relaxing, I once dozed off for about 5 minutes holding a snake while relaxing after a long work day in my rocker-recliner, so I can relate...
I know it was not over 5 minutes, as I was watching the news, which in those good old days was a lot more boring. My snake went under my chair & didn't
want to come out, lol...but I won. That snake & I were both lucky, had the snake gotten into the springs, he could have been killed or badly injured, and I'd
have felt horrible.

[Godzilla78]

i got one back recently by simply leaving a little plastic terrarium on the floor of the snake room with a heat mat under it and a bowl of water in it .

It was asleep in there one morning about two weeks later

excellent!

[Zincubus]

excellent!

I'd kinda given up as well so it was a lovely surprise when I found it there one morning


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[Craiga 01453]

Update?????


...and side note: I can't believe how often people reply on these threads with comments like "every time I've lost my snake" or "Snake Doe has escaped multiple times"...
Why aren't people fixing the escape issue????

[Zincubus]

Well I've had a few escapeees over the years but I can't 'fix' my brain

The most recent escape turned up a few weeks later thankfully but I just get distracted by a phone call , or the wife calling out for me for something or I just see something else and then I forgot to lock the viv doors ..


I've found the few others that escaped . The only one that actually never turned up was a hatchling Corn snake that my son had been showing his girlfriend and didn't slide the doors closed properly

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[Spechal]

He’s not lost anymore but also not found. At this point, I’ve set out a seedling mat (they stay at like 90F), a makeshift hide and water outside where I believe he is, but no luck the last few nights. He’s migrated from the spot he was in but is still inaccessible and out of view. I still use flour to track his movements and I can see he is no loner going for the dishwasher, stove or refrigerator based on the lines not getting squished down; I removed all of the skirtings. He is still migrating somewhere around my kitchen which also has a utility closet with HVAC ... pretty sure he is under there and it’s even less accessible than anything else and the most dangerous to both of us to mess around with. Hoping he comes out in the next 24 hours or I will have to call someone. Only way to get where I believe he is, is to cut into the floor that raises the furnace and water heater off the ground. Or cut through the drywall ... I may do that because I know I can patch it. May just do that tonight anyways or certainly in the morning if my “trap” doesn’t work. He’s a cunning little guy and I know I need to get to him ASAP, but I am making sure he is taken care of until capture. The flour lines have really helped me isolate him or at least know when he leaves the kitchen and goes back into it. I would love to stay up all night waiting on him like I did other the holiday, but alas ... work.

Thanks for everyone’s support in saying it happens and thanks for asking for an update. I feel bad I haven’t captured him yet, but I don’t want to trap him as most people use glue pads and then a solvent and that just seems wrong to me. He is also too fat for the water bottle trap trick; I feel.


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