The most hopeless escape case *ever*

[Salamander Rising]

Do you know anybody who owns a cat they'll bring by for a visit ?

Cat's are nosey creatures, and they go over everything with a fine toothed nose. I'd bet that you can get a good idea of spots to look after one day with a neighbor's cat.

You would want an adult cat, not a kitten. Kittens have an attention span of about 3 seconds. Adult cat's attention span is at least a minute, sometimes 2 or 3.

I know how upsetting this must be for you. I've only ever lost one of mine for a few hours, by now I'd be in a straitjacket if this were my snake.

Gale

No, no loaner cats available.
People know I have a Dobermann and of course, like Pits and Pythons, you just know they're born weapons of mass destruction.


I'd really like to get the kitten because it's coming from a good friend and is black with green eyes and already catches mice.

The resident rat snake helps with the mice but its 'effective time' is limited due to winter hibernation which just so happens to be when the little vermin overrun the place, seeking heat.
Plus, it can only eat so many mice.

If I do get him, he'll be confined to the downstairs bedroom until I'm sure he's big enough to deal with my dogs.
He's been raised with dogs so I know he'd have no problem with them..it's the dogs I worry about.

And yeah, I'm *thisclose* to being put in a straitjacket.

[WingedWolfPsion]

Have you tried a wire cage, set in the middle of the floor, with a live mouse in it?

Also, ball pythons can go months without food, but not without water. Water is what he will be looking for. Where can he get water? That's where you want to look for him. Leave a pan of water out next to the mouse cage.

Snakes will travel DOWN to look for water--the ground floor, or the basement, wherever they can head downward, because that's logically where water should be.

[jess6905]

Kittens although cute is so not the way to go finding your snake as others have said. If you just want it as a pet because you want one fine, but please don't get one just to try to find your boy. I have had cats/ kittens always and on several occasions seen what they will do to a snake first hand. Trust me not something you want to see.

I hope like everyone else you find your boy soon but please stop running yourself down so much. I know its hard but I always find the more desperately I look for something the longer it takes to find it. Not saying to give up in anyway just to maybe slow down? Best of luck!

[Royal Hijinx]

Kittens although cute is so not the way to go finding your snake as others have said. If you just want it as a pet because you want one fine, but please don't get one just to try to find your boy. I have had cats/ kittens always and on several occasions seen what they will do to a snake first hand. Trust me not something you want to see.

I hope like everyone else you find your boy soon but please stop running yourself down so much. I know its hard but I always find the more desperately I look for something the longer it takes to find it. Not saying to give up in anyway just to maybe slow down? Best of luck!

I agree, stepping away from it for a bit may be the most healthy thing in the long run. Like was said, put out food, heat and water and go about your daily life.

[Salamander Rising]

Have you tried a wire cage, set in the middle of the floor, with a live mouse in it?

Also, ball pythons can go months without food, but not without water. Water is what he will be looking for. Where can he get water? That's where you want to look for him. Leave a pan of water out next to the mouse cage.

Snakes will travel DOWN to look for water--the ground floor, or the basement, wherever they can head downward, because that's logically where water should be.

There are bowls of water everywhere.
However, the walls open to the outside where a puddle forms from the downspout every time it rains.
The black snake drinks there.
For whatever reason, there is no water in the drip pan under the fridge.
At the moment, the root cellar is dry but I have no way of telling what's going on under the part of the house where the kitchen is.

The toilets don't 'sweat' and the lids are down.

I have no idea what, if anything, he's drinking.

I'm starting to despise this house.

I'll set my feeder mouse tank on the floor, just in case he decides to prefer the tame white ones to the red wild ones.

[Salamander Rising]

Kittens although cute is so not the way to go finding your snake as others have said. If you just want it as a pet because you want one fine, but please don't get one just to try to find your boy. I have had cats/ kittens always and on several occasions seen what they will do to a snake first hand. Trust me not something you want to see.

I hope like everyone else you find your boy soon but please stop running yourself down so much. I know its hard but I always find the more desperately I look for something the longer it takes to find it. Not saying to give up in anyway just to maybe slow down? Best of luck!

I'm trying to slow down.

It's my first 'lost' pet of any kind in 50 years of living so it's not something I'm familiar with.

I don't what to do about the kitten.

I want it but would have to confine it to one particular room until Alice shows up.....one way or another.

[Salamander Rising]

I agree, stepping away from it for a bit may be the most healthy thing in the long run. Like was said, put out food, heat and water and go about your daily life.

I have been slowly 'gearing down' a bit....mostly due to exhaustion

Until now, I didn't realize just how many yellow and black things are in this house.

Every time I see something like that, my heart jumps with hope...but then it's a DeWalt drill or a power block or some other kind of tool...or a yardstick.

When/why did I ever buy all this black and yellow stuff??

[WingedWolfPsion]

90% of my escaped ball pythons (it happens to all of us at some point) have shown up again in plain sight, usually in the evening, lol. Don't lose hope. Check the root cellar for sure, if there's any way down there.

[Salamander Rising]

90% of my escaped ball pythons (it happens to all of us at some point) have shown up again in plain sight, usually in the evening, lol. Don't lose hope. Check the root cellar for sure, if there's any way down there.

There's a way down there but it's guarded by some kind of huge red and black spiders with a Monty Pythonesque "NONE SHALL PASS!" attitude.....

[Annageckos]

When my bp got out (at my cousins apt, while she was watching him for me) he was gone for a few weeks. He was found on a shelf in a closet, curled up in some stuffed toys. He was probably about 4 feet when that happened. Another time my Savannah monitor got out of his tank, he was less then six inches long at the time. I looked everywhere for him. I couldn't find him and pretty much gave up. I found him six months later, sunning in a window. He spent the winter in a drafty attic, which was also my bedroom. Don't give up hope, you will most likely find him when you aren't looking. Good luck.