What do I do if I lose my snake?

[shadowsnakes]

I won't assume the OP lost a snake, and skip over all the above perceived nastiness...

A thin line of flour going across doorways, in front of hiding places, etc can be a good indicator. As the snake travels across the flour it will leave very distinct belly tracks you might not see with salt. Aside from that what the others stated is true: tear everything apart and don't leave a single stone unturned! They can curl up into amazingly tight little snake packages and hdie in very strange places.

[sakura_noir]

I lost one of my BP's the very first day I brought her home. I tore through everything looking for her, but being a baby combined with how many great places there are to conceal a small snake...the search was fruitless. Setting out food didn't help because she was too freaked out to eat anyway. I was frantic with worry. What finally drew her out a week and a half later was her need for heat. After the kitchen had been dark and unpopulated for a while, I heard a thump in my beardie's terrarium. I went to investigate and found that she'd made her way up some shelves then dropped down into the terrarium ninja-style. That's how she earned her name, Cinnamon, after Cinnamon Carter in the old Mission Impossible show (oh dear, I've just dated myself). Lessons to be taken...

1. Never underestimate how quickly a snake can disappear.
2. Provide water as another member pointed out.
3. Heat is your friend. If you set up a dark, quiet area that is warm then odds are the snake will find it.


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[Gerardo]

I never lost a snake either but what i think i would try is putting a hide box with heat tape under it in the room i think he might be in and turn down the heat a bit in the house. Hopefully it wont ever happen though.

[Flint]

I've also heard (in the case of something that isn't large enough to physically harm you) that sleeping on the floor in a room you think the snake may be in for a night or two with the air low and the doorway sealed off that the snake will come to you for warmth.

[Gerardo]

I've also heard (in the case of something that isn't large enough to physically harm you) that sleeping on the floor in a room you think the snake may be in for a night or two with the air low and the doorway sealed off that the snake will come to you for warmth.

I would be scared of crushing it.

[Mustangfreak]

I lost my two with in a week of owning them. I tried so hard not to panic, the worst fear being my wife finding out LOL.

I found the male ASAP. The female however, took me a good 30 mins to find slithering in a box in a corner surrounded by other boxes.

Man I was happy to see that camp pattern lol.

[Recreation]

I have lost my snakes before , two of them in fact, multiple times.

I always check the room thoroughly and then the house. If I do not find them then I usually just go about my day, my snakes usually show up beside their enclosure ready to go home.


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[steve_r34]

My spider always got out but never lost her ... but my boy pastel I didn't lose I got distracted and when I remembered he was gone ... I thought he went out side I looked everywhere some how he crawled back in the snake room and hid behind the rack .. when I found him it was like 2 weeks later I never thought to look there .. it was a bad couple of weeks I felt horrible to the point I thought I shouldn't even own anymore .. but it was a tough lessened learned and since then I make sure when I have one out my main focus is on them ... ... if u lose a snake look in warm places and vents ... and inside stuff they don't go far

[Pythonfriend]

kinda offtopic, or lets say: you think BPs are hard to find???

a cousin of mine once had a gecko escape, and no matter how hard they looked, they did not find it. not until they moved out 6 years later. it was one of those geckos that can walk on walls or the ceiling. it died while sitting on a wall behind a cupboard, and did not fall down, the remains were still hanging on the wall after all these years, covered by a layer of dust.

at least BPs dont walk on walls, that quite literally adds another dimension to a seach effort

[Saber402]

Awesome way to welcome a new young person to the forum and the world of reptiles! Well done!