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    Unhappy Help Snake loose !

    My stupid cat broke the lid to my tank and my young Ball Python (about a year old ) got out at some point during the night... I've looked high and low I don't see him. I live in Washington state in a zone 7 so I did not have the furnace going last night. I'm worried he's dyeing of cold some where. I've put out a space heater near the wall where his tank is in hopes he'll seek out heat, and have just put out a hot mouse in a tuperware hoping the smell draws him out( he's last meal was 7 days ago) any other tips or tricks please. I'm not sure what else to do to find him

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    Re: Help Snake loose !

    Look around your appliances.
    TV, fridge, dryer, anything that puts off heat. Putting the mouse in a bowl is a good start too. Watch out for the space heaters. He may try to climb in or on them. Some may get too hot and burn him.

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    Re: Help Snake loose !

    Quote Originally Posted by Morris Reese View Post
    Look around your appliances.
    TV, fridge, dryer, anything that puts off heat. Putting the mouse in a bowl is a good start too. Watch out for the space heaters. He may try to climb in or on them. Some may get too hot and burn him.
    Thanks i'll turn the heater down and yeah lol my kitchen looks like a madd appliance man came through right now

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    Re: Help Snake loose !

    Quote Originally Posted by Maines4Me View Post
    Thanks i'll turn the heater down and yeah lol my kitchen looks like a madd appliance man came through right now
    Let me know if you find him/her. Most of the time they don't travel too far from their home. Just continue to look in the warmer places.

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    Lay lines of flour on any tile floors you may have. If he/she slithers through them, you'll be able to tell and it may have been very recently. Good luck!
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    Re: Help Snake loose !

    Quote Originally Posted by Morris Reese View Post
    Let me know if you find him/her. Most of the time they don't travel too far from their home. Just continue to look in the warmer places.
    will do. still no luck though I am hoping that he didn't go to far he never like to let him self just fall and I had him on my kitchen island lol I'm trying to think like a snake wondering around on my hands and knees .

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    Re: Help Snake loose !

    Quote Originally Posted by Poilkjmnb20 View Post
    Lay lines of flour on any tile floors you may have. If he/she slithers through them, you'll be able to tell and it may have been very recently. Good luck!
    ok will do thank you. I'm also thinking if I don't find him by this afternoon going to get a live feeder mouse and put it in his tank setup on the floor? maybe attract him back home at night with warmth and warm food. lol and all nighter for me tonight of quietly staring at a mouse running around a snake tank.

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    2 Main places I found any snakes that got out are the closet or in between the couch cushions. Good luck and keep us updated please


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    Re: Help Snake loose !

    Quote Originally Posted by Poilkjmnb20 View Post
    Lay lines of flour on any tile floors you may have. If he/she slithers through them, you'll be able to tell and it may have been very recently. Good luck!
    thats smart. if flour is too messy, you can use rice or something. you can put a line of it in doorways, so that you notice when the BP moved from one room into the other, and the direction it went.

    the problem is, the cat might mess it all up. some cats might occasionally step onto the line of rice/flour, some cats drag their tail behind them, it depends. the cat might also be the one to first discover the BP, which can also be bad. watching the behavior of the cat can also help in determining where the BP may be hiding.

    if the situation continues, the BP will need water long before it needs food. there are tricks to determine if the BP visited a water bowl, like balancing a few grains of rice on the rim, but again, that wont work if your cat also checks them out.
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    I received a lot of good advice here:

    http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...3-Missing-Ball


    Our cat knocked the tub slightly in the rack just small enough and ours got out. we found her after about two weeks. Besides being a little cold she was fine.

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