I need some help

[Harmony]

This is my first time posting here. I have been reading in the forums all day so I hope you all can help. I have 2 bP's again I had one then none then one now 2 lol. Miss. B my first one she escaped a lil over a year ago, after searching my house and with no luck i figured she was gone for good, so I bought a new BP named Bratty I have had here for a year and she is just perfect but lives up to her name. Anyway I live in a mobile home and was getting my bathroom floor redone and when they took the tub out and the floorboard guess who appeared Miss. B just coiled up on the rafter. Though the guy who was doing the floor was bitten by a rattlesnake once thought it was a rattler till he calmed down enough to realize it wasn't but hit it to the ground with a broom and then my llandlord kicked it to the driveway and was gonna chop her up with the lawn mower. Bad evil men they are as I cursed both of the out. Anyway I picked Miss. B up with the shovel thinking if she is hurt or stressed or anything she might strike and bite I put her in a carryier for the time being but she hasn't uncoiled yet and has been a few hours the temps r ok and i put some water i n there for her. Could she be hurt or do u think she is just stressed and needs some time to readjust? Please if anyone has any advice if nothing happens in a day or so i will have to travel a long distance to find a good reptile vet because there are none in the area.

[JLC]

Hi! First off...welcome to the forums! :


Second off, I moved your post into the proper forum...as I think it's about ball pythons, rather than colubrids.

Third off, I had a very hard time following all that you were trying to say, but in the end, I get that you found a lost snake that had been hidden under the bathtub? And the guys who found it were...ummm...less than gentle with it.

I would highly recommend a trip to the vet for the little one...although a day or two to drink her fill and warm up may not hurt her. But there's just no way to tell if your snake was injured by the "bad men" or if her prolonged absence has caused serious problems.

[elevatethis]

Its been on the loose for over a year? Its still alive?


Respec. (Ali G to the snake)

[Harmony]

ty for moving my post as i am new and still trying to figure this site out. Well I am going to have to bring her to the vet it is just a travel of 3 plus hours depending on traffic but is worth it. I am just surprised as anyone else that she was still alive after a year living under my bathtub. I just checked on her again and she is still coiled up and half hiding fer head which I know they do when they feel threatened I just hope she will be ok. Thank you again for the warm welcome and hope to be an active part of this forum.

[Harmony]

ok I know I am a posting fool lol. Well my husband just got home and took Miss. B out and uncoiled her she seems a lil thinner than when I last seen her and she is scared but who wouldn't be after living on her own for over a year?! I got her in the carrier and a blanket over it to keep it dark and hopefully I can feed her in a day or 2 and all will be well. Until then I am just going to have to keep a close watch on her and hope she goes back to being a healthy happy BP. I am glad to have her home.

[Chanarita]

Your posts are very difficult to read! Please use punctuation at the end of your sentences, as your thought process is extremely hard to follow!!

[Grim91Z]

Wow, now that's a "rescue". I didn't think they can live that long without food. Do you guys have rodents he could have gotten a hold of? How does one get under a tub in the first place? Is there a hole?

[Harmony]

Sorry that my posts are hard to follow. I just had surgery a week ago and am on some heavy meds. Anyway I live in a mobile home and it is off the ground. I have a hole in my bathroom floor and i suspect she got out there and got between the floor board and the rafter. I am sure between the lizards and any mice or anything else that may of come by she ate. Miss. B is a little thin and I am gonna feed her tomorrow since she is now feeling right back at home. I am just so happy we found her and she is still alive we gave her her hide back and she went right in and has been so happy to be held and loved. So I will see how she progresses in the next few days, since she seems to remember who lovws her and where her home is. since she was out in the rain today I think she needed a chance to warm up and get some rest and hopefully tomorrow she will be ready to eat. Which brings me to a question, she is adult mice size, when she escaped she was eatiung 2 a week should i start her back on 2 tomorrow or should i just give her one? Please let me know what u think about that and ty for all your help!

[JLC]

I think I would try one smallish-sized prey item. She may or may not choose to eat it, given all the stress she went through and injuries she may have suffered being kicked around. If she eats...then wait a full week and offer another small prey. Make sure she can and will eat consistently before putting her back on her regular diet of last year. I know it seems horrendously long to be without food (hard to say if she actually ate anything during that time or not) but they can and do survive such hardships when they must. She will be just fine easing back into a regular eating regimine.


All that being said, I still think a trip to the vet would be best for her, given what she's been through...and he'll be able to tell you if she's suffered any broken ribs or anything that might make it difficult for her to eat.

[JenHarrison]

They can go quite awhile if need be. A girl on another forum found her missing cornsnake after 11 months...her dad came across it underneath the lawnmower.