This might present a bit of a problem....

[Don]

I feel very comfortable working with sheet rock and would have no problems putting a hole big enough to put my arm through. It is very easy to patch. There are plenty of Youtube videos showing how to fix sheetrock. Go GET HIM!

[lasweetswan]

Bad news. I tried to grab him through the original hole and he found another hole on the opposite side from the hole that he crawled out of. He was crawling into that hole and i tried to pull him out but the hole was sharp, unfinished metal and i didnt want to hurt him. I figured that hole would be the same as the one on the other side So I drilled into the other closet to try to get to him from that side and found a vertical Shute that he had made his way up. Now he is out of sight and I have no idea where he went. I thought the passage way might lead to the area above the closet so I drilled a hole up there and it's support beams. No flat area that he could be laying on.

I can hear him rustling in the wall but can't pinpoint where it's coming from. Now I'm scared that he's just going to keep going until I'm never able to find him. I'm scared that the drilling may have scared him deeper into the frame work.

[King's Royal Pythons]

Ok, enough. One 4' x 8' piece of sheetrock isn't that expensive...rip it out and rescue your snake already.

[lasweetswan]

I'm trying to do my drilling with a cordless dremel. Its the only tool i have. I can tell that he's behind a certain part of of the wall inside the closet. The dremel won't cut enough out of the wall or atleast not what needs to be cut. I trying to take the wall out to find him, it's easy enough to fix, I just don't have the tool to do it. I need help

[lasweetswan]

Ok, enough. One 4' x 8' piece of sheetrock isn't that expensive...rip it out and rescue your snake already.

That's what I'm trying to do. Thanks.

[King's Royal Pythons]

I'm sorry...I didn't mean to be rude! It sounded ok when I typed it, but looked rude after I read it.
I hope he/she is ok!

[Rusky]

I've played that game with other animals, trying to get them while being gentle. More often than not they will take advantage of your hesitation and make a run for it. You have to grab your ball (pun intended?) and get s/her out!

Good luck to you.

[lasweetswan]

I'm sorry...I didn't mean to be rude! It sounded ok when I typed it, but looked rude after I read it.
I hope he/she is ok!

Thank you. I'm very frustrated. I've been drilling and reaching my hands into holes since 630 with no rescue. I'm not worried about the damage to the wall and am really trying to figure it out. If I can't get him out tonight, I have recruited help with tearing out the wall tomorrow.

[lasweetswan]

I've played that game with other animals, trying to get them while being gentle. More often than not they will take advantage of your hesitation and make a run for it. You have to grab your ball (pun intended?) and get s/her out!

Good luck to you.

Thank you. I felt the hole that he was going through and it was sharp. It was hard to fight him while pulling him backwards and I didn't want to rip his belly scales or cut him. Now i wish i would have been more forceful. Some missing scales or scrapes would be better than a missing bp.

[angllady2]

Forget the Dremel hon, that sheetrock is not that tough, punch a hole and start ripping it out with your hands. I can dig a hole in it with my fingernail, now is not the time for subtle!

If you can't pull it loose by hand, grab a tire iron, a hammer, big old screwdriver, anything and just go to it!

Who cares about it looking nice, once it's all over, then you can just replace the whole 4X8 sheet if you need to.

I'll be watching this thread to see good news!

Gale