Escaped Kenyan Sand Boa

[Genetics Breeder]

My kenyan sand boa just escaped, she was in a 6 quart sterilite bin over heat tape with 3 others, and she wasn't there when I just checked. I looked on all the shelves of the rack, and on the ground, and everywhere I could look. She is still small, but not a baby. I got her at the Daytona expo a few weeks ago. She ate 7 or 8 pinkies since then, so she can go a while without eating. Are there any traps I can set or things to put out that she would want to go to? Someone told me to try a sticky trap made for mice. I looked for her everywhere.

[rperry03]

Can it get out of the room?

Do NOT get a sticky trap!!!! He will die after you tear all his skin off

[rperry03]

When mine escaped, he slipped through a hole in the wooden floor and was in a dark area on the HVAC vent in the basement directly below the hole.

Since they don't climb look in dark areas in corners, under clothes, etc

[Genetics Breeder]

Can it get out of the room?

Do NOT get a sticky trap!!!! He will die after you tear all his skin off

I don't know, she could probably go under the door. I will go put a towel there. The person that said to get a sticky trap said that it would come off with vegetable oil, and to use oil or it will rip the skin. I had 1.2 normals and 0.1 albino in a VERY secure bin, there is no way she could get out. I think she got out right before I put the bin back. The lid was even taped on.

[Genetics Breeder]

It was one of the 2 female normals that escaped. She was the really calm one, and she ate all the pinkies that nobody else wanted out of my hands.

[Golden Yeti]

check old shoes lol i found my rat snake in a shoe I dont wear often (shoe rack is right outside my snake room).good luck with the search!

[rperry03]

The person that said to get a sticky trap said that it would come off with vegetable oil, and to use oil or it will rip the skin.

I saw something like that when they get stock on tape, but maybe they have experience with mouse traps.

I would start on one side of the room go through everything and just keep moving to the other side. I just got lucky and have no idea why I looked where I did.

[Genetics Breeder]

check old shoes lol i found my rat snake in a shoe I dont wear often (shoe rack is right outside my snake room).good luck with the search!

lol I only own 2 shoes and I'm wearing them. She was only about six inches long or less. I don't think she could have climbed anywhere very easily.

[tcutting]

good luck with the search maybe try setting up an easy to access sandbox or something that it would be drawn to instinctively? not sure, i dont know much about sand boas, and have no experience with an escaped snake. sorry

[Trolle]

they CAN climb btw
off all my sandboa's that escaped i found them all between boxes and on the stairs going down

good luck finding her