Originally Posted by Bogertophis
CAUTION- if you try this, it can be deadly for the snake. Yes, the scent might attract the snake, but snakes have been known to get stuck between the wire bars of cages trying to get at the occupant (bird or rodent) & they can die trying, because the animal inside is going to attack the snake & may do enough damage to kill it (if the cage itself doesn't). DO NOT USE a wire cage- but a plastic-type one with secure snap-on top- the kind with very narrow slits for ventilation that NOTHING can crawl thru, much less get stuck in.
To clarify my suggestion of a wire cage, it should be common sense to use a wire mesh that's too small for a snake to have any chance of getting through it or getting stuck in it. I think what is being described above would be a metal bar cage, typically used for larger rodents, rather than a wire cage. Otherwise, it wouldn't hold a mouse in, let alone a ball python out. To keep a mouse inside, the wire needs to have openings 1/4 inch or less.
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