I lost my BP! :(

[zreon]

Still no sign of Monty I know its only been 12 days, but that feels like forever. I have a hide with a heat pad out, and also a water dish. It doesn't seem like he has been going to his water dish at all. How long can he go without a supply of water?

I have stripped the basement from top to bottom but there is no indication of him anywhere. I wouldn't know where to begin upstairs because there is just too much to cover up there.

I have also tried the dead mouse in a coke bottle and as far as I know nothing happened with that. Is there a way to do this with a live mouse? I feel that live bait would be more successful in getting the little guy out. Its been 3 weeks since he has eaten so I am sure he is a little bit hungry.

[JLC]

I have also tried the dead mouse in a coke bottle and as far as I know nothing happened with that. Is there a way to do this with a live mouse? I feel that live bait would be more successful in getting the little guy out. Its been 3 weeks since he has eaten so I am sure he is a little bit hungry.

Maybe you could rig something up with the same coke-bottle setup....but put a little screened "trap door" over the opening that will only open when pushed from the outside. So the snake can get in, but neither the mouse nor the snake can get out. It would have to be some sort of screen material to let the mouse scent waft out...

Now, how well that could actually be pulled off, I'm not sure. You might have to prepare yourself to deal with an escaped mouse, too.

I'm really sorry you haven't found your snake. I hope he turns up soon!

[mmchoppers]

man, that sucks. Everytime I lose somehing I pray and then, wow, I find it! I really hope you find it so you don't end up singing with BONO, " I still haven't found what I'm looking for."

[recycling goddess]

no sign yet?

this sucks... i'm sad for you both

[Thunder Kat]

when my husband lost his first bp he did the same with a live mouse and she came out with in the week.

Im sorry to hear this has happened to you. Check all around the emmidiate areas of your tank. My Snakey got out back when he was younger and was on a nearby bookshelf, lol. And if you stil cannot find him put a cage with live mouse on the ground and your snake should be interested in them. When I bred rats I kept them in these small cages (not tanks) and the snakes could really smell them. So I got a couple live feeder mice and stuck them in a spare cage and put them on the floor of the snake room(remember to shut your door) So your snake should also be attracted to the cage of food. This works, but make sure the bar spacing is just right so your snake doesnt get bitten by the mice, or tries to go inside them (DO NOT USE RATS). And so you snake does not try and forces his way into the cage put some cloths and towels around the cage(so the snake can hide in) and put one of his hides on the ground. Good luck!

[zreon]

Well I have had a live mouse out for 4 nights now with no luck. Should I move the mouse to different parts of the house every couple of nights. The room I thought he might of been in is completely empty right now because we are putting new carpet in. I have the feeling he is in the floors, upstairs or in the crawl space AKA outside

I don't feel like I can do a whole lot more right now. At night it is getting in the 60's now, so if he is outside he is probably tucked away somewhere warm and doesn't come out anyways.

Its really sad that my first snake is lost 2 months after I bought him

[Entropy]

The few times I had escapees I found them in the closet (which is very chilly mind you) wedged between books in a box (they had good taste I might add).

Good luck.

[zreon]

Well today is has been 35 days since Monty god out with no signs at all from him. I have had a pet mouse for about 2 weeks now.


I really want my snake back, but I am contemplating buying another snake.

There is nothing else I can do that I know of. I have tried flour, mouse in a bottle, bags along the walls, sitting there listening for anything, and now a mouse that has been moved throughout the house for the past 2 weeks.

I really thought that the live mouse would work, but I am beginning to think that he got outside and is long gone.

[Nate]

man there are countless stories about someone's snake getting out and months later he just appears out of no where. Don't give up just yet.

If you are certain you want a new snake then there is the F.I.R.Expo comin up in a few weeks. I'll be glad to meet you and make sure your new and improved escape proof enclosure will be OK

[zreon]

Thanks Nathan. When is this F.I.R. Expo happening? I might just have to check that out. Will they have just plain ball pythons there? I don't want anything expensive or rare, just a plain old cheap ball python

As for an escape proof encolsure, I already have that thought through. I will be making a new lid and I already have a few clips to hold it down. I didn't realize that when I movied his cage, that the top corner of the old lid cracked, so that is how he excaped in the first place.