I am watching my younger brothers corn snake until he can convince my parents to let it live in their house. I have a ball python, but I don’t know much about corns in particular. This is a very young, very tiny corn snake, maybe 3-4 weeks old at most. Well, last night my brother may have justified my parent’s decision to not allow him to have the snake in their house as he set it down on the ottoman in my finished and carpeted basement and forgot about it until it was too late. He had fallen off of the ottoman and slithered off someplace where we couldn’t find him even after 15-20 minutes of meticulous searching. My main concern is that he managed to get behind the walls in our basement as there are a few spots he could definitely fit into. On top of that we have our laundry room connected to the main basement and only separated by an accordion wall that doesn’t meet the ground – so he could go in there at any time. The snake is probably only 5-6 inches long and maybe a tick more than an 1/8th of an inch thick. Any suggestions?!?! We’ve fed him a pinky twice and his next feeding was coming up on Saturday. Any information will be helpful – I don’t even know where to start. I tried searching for similar threads on corns, but all I could find were threads on BP’s getting loose.


Argh!! Younger brothers can be such a PAIN!

Thanks!!!



-Jason