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    Need help on catching Ball Python lost for 2 years

    Lost a Ball a few years ago and I just found a good size skin near a hole that's under my pool deck. I live in Florida so the snake for sure has had no problem surviving. Looking for some suggestions on how to catch her now that I know where she is. Thanks.

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    Re: Need help on catching Ball Python lost for 2 years

    Are you sure the skin belongs to your ball python? 2 years seeks like an awful long time for it to be sticking around.

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    Re: Need help on catching Ball Python lost for 2 years

    I think so. For sure it's a good size smake. I catch Florida Racers here and they're about 3' long but slim. This snake has some mass and the length of a Ball.

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    Re: Need help on catching Ball Python lost for 2 years

    I've seen some water moccians that are the size of a good size male BP.. I'd be careful
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    Re: Need help on catching Ball Python lost for 2 years

    I'm pretty sure if it's a ball you should be able to tell by the pattern on the skin.
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    Re: Need help on catching Ball Python lost for 2 years

    I live in Florida also, and Ive seen mocassins, and eastern diamond back that are about the size of ball pythons.... I would try to get a visual of the snake first....

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    Re: Need help on catching Ball Python lost for 2 years

    dont go reaching in any random holes now...

    does the pattern on the skin look like a balls pattern? post up some pics!

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    Re: Need help on catching Ball Python lost for 2 years

    About where in florida are you? Could a BP really survive outside during the winter? Where I live in Florida this past winter we had a few nights of below freezing weather.
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    Re: Need help on catching Ball Python lost for 2 years

    Cottonmouths and Copperheads, as well as some rattlesnakes, can get quite fat as well. Make sure it's not one of THEM living under you house
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    Re: Need help on catching Ball Python lost for 2 years

    stratman, thats very exciting...if in fact this is your long lost buddy, make sure to post pics of him when you get him back.

    i would start by putting a small, short, open tank with mice in it overnight and see if they start disappearing. maybe just a few so he doesnt get a full belly. do this once a week like clockwork. if they start to disappear like clockwork, then you have the correct night to look for him. its been two years...another month of getting him to get used to feeding out of your tank shouldnt be a lengthy process.

    and of course if you have a wildlife night camera that takes pictures of movement, this could help you identify what it is. just block the camera from taking pictures of the mice all night.

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