hey everyone i have lost my ball python snake she escaped 2 nights ago ?
ѕһе іѕ аbουt 15 inches long ………(stupid mе i tһουɡһt ѕһе wouldn ɡеt out οf a 75 gallon fish tank)……tһе tank іѕ kinda high frοm tһе floor ѕο i hope ѕһе didnt һυrt herself аחԁ crawl under something аחԁ died i јυѕt ɡοt һеr a week ago iv searched EVERYWHERE i ɡοt 4 small dogs аחԁ 2 οf tһеm Ɩονе һеr tһеу lick οח һеr… tһе snake іѕ very very healthy ……please somebody give mе suggestions……iv tried putting a heat lamp kinda close tο tһе floor οח top οf a hiding рƖасе (חοt toching tһе hiding рƖасе) іtѕ bееח tһеrе fοr a day аחԁ a half аחԁ nothing iv checked seriously everywhere……..(חοt high spots bесаυѕе ѕһе wouldn bе аbƖе tο ɡеt tһеrе ………) i tһіחk …….iv ɡοt a heating system tһаt goes аƖƖ along tһе walls οf mу apartment …..checked tһеrе tοο…….iv cried plenty times …….. i tһіחk ѕһе mіɡһt οf ɡοt out tһе window tho bесаυѕе ѕһе іѕ bу аח air conditioner wеrе ѕһе сουƖԁ reach frοm һеr enclosure аחԁ tһеrе іѕ a window rіɡһt next tο tһе air conditioner (i dont tһіחk ѕһе сουƖԁ οf ɡοt out οf tһеrе… tһе opening i mіɡһt tһουɡһt ѕһе ɡοt out οf іѕ οחƖу Ɩіkе a half inch thick) i tһіחk ѕһе wеחt throught tһе 2 windows аחԁ tһеח turned аחԁ crawled out tһе screen) іf ѕһе ԁіԁ tһаt ѕһе wουƖԁ οf һаԁ tο fall Ɩіkе 10 feet……….im ѕο depressed tһіѕ іѕ mу first snake tһаt iv owned…..please somebody HELP
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9 Responses to “hey everyone i have lost my ball python snake she escaped 2 nights ago ?”
check your shoes, and other small places, and if you think your snake wont get to high places, well then you don’t know nothing about snakes. don’t worry do, just have aptience and youll find him. also check at night, i lost my two ball pythons 3 times, and everysingle time, i find them in the last place i would think to look.
also, somethmes the dogs help you find them, just check if the dogs bark at a place, or something like that, good luck
If you suddenly notice less mice around she is OK.
Snakes can live an AWFUL long time without food and water (like 6 months!), so I bet she will turn up when she’s hungry.
Ball Pythons like to hide. I own one and spends almost all of its time hidden under a half-log. Look under furniture and tight spots. Whenever my Ball Python, “Fluffy” gets out and tries to run away, he always goes under the dresser.
If the Air Conditioner was on, your snake would have avoided it. It doesn’t like the cold.
It can live for weeks without eating. It will hide during the day. If you have an electric blanket or heating pad, set it on its lowest setting on the floor where you last saw it and leave it over night. Check on it at night, when the snake is out on the prowl.
Good luck!
Look EVERYWHERE. They like warm, dark spots. So check everywhere like that. In shoes, under cuboards, in coats etc etc. Get down on your belly and look around at that level to see where you could have missed. Provide a nice darm, warm hide to leave at night in the hope he might come back into it to sleep.
DONT provide food as a trap, he will eat it, and then be gone for ages, as he doesn’t need to come back. Dont provide water unless it gtes really desperate – you need him to want to come out looking for food and water.
Try putting bags down round the egdes of the room (where he is going to move around) and sit in the dark listening for him. Also, out some flour down in any spots he might go (doorways, edges of rooms etc), then check each morning to see if he has come back that way.
Pull everything apart, check anywhere like behind/underneath washing machines, dishwahsers, tumble’s etc – ie again where it is warm and dark. I lost my corn snake, and he was found 5 days later on my flat mates bed (the bags, checking, food on the floor [while I was IN THERE], and floor did NOT help… but they might!)
Hope you find him
she mite of escaped coz my dad albino snake was on a loose out side and then we found her in the garden and got her a new higher wall ttank so she wont escape again i was crying so much my homework was smudged coz of my crying she was pregnant but nuffin bad happened just a bit of dirt we took her to the vets and we was thinking how she got out when she is pregnat she knows that she can get harmed while she is pregnany she had 48 babies there were like 2 or 3 in one egg each that weird i hope u find ur python check under the seats or bed or under the bed if there are pest rat or mice then she may survive
Okay, what you will need to do is turn off all tvs, stereos, anything that makes extra noise. That way you can listen for movement. Start again in the room where she was, grab a flashlight and start to look under the dressers, tv stand, night stand, bed, all furniture, if you have a lazy boy chair, look in the chair along with under it. Look in closets, in boots, shoes, under the fridge, the stove, near the computer (my BTS found a nice warm place next to the computer when he wandered off once). When you finished completely checking the room, take a towel and close the door and block the door with the towel. That should stop the snake from entering. Do a through sweep like this, room by room (with help if possible) until you have searched the entire house. I hope that you find her.
EDIT–When you do find her, may I suggest tank clips or some really big rocks to stop the tank top from being removed easily. Make sure that she can’t partially lift the top or she could get caught half in and half out and die or get injured.
they can climb, my ball ended up getting into my dresser, the second drawer from the top, curled up in my t-shirts.
turn off everything that makes noise and listen. Open drawers cabinets look under everything! Move stuff around. I lost mine for two days and she turned up in a corner across from her tank in the luggage i still had to unpack from my trip the previous weekend. if you think she’s outside look around in gardens and trees. she will turn up eventually don’t worry
check your shoes, and other small places, and if you think your snake wont get to high places, well then you don’t know nothing about snakes. don’t worry do, just have aptience and youll find him. also check at night, i lost my two ball pythons 3 times, and everysingle time, i find them in the last place i would think to look.
also, somethmes the dogs help you find them, just check if the dogs bark at a place, or something like that, good luck