Reptile & Amphibian Forums

This weekend we painted and I moved all my snakes out to another room I put them all back Sunday night, not realizing that her lock on the lid was not on right,The female is about 400 grams is a 06,
she is healthy, I have looked in all the warmer spots i could think of , How far do they usually go? Today I am riping the whole house apart top to bottom. My upstairs is all open. Any Ideas wopuld be appreciated. Thank you melinda
-----
1.0 Het for pied
0.1 Het for Pied
1.5 normal balls
1.1 bearded dragons
0.1.0 Sulcata tort
1.3 kids
1.0 husband
To many little critters list

Whoa- sorry to hear about your M.I.A. python! That happen to me almost 20 years ago when I was home from college. My mother found my ball python in the heating duct!

Try checking around any places with water/plumbing. When I worked at the petstore and snakes got out that's where we usually found them if they weren't in a warm spot.

Also check laundry baskets and backpacks. My baby snake has hidden in those a couple times, and I even remember one occasion where my big girl got out when my gramma was visiting...my terrified-of-snakes gramma...and we found her in my gramma's suitcase!

And of course set out a 'baitbox' - put a rodent in a well ventilated box on the floor with a heat lamp (red light of course) nearby. If your house is cold or the snake is hungry that can work.

They can travel surprisingly far. The incident with my gramma's suitcase was with my room and the snake on one side of the house, and my gramma and her room on the other!

Good luck!

~jenny
-----
1.2 normal ball pythons (Cindy, Darwin, and Periscope)
0.2 rescue chinese water dragons (Yoni and Linga)
0.0.1 Mountain Horned Lizard
1.0 rex rat (Scurvy)
1.0 gerbil (Yerbul)
0.1 mice (Cute Girl Mousy)
0.1 bunny (Spazz)
1.1 betta fishes (Vicious and Killer)
2.2 great danes (Shasta, Odysseus, Merlot, and Watson)
1.0 fat fuzzy mutt (Smokey)
1.1 cats (Thidwick and Turtle)
3.0 horses (Buddy, Sam, and Scout)
1.0 goat (Billy Jack)
0.0.1 chupacabra (it ate our chickens)

jenny.thegreenes.org

*they can travel surprisingly far but usually don't

sorry forgot that part of my sentence lol
-----
1.2 normal ball pythons (Cindy, Darwin, and Periscope)
0.2 rescue chinese water dragons (Yoni and Linga)
0.0.1 Mountain Horned Lizard
1.0 rex rat (Scurvy)
1.0 gerbil (Yerbul)
0.1 mice (Cute Girl Mousy)
0.1 bunny (Spazz)
1.1 betta fishes (Vicious and Killer)
2.2 great danes (Shasta, Odysseus, Merlot, and Watson)
1.0 fat fuzzy mutt (Smokey)
1.1 cats (Thidwick and Turtle)
3.0 horses (Buddy, Sam, and Scout)
1.0 goat (Billy Jack)
0.0.1 chupacabra (it ate our chickens)

jenny.thegreenes.org

Things to think about. How long, approx., has she been out? Where was she when she got out?

Fun places to check:

Behind the refrigerator, under sinks, inside the couch or other furniture, air vents if they are on or low to the floor. I found one attached to the crossbar under my roommates desk. This after I was told they don't like to climb. Sure. From my experience, if you think there is no possible way it could be there, check.

I'm also thinking check later at night since they sleep most of the day. Maybe she'll be out cruising the house then.

I had a hognose show up after 7 months. She was in the front yard.

Good luck.
-----
That which does not kill me postpones the inevitable.

Look behind dressers.

i lost my 130 gram spider 2 days after i got him it took a few days but i found him behind the other snakes cages in my snake room..he was a cross the house in my bed room.. so they will travel not always to a warm spot..think dark and quiet...i hope you find him good luck..mine had to be treated for a RI not sure if he was sick when i got him or because he was out and cold for a while... best of luck

I agree check all the obvious places. We had 4 of ours escape on 3 different times. Yes 2 of them got out twice at the same time. 1 of those times we found them across the room between some boxes. I am just glad that they were not hurt when they got out. the cage they were was temp cage tell we got our rack. But it was sitting 5' up and they got down some how. 1 of the other escapes only went a 1' down and under the hope chest she was on.

Hope you find yours and good luck
-----
2.5.0 ball python
1.1.0 100% het pied
1.0.0 Blond Pastel
0.1.0 Spider
1.1.0 columbian boa
1.0.0 rat snake (alabastered)
1.1.0 corn snake
0.1.0 Chuckwalla (Jamie)
0.0.2 Bearded Dragon
0.0.1 crested gecko
1.0.0 leopord gecko
4.0.0 Quaker parrot (Woody)(Liam)
1.0.0 Landseer Newfoundland (Mac/Newfy)
0.0.5 whites tree frog (trevor, kirmet)
3.2.0 cats (rockie, bs, brownie, lerrado, kole)
1.3.0 kids (dilyen, dakota, chyanne, sierra)
Brian n Chrissy

"snakes are kind of like potato chips, you cant have just one"

Here is a suggestion. Take some masking tape. Cut it in strips about 2 feet long. Before you go to bed. Place strips sticky side up on the floor along the walls or any funneling area like door ways, staircase. Now before everybody starts to freak. The tape is not for holding the snake. The snake will crawl over it and drag it to the nearest hiding spot. In the morning check your tape spots. If a piece is gone your on the trail. It is alot easier to find your missing pet when they are pulling 2 feet of tape behind them. To remove the tape, use cooking oil. Wesson, peanut oil, you get the idea. An escape can be very dangerous for your snake. A little tape sounds bad to us. But there are worse things out there. Good Luck. Claude