Reptile & Amphibian Forums

PLEASE... anyone with any ideas or knowledge on this help out.

My 2 year old jungle carpet got out last night, I had weights on the top of the tank but somehow he moved the top and now he is out. He is in the basement somewhere and no idea where. We have an exposed ceiling so he could have gotten within the pipes and all that good stuff.

Worst and best part I guess is that he just ate yesterday, so I doubt hell move much, and that leaves months for him to just show up. I also have a terrier which I am terrified to let downstairs now for the snakes safety.

Anyone with any type of crazy experience with something like this please give me some ideas of what could possibly be done. I have been looking for an hour now with my father all over the place and we have no luck!!!

THANKS!!!

I'd try getting a cheap wire cage, and put a couple live feeders in it.

I did that once with my little sisters rabbit for my 11' burm that took off into a cord of firewood in our backyard at the time... I just kept moving the rabbit cage further and further away until he was all the out- worked like a charm.

//Todd

First, look AT NIGHT, as the snake will prowl mostly at night. Keep water out in a dish, and keep the dog away. With a carpet, look UP when searching, as they will mostly climb.

Yeah, I've had a few animals get loose, found all of them, and only one was dead. And one was after a month, live.
-----
1.1 Blackheaded pythons
2.3 Woma
4.2 Aussie Olives
1.1 Timors
1.1 Bloods
1.1 Balls
2.2 IJ Carpets
1.0 Coastal Carpets
1.2 Macklotts
1.2 F2 Carpondros
2.0 Jungle Carpet
0.1 Carpondro
0.1 Jungle/Diamond cross
.1 Brazilian Rainbow boas
0.1 child, CB
0.1 wife, WC

ok... just got back from dark knight, awesome movie by the way. I walked downstairs and figured I would take a quick look around because it's peak time for these guys to be moving around. So after about 30 seconds, who do I see? My draco sittin perched on a pipe in the furnace room like he did nothing wrong. Great part about this guy is he has the best mannerisms from being picked up practically everyday that he didnt even care that I grabbed him.

Now the fun part is that he definitely shed somewhere, wherever it was that he was hiding. Because he is totally brighter than yesterday, and he has just a few little scales on the tip of his tail that I eased off real fast.

So yea, I got freaked out and scared, but 18 hours later and we have a recovered snake. There is about 80 lbs on top right now, but I am going out to the garage to get some clamps and a lock. I am securing this thing hardcore until I complete the new enclosure that I started for him last week.

YAY!!!

Congrats on finding him. I'm not surprised you found him in the furnace room -- especially if he just ate.

I've lost a few animals before and all have been recovered successfully using big tubs (or empty glass aquaria) and under-tank heaters. As adventurous as they get sometimes, most snakes seem to get cold feet (for lack of a better expression) and would much rather be someplace warm after spending a few hours in an air-conditioned house. I've even seen a ball python return to his own terrarium after spending a night on the loose!

Food bait won't be as effective if a missing snake isn't hungry. In my experience, heaters work very well!

Now go get that terrier out of the locked closet...
-----
1.0 ball python (Python regius)
1.1 hypo apricot pueblan milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum campbelli)
1.0 superhypo honduran milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis)
0.1 montane egg eater (Dasypeltis atra)
0.1 woma (Aspidites ramsayi)

Very glad to hear you found your critter!

Go get yourself a Vision, and you won't have to worry about clamps, weights, etc.

//Todd

n/p
-----
Tom

"The more people I meet, the more I like my snakes"