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I was very irresponsible last night and left my Snake in the car last night on accident. ( Totally slipped mind). When I went to get her this morning she was nowhere to be seen. Under seats ,Arm rest, Nothing. Any ideas. I was thinking In the dash. What should I do??

Years ago, a boa got out of a bag in my mom's car -- 72 Pinto!!!! She felt it UNDER THE DASH. None of the guys at the car dealership would go near it -- bunch of sissies! One of them finally removed dash enough for my mom to get it out. I am thinking check dash area before anywhere else. Best of luck.
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Bill Buchman

Wow, really????

After everything that has been going on... I'll bite my tongue as much as possible, but please, don't expect others that respond to do as much. It's likely that you'll receive at least one or two pretty ticked off replies and right now, with everything else that has been going on, the posters wouldn't be completely in the wrong to express their feelings about this.

Anyways, the best that you can hope for is that it didn't find it's way out of the car. However, since they can squeeze into super small places there is no way for you to know if it escaped the car completely or if you just haven't found it yet. In this case, not finding it does NOT mean that it still isn't in the car somewhere.

My sister in law used to always bring her snake with her into her car and one time I remember her losing it. We tore that car apart until it was discovered that it had climbed into the dash. We ended up taking her entire dash apart and a few other things. The snake was nestled up next to her firewall in the car. Between taking her car apart and a few (VERY STERN) words from me, she never did that again.

Don't be surprised if you end up doing something similar. It could be in a similar place or up underneath a seat (so don't adjust them forward, backward, up or down unless you are COMPLETELY CERTAIN that it isn't up under there). If it is under a seat you may end up removing the seat to be able to get at it.

This might not be an easy "rescue" so be sure that you have one or two people that know cars and are not afraid of snakes to help you out.
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Stay United!

"...I say 'apparently' because despite all our progress she is not at all a tame or handle-able snake and gettting her from that cage would re-start a war.. and we've had a good armistice for several months now."-Gus Rentfro - I love this quote!

Don't start the car and start takin apart the dash board I would bet it is in there.. Hope it didn't manage to escape out the car...goodluck

Im starting this off With What Brandon has to say. WTF?!?!?! I know its an accident but you should maby keep that stuff to personal email or PM's to a friend or someone you know.

I have worked with snakes for over 7 years and my real job is at a Cadillac and BMW body shop and dealership. We work on any and all cars so I may know where it can and cannot be.

Tell me what size the snake is and what type of vehilce its lost in,, I may be able to you with places it can fit.

First off, I wouldnt take it to any dealership and I really wouldnt tell anyone. I would rip it apart a bit and look myself.

If you cant find it, take a box thats about 1' X 1' and put a rag or towel inside with a couple heat packs, seal it up and the cut a 1.5" or 2" hole in the top. I am not sure where you live, but it should cool off a bit at night. The snake should go into the box. You can even stick a freshly killed rat in there. I would put the rat right up against the heat pack so it smells it up for a long time. Put the box on the floor in front and lock the car up good. I bet you will have a snake in the box by morning. They tend to stay if its warm and comfy with the towel and heat. Especially if you leave the rat and it eats.

Keep us posted. Stuff happens but we all have to be as careful as possible nowadays with our snakes.

why would you have a snake loose in a car to begin with? If it was in a proper container or securely tied snake bag it wouldn't have escaped. Hopefully this will encourage you both not to bring snakes loose in cars. they are not dogs to take out for a ride to the park.
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PHLdyPayne

Years ago I was keeping my snakes (had only two at that time) in wooden boxes with a lid with a mesh. My dogs for some reason broke the mesh of one of the boxes and one of the ball pythons escaped. I only found out the next morning. I looked all over the backyard (a pretty large one) without any success. Then one of my neighbors told my wife not to get close to his care because there was a snake in his car; the guy was VERY scared! (They didn't know we kept snakes). The snake had found her way under the hood and was tightly wrapped wrapped around the engine. I got it out but either the neighbor had started the car or the engine was very hot when the snake got in and the snake suffered extensive burns. Even after taking it to the vet and treating the burns it didn't survive. I advise to try everything to find the snake and NOT TO START THE ENGINE!!!! you might end up with a badly burned snake in your hands!
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