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So, I just got my Python on saturday. The guy i bought it from said he hadn't fed it in a while so I should feed it soon. Well, I put a stunned mouse in the cage before I went to bed around 2AM. This I guess would be Tuesday morning. Well around 4AM the mouse had found its way to climb on top of the cage upside down, making tons of noise on the metal screen.

I took the mouse out and put it away and then groggily went back to bed. Well when I woke up at 7AM, I looked in the cage to see how he was doing and lo and behold, it was gone!

Now he has been free possibly for 3.5 - 4 hours. What is horrible though is that I can't search for it because it is soo early and my roomates (3 of them and 1 guest) are all still asleep and I don't want to wake them.

I live in an apartment complex (dorm like at college). Does anyone think that the snake could crawl under doorways, or would possibly go into the hall. I live on the 6th floor and I am just not sure what to do. I will have to check again when my roomates decide to wake up. Thanks for any help you can give.

Hi

Check all the warm, dark places first. Depending on how big a snake you have, and how big a crack under the door you have.....yes it's possible. My 10 year old ball used to be able to flatten himself out like nothing I'd ever seen, and he was usually a pretty fat bastard. Start close to his home first though. Most snakes will stop at the first warm spot they find to curl up and hide in, or they'll return near home. I often found him under his tank between the floor and the heatpad (the tank was raised on 1/2 in. blocks I think).

Good luck.

PS Don't wake up any snake-phobic housemates just yet

Antigone