Lost Ball Python

[Alexandra]

I'm visiting my sister in New Mexico, it's cold... My nephew's ball python is missing out of its cage. Where should we look for this missing python. He's been out a week. He needs to eat soon or he'll probably die. Appreciate any tips on finding it. Thanks.

[Impish]

:blink: We'll see this on the news, either after he slithers out a drain from under an innocent's person's tuckus as they're about to take a piddle, or as some poor schmuck is sudsing up in the shower and it drops down onto their Head and Shoulders in a slithery caress that keeps more people from stepping into a shower without a thrill of fear than Psycho did.

 

Or, he'll be found, mid-munch on neighbour lady's precious 'Fluffy' or 'Princess'

[Mesa]

Is he still in the house or outside? I'd check cabinets, under the bed... up in the boxspring, up in the couch... etc etc

[mooooom]

wrapped around the refrigerator coils or the hot water pipes, or the furnace somehow?

[Jean in Newcastle]

Try the tips in this article. Good luck!

 

http://www.anapsid.org/escapedsnake.html

[JudoMom]

Okay, this thread is like a traffic accident. I've got a fear of a snake getting in my house. I don't need to read this thread. But I can't help myself. :svengo:

[abbeyej]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

[blessed2fosteradopt]

We have a ball python and although he has never gotten out I wanted to give you peace of mind that he won't starve. Mine is on his second hunger strike....he hasn't eaten for months....and apparently this is normal. I hope you find him. We love ours!

 

Blessings,

 

Lisa

[BigMamaBird]

This happened to my cousin. He looked for it for MONTHS! Finally just gave up and called it quits. Later, he was moving out of his apartment and roughly threw his junky couch off a balcony on it's way to the dumpster. The thing busted open and in the framework for the armrest, Ta-da, live, happy (or was it), snake!

 

He lived in Michigan at the time and it was in winter. He turned off all his heat and plugged in the heat lamp in the corner in hopes of luring it out. Obviously it didn't work.

[Hillary in KS]

I'd tell my sister's family something along the lines of "I'll be spending the next few days looking for the snake at the Holiday Inn. I'll let you know if I find it."

[Catwoman]

I'd tell my sister's family something along the lines of "I'll be spending the next few days looking for the snake at the Holiday Inn. I'll let you know if I find it."

 

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

Cat

[Blessedfamily]

It's probably in something like a box spring.

[JudoMom]

It's probably in something like a box spring.

 

I'd like to repeat: :svengo:

[abbeyej]

It's probably in something like a box spring.

 

(shudder)

[Catwoman]

I agree with the other posts so far -- he's probably hiding someplace warm and dark inside the house, and he is probably just fine.

 

The problem with snakes is that even the large ones can seem to squeeze into the tiniest spaces.

 

I really hope you find him soon!

 

Cat

 

PS. If you close all of the interior doors in the house and put the snake's favorite food into a big box (one in each room,) you can watch to see if the food magically disappears from one of the rooms. At least that might help you narrow down the location. Needless to say, if it's "live" food, make sure the box has high sides, or else you'll have even more creatures to search for...

[Blessedfamily]

I only said it because my sister had a 4th grade student who lost his python for weeks, and when he found it, it was in his box spring.

Edited April 17, 2009 by Blessedfamily

[Hillary in KS]

It's probably in something like a box spring.

 

Wow. :001_huh:

 

That's an endorsement for a Select Comfort bed if I ever heard one! (No box springs here!) :001_smile:

[Blessedfamily]

Wow. :001_huh:

 

That's an endorsement for a Select Comfort bed if I ever heard one! (No box springs here!) :001_smile:

 

And just imagine, the child had been sleeping on it for weeks. Since it was his pet, I guess that wouldn't creep him out.

 

But when he asked my sister if he could bring the thing to school, she told him "No way." Another teacher let him bring it to her class. YECK!

[Spy Car]

It's probably in something like a box spring.

 

Actually, I think it's hiding in the pillow-case...until night-fall :001_huh:

 

Boo-ah-hahaaa :D

 

Bill

[Colleen in NS]

Needless to say, if it's "live" food, make sure the box has high sides, or else you'll have even more creatures to search for...

 

OK, now I'm :svengo: and :eek: with JudoMom and abbeyej.

[Laurie4b]

My aunt found hers when a friend who was visiting used her bathroom. She could tell from the scream where the snake was, LOL!

 

No worries about starving after a week of being missing. Snakes can go for a very long time without eating.

[Ibbygirl]

Actually, I think it's hiding in the pillow-case...until night-fall :001_huh:

 

Boo-ah-hahaaa :D

 

Bill

 

 

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: Too funny! :D

[brehon]

Oh, sweet heavens!! The thought of having a snake in the house (never mind if the blamed thing is loose) absolutely gives me the willies. Snakes are the one thing I'm absolutely terrified of -- and I've had several calls involving them. (***Full Body Shudders at the mere hint of Memory***)

 

And, Bill, I may not be able to sleep tonight thanks to that post of yours. . . even though I have a Select Comfort Bed. :001_huh: :glare: :lol:

 

[in a minor thread-jack, does anyone else with this bed have a wide difference in settings between your spouse and yourself? There's literally a cliff between my setting (70) and dh's (bum hitting the floor).]

[Hillary in KS]

[in a minor thread-jack, does anyone else with this bed have a wide difference in settings between your spouse and yourself? There's literally a cliff between my setting (70) and dh's (bum hitting the floor).]

 

Yes. I'm at a 60 and dh is a 30. Sometimes I wake myself up in the middle of the night "rolling downhill" because I've rolled over to his side of the bed.

 

They don't tell you about that in the commercials. :glare:

[Tree House Academy]

If it is cold, he may not have much of a chance anyway. Look for him in places that are warm as he will likely be trying to heat himself.

 

My friend had a ball python and his heat rock wasn't working properly. As soon as the snake got cold, he died. (I still remember holding that stupid thing on my belly to keep it warm as we drove home. Ahhh, the memories. :001_huh::lol:

[brehon]

Yes. I'm at a 60 and dh is a 30. Sometimes I wake myself up in the middle of the night "rolling downhill" because I've rolled over to his side of the bed.

 

They don't tell you about that in the commercials. :glare:

 

I so feel your pain. . .literally. I once crash landed against dh and woke us both up.

 

My friend had a ball python and his heat rock wasn't working properly. As soon as the snake got cold, he died. (I still remember holding that stupid thing on my belly to keep it warm as we drove home. Ahhh, the memories. :001_huh::lol:

 

:eek:<***SWOONS at bolded part***>:svengo: Ye gods, woman, you're a better man, erm, woman, uh, person than I. There's a lot I'll do for friends -- holding a slithering...being...against my body is NOT one of them.

[flyingmommy]

Some friends of mine lost their snake for two months. They found him in the bathroom in a drawer. Apparently, it was a little used drawer and he was getting really thirsty. When they put him back in the tank, he went straight to the water dish and camped out.

 

Check the bathroom.......I hope it doesn't find the shower while you're in it.

 

jeannie

[Janet in WA]

This thread reminds me of the story my mother told me of growing up in poverty in rural Florida. One night, when she was a little girl, she was awakened by a snake falling on her bed from the exposed rafters above. They didn't have a pet snake.

[Renthead Mommy]

Actually, I think it's hiding in the pillow-case...until night-fall :001_huh:

 

Boo-ah-hahaaa :D

 

Bill

 

Now that's just evil. God I wish I'd thought of that! ;)

 

Got to love the prower of suggestion!

 

Night night ladies!

[sassenach]

Ball pythons are scaredy cats. Seriously, the name comes from the fact that they ball themselves up when they get scared. Sleep easy!

[K in MI]

We have 2 ball pythons, and one has escaped three times.

 

Look up. Our escapee twice crawled up to our music shelf right above his cage, and settled himself in my harp case; I don't know how he managed to wrap himself around the strings! :001_huh: The other time he moved to an upper bookcase on the other side of the room and was on the violin case. (Maybe the snake likes music?! :lol:)

[melissel]

I so feel your pain. . .literally. I once crash landed against dh and woke us both up.

 

Around here, we call that teA time! :lol:

 

My friend had a ball python and his heat rock wasn't working properly. As soon as the snake got cold, he died. (I still remember holding that stupid thing on my belly to keep it warm as we drove home. Ahhh, the memories. :001_huh::lol:

 

Sweet pete! That IS dedication! Snakes don't freak me out, but I'm not sure that I could quite that far...

 

This thread reminds me of the story my mother told me of growing up in poverty in rural Florida. One night, when she was a little girl, she was awakened by a snake falling on her bed from the exposed rafters above. They didn't have a pet snake.

 

:scared::willy_nilly::svengo: There's no "sleepless for a week" smiley, so I can't complete the string here, unfortunately. Funny, I was dreaming about snakes last night too!

[TN Mama]

OK, am I the only one who, after reading this thread, has been keeping a lookout for an escaped snake?? Uhh... no snake here, why am I carefully walking around my house looking for any sign of a loose python?

[Blessedfamily]

OK, am I the only one who, after reading this thread, has been keeping a lookout for an escaped snake?? Uhh... no snake here, why am I carefully walking around my house looking for any sign of a loose python?

 

Well, there was a thread the other day about a snake in the laundry room.....

[TN Mama]

Well, there was a thread the other day about a snake in the laundry room.....

 

Great... I guess that blows my plan of doing laundry today. Guess we'll go to the park. :)

[elise1mds]

Now I'm curious if the snake has been found yet? I love a good snake... at least, the good-natured ones. TARANTULAS are the one I won't allow in my house. Arachnids in general freak me out.

[dragons in the flower bed]

Later, he was moving out of his apartment and roughly threw his junky couch off a balcony on it's way to the dumpster. The thing busted open and in the framework for the armrest, Ta-da, live, happy (or was it), snake!

 

 

I am never buying a used couch again no matter how fine it smells.

[dragons in the flower bed]

OK, am I the only one who, after reading this thread, has been keeping a lookout for an escaped snake?? Uhh... no snake here, why am I carefully walking around my house looking for any sign of a loose python?

 

No, but my feet are now safely off the floor.

[dragons in the flower bed]

Now I'm curious if the snake has been found yet? I love a good snake... at least, the good-natured ones. TARANTULAS are the one I won't allow in my house. Arachnids in general freak me out.

 

My uncle lost a tarantula in my grandmother's house (where we both lived) when I was small. I recently asked my dad about that and he said I was two years old. I remember it vividly. They never found it, and I was always afraid it would breed.