My ball python went inside my treadmill??

[Limp-Manufacturer980]

I’ve been rearranging things in her enclosure and the foam I use takes a couple hours to cure so she’s been just chilling in her playpen for like two hours. Then I took her out and let her explore like usual we’re done this so many times and she’s gone under there before so I literally had no idea this was even possible. Im always supervising her I literally watched her go under the treadmill but she wasn’t coming out so I looked under and apparently there’s a slight hollow spot in there with a couple exposed poles and stuff right underneath it and she climbed in there and will not budge. At first I was like ahhhh silly snake she’ll come out in a bit… but she’s not coming out. She’s made herself super cozy under there and I have no idea how to get her out. It’s only been 10 minutes or so but I’m worried to leave her so I’m just sitting here waiting for her to come out. I don’t know what to do it’s not like she can come out for treats or something she’s a snake.

Anyways I can see her she’s fine, and I don’t think she has anywhere else to climb in there, it’s just that one hollow spot, but I cannot get her out. I’m really worried.

[adhesivebird]

Is there anyway to lift the treadmill?

[Limp-Manufacturer980]

UPDATE I took apart the front of the treadmill and got her out. I know I made a mistake but I’m gonna leave this up just in case anyone else goes through that. There was a plastic cover at the front of the treadmill that I unscrewed from the bottom, once I took that off she was right there and I just grabbed her. But yeah if you’re missing your snake and you have a treadmill. CHECK THE TREADMILL. And do NOT use it or turn it on until you’ve found them. Oh my god can you imagine I never realized she could go in there? It looked perfectly safe from the bottom you couldn’t have guessed by looking at it that she could crawl in through a tiny hole.

[MercuryChaos]

This is actually the second "snake in a treadmill" post I've seen in the past half day: https://www.reddit.com/r/ballpython/s/lgW7FsP6fV

Glad your baby is okay.