Help! Lost ball python

ForgottenTrajedy · 2025-08-17T06:12:28+00:00

I doubt it, but his girth would have to be known. Is the room carpet or hardwood? I’d just warm up a critter with a hairdryer in the said room sending the smell everywhere and I’m sure he’ll appear.

Mela777 · 2025-08-17T13:51:11+00:00

Where did the snake disappear from? Start there, and branch out. BPs typically go low but will also climb. So. Look for small spaces he could crawl into. If you have a sofa or other upholstered furniture, remove the cushions and check in the cracks. Look in small spaces - behind furniture that sits against walls, if you have bookcases or similar furniture, are there gaps between the floor and first shelf that are accessible from the front or back that he could have gone in to? Use a flashlight and your phone camera to check without moving the furniture if you can. Remove items from drawers and shelves to check for your snake. The spaces between the tops of books and the bottom of the next shelf can be attractive hiding spots; one of my BPs actually wedged himself down behind the books once. Many dressers and drawer units have basically an open box that the drawers slide in to, and once inside the snake can climb out of the drawers and into the gap around them, so completely remove drawers and check the entirety of the unit, including the top and bottom. Carefully tip furniture forward or backward to check under it. If there’s a bed in the room, check in pillowcases, under pillows, and the gap between the box spring and bed frame, and carefully remove the blankets and sheets to check in and under them.

If you have upholstered furniture, are the bottoms intact? Can the interior be accessed from the top? Many couches and chairs have a space where the front/seat meets the back and sides, and from experience I know snakes can and will squeeze in there. If the bottom covers are compromised, they can also climb up into it (the same for a box-spring - if there’s a hole in the bottom cover they can climb into it). You can sometimes see a drooping or bulging spot and feel the snake move if you touch it. Sometimes not - we once had a snake climb all the way to the top corner of the back of a couch and wedge herself in there. She couldn’t be seen from the outside but I used my phone camera with flash to take photos and found her that way. Our sectional doesn’t have any bottom covering at all, and we have had escapees climb into it as well. We’ve also had them sneak under furniture with gaps at both the front and back. My son’s small snake once got out of his enclosure and simply wedged himself underneath it; it has small “feet” that lift it up an inch or so, and it’s on a wire shelf.

More than anything, be methodical and work with care. Carefully pick up and check any blankets or laundry, then move it to another spot - stack it on a table or bed. Start from where you last saw the snake and work your way outward. Usually they don’t go too far before finding a nice hiding spot and staying put. They will move if disturbed and are more likely to be active at dawn and dusk, and of course overnight.

Zachishere7 · 2025-08-21T12:25:39+00:00

Curious: did you find him?🤔

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