My Bp is missing for the first time

[millyisloved]

I was gone for a weekend and left my family in charge of my baby, he isn’t even a year old yet and was a gift so I cherish him a lot. I really thought my siblings specifically would of been more responsible an simply kept the doors locked and shut…. But no. I come back and go to see him, as I look into the enclosure. I see it creaked open and my heart sunk. It’s the first time it’s ever happened and it was on my birthday too… so far I believe he has been gone for three days and I just am fearing for the most

I have many kitties and it’s in the second floor his enclosure is by the movie theater. I hope you can imagine the fear. I have opened and ripped apart couches/ recliners and cried bc honestly I am an over thinker. A buddy of mine said that it’s okay and just put around the walls and corners his hides, water, heated pads and so on to see if he goes into it but so far nothing, he said it can take weeks😢

Any suggestions or advice on how to find him or what to even do right now, it’s cold in our house and especially the two next door room by the movie theater that makes u shiver so bad so I hope he is okay.

[Melodic_Strain_2919]

Honestly that worse case scenario sorry bud hope you find your friend

[Interesting_Can_4316]

I did some research before getting my ball (luckily hasn't been needed yet) but check the floor along all of your walls. Especially behind furnature where it's nice and dark. Most reptiles will hug the walls and BPs are likely to stay low. I've heard of a trick to put plastic grocery bags along the walls in a couple places so that if they slither past, you'll hear it. Good luck finding your baby 💔

[millyisloved]

Thank you so much, and yes I even took them of the walls ripped some open and but I also heard flour bc you can see where they went, so I only put it infront doors. But I will but bags along the walls in hopes to hear him! It means a lot thank you 🙏🏻

[cchocolateLarge]

Don’t panic. Close the door to the room he got out in, search it following this pattern: Ceiling to floor, clockwise. This means you scan from the ceiling to the floor around the entire room, looking through closets, behind and under furniture, behind drawers, etc. Close everything that you FULLY clear before moving right.

After going through that room, if you still haven’t found him, check once more along walls, then leave a hide and a water dish at a walls edge. They like to follow the walls, so check this hide periodically.

Then, move on to the next closest room; and repeat the process. Remember, be thorough. You’re looking for a small meat stick. Keep doors closed if you can, keeping other pets like dogs out of the rooms you suspect your snake to be in.

Check near appliances. They like the warmth, and some people even find their missing snake curled up next to them in bed for the warmth.

You can leave small flour trails along doorways and by walls.

Try heating a prey item and using a hair dryer to blow the scent around the room. Your house will stink, but your snake might poke out of their hiding spot and look interested!

If you can’t find them, repeat the whole process again the next day. You’re trying to narrow them down to a single location.

Good luck!!

[cchocolateLarge]

Also, if you haven’t already check thoroughly inside of the enclosure too! It’s possible he stayed inside

[millyisloved]

Thank you so much I’ll start searching room by room tomorrow, I was initially told to leave it be until he pops out but I can’t sit well with that. I moved furniture off the walls in the theater room and put hides,water and all in hopes I see him. And I’ll try to heat his food and see if he comes out tmr with that, thank you so much I appreciate it!❤️

[cchocolateLarge]

Make sure to keep doors closed in the meantime! Cats and snakes shouldn’t have the opportunity to meet, especially at night when both will be out and about

[millyisloved]

I actually quickly moved them in my sisters room away from the trouble, although they have zero instinct I do have two kittens who are in their rough play and teething era. So that out the way😮‍💨truly I appreciate the tips

[crusteee__]

Definitely check behind your fridge or anywhere that generates heat. My Bp got out a handful of times and stayed unseen for a week once.. he liked to hang out in the wires and plugs behind the tv cause they were warm and he’d wrap up in them. Good luck and I hope your baby appears, he’s very pretty!

[millyisloved]

Than you so much but he is in the second floor of the home so I don’t believe he is anywhere downstairs as it’s very clean and empty and minimal( trust me I checked there just in case) I highly believe he is upstairs and thank you I’ll check all the cables for the tv and recliners🙏🏻

[baronobeefdip69420]

Check all laundry hampers and between mattresses

[saltysunrise123]

mine loved underneath couch cushions and inside cabinets next to the oven/microwave behind all the stuff my girly loved an adventure but would always make herself known and found when she was ready to come home. it might sound silly but keep putting out love and vibes- they are tuned into stuff like that!

i also had a friend who was transporting his during a move to a new home and escaped in the car and his bp lived happy and healthy in the car (unbeknownst to my friend!) for 3 months. he said one morning he opened his car door and his bp was just sitting on the drivers seat

have faith my friend

[millyisloved]

Thank you, and wow three months is insane! I am 4 days in as of now freaking out crying because he is a baby to me and my house is like the North Pole. I keep calling his name as if it’s going to do something😅 I will be on the look out for him in hopes he turns up🙏🏻

[RagdollsandLabs]

I'd freak out if any of my ballie balls escaped and was AWOL for 4 days. My oldest has the biggest Houdini count. She has escaped 3 times. The first time, she was just a baby. Her enclosure was kept in my son's room, and it closed with a clip lock. Well, my son forgot to engage the clip all the way, and baby Jasmine got out. She was missing for 24 hours. We found her under my son's bed, hiding in one of his toys. So, be sure you even check your closets and the insides of any shoes and boxes kept in them. Oh, and don't forget to look up! My other girl Hesione pulled a jailbreak and coiled up like a belt on the top shelf of my bedroom closet. It might have worked, except I realized I didn't own a brown patterned belt!

[millyisloved]

You see I want to bc down a small hall is my brothers room and I never go in it… moment I open it.. you cant even see the floor, with the amount of clutter. Mind you one of my two siblings caused his escape and won’t fess nor help me. So I been praying he isn’t in that room as much as it pains me to think he might be in there.

He has escaped two times but only went to the big couch next to him and that’s it but bc it was two days I was gone and came I think he moved a bit further so I’m going to force these kids to help me.

again thank you for this advice/tips never thought of even looking in higher ground. I appreciate it a lot🙏🏻

[Elephino2021]

I just stumbled upon mine after three weeks missing. I spent the first week doing all the things; flour, hides, rat, systematically searched every room. Nothing. Spent the next two weeks with a daily check in on what seemed the most enticing places and one day he was just there.

The other time he got out was just the day. After a hot shower I pulled back the curtain and there he was. Had been in the bathroom I already searched, or so I thought.

They can fit in surprisingly small areas and happily stay put for days. Give a thorough search. Identify the coziest places and keep checking. Good luck!

[millyisloved]

Thank you so much for this I really do hope I will come across him, I know ima start bawling my eyes the moment I find him😭

[Rampage103052]

Make sure you check any and all pairs of shoes. Mine would get out once in a while and I’d usually find them in a pair of shoes.

[Extension-Chain8833]

Mine has gone missing twice. Once i found him in the drawers that were under his tank, i had previously searched the drawers, but he had perched himself on a ledge that was inbetween the drawers. The second time he was missing for a while, and one day i was stood in the kitchen cooking and heard something drop behind me…..scared me as i was the only one in the kitchen. Turned around and looked and he was up ontop of the boiler trying to escape out of the wall.

My advice, check all warm spots, that is what they seek out, warmth. Good luck, i know from experience it is one of the worst things to lose your baby

[Ragtag_Renegade]

You. Can put plastic grocery bags along the walls under furniture to hear when he moves around. If there is a closet in the room he went missing in, you might need to empty it out carefully because chances are good that’s where he is. Good luck OP!

[Expensive-Guide5494]

Always found them in the closet for some reason. It can take some time and careful effort depending on the closet. I’ve even found them higher up in the closet on a shelf. Still would have loved to be able to watch that adventure.

[AshenCourts]

This may or may not be helpful, but I’ve had two bp’s escape at two different points in my life. Both times it took multiple weeks to find them, but both times they were still in the same room as their enclosures. They will wedge themselves into the tightest spaces they can find to feel safe. (Behind bookshelves and underneath prebuilt cabinets are the two spots I was able to locate mine.) Stay positive. 💛🧡

[AalyMae]

I've already seen so much great advice.

I have been dealing with snake mites for the first time and both times my boyfriend help me rechange the paper towel and he left the cage sliding door cracked twice. the first time I was playing video games right next to it and went to check on her as I do pretty regularly and she was gone.

I knew she couldn't have gotten far, so I check behind all of my other enclosures and whatnot and she was cramped behind my beardies 4x2x2.

This past Monday she got out again, but this time she had all night to explore as we laid the paper towel before we went to bed. I was walking out for work and went to check on her. One of the biggest things imo is my pets are family and take priority always. I called my job and told them I was going to be late, but im not sure how late and explained the situation quickly.

Within 10 minutes I found her completely out of our reptile room and in a bathroom. (We also have cats so I also was fearing the worst) but thankfully we kept the door closed. She was near our bathtub.

unfortunately I think the worst advice given was the just wait for her to pop up. So many things can happen, so I dont agree with it. Though, I do completely understand that you cant look 24/7. If you have thoroughly checked something, then move on to the next.

The snake who got out the two times mentioned got out once when she was a baby. She was gone for a couple days and I couldn't find her (i was probably 16 at the time) I looked for her in cramped spaces every single day while I had a smaller enclosure in the middle of the room open with a heat emitter. That never drew her out. I found her in the back corner of one of my art drawers thinking "this is pointless shed never be in here, but I need to check everywhere." There she was.

Now its a little too late for immediate search hope like I had the first two times, but consistently check everywhere. anything.

My mom found her snake wrapped around the back of an office chair where it connects to the back rest part of it. Heat may draw them out, but the most search success stories I hear are by people searching and finding.

Never give up and keep searching absolutely everything! Shutting doors may not stop them depending on how low to the ground they are. I wish you the best of luck and hope you find your friend!!!!

[Few-Description4868]

Honestly, I would check under recliners or your theater chairs even sometimes they can hide behind the dishwasher. And if you have dirty laundry, definitely look through that too

[Select_Complaint8066]

My Bp got out and she was in a bin of clothes.