EMERGENCY! Need help!!?

Question

Okay, I came home from work today and found my ball python has mastered his way out of his cage and into my house.

We know where he is, he's UNDER the counter in the base boards, we can't take the base boards off without ruining the entire flooring and such.

HOW can we coax him out, or WHAT can we do? We're up in arms right now! We've got his heat lamp setting next to it to try to get him to come out, and my fiancee is sitting in front (about a foot back) ready to grab him if he comes out.

Please help!!

Answer 1

I am not a snake expert, but I do know they are cold blooded and need external surfaces to control there body temp.  So what if you take a bag of ice and lay it against the baseboards where he is?  I would think the cold might force him out.   Like I said, snakes are not an area of expertise for me, im just trying to help.

Answer 2

that's a shame because ball python are known to go for months with out eating,more than likely he will go outside if he can,if not he will come out but not with someone sitting there,if i were you i would try to get him out manualy can you see him ? if not he might already be gone.

Answer 3

try and use food

Answer 4

how about "bait"?  

Answer 5

Haha... I feel for you!!! Our fat python likes to escape. We have 2, one that is docile and eats very little, and one little piggy that has escaped 2ce on us!

All you can do is wait.... I wouldn't stay awake waiting though. Try to block off the area somewhat, so when he comes out, he can't go far. Keep the heat source away from the opening-- if it's right next to it, he wont come out! Leave it 2-3 feet away, so he'll want to come closer.

Do you have a frozen mousicle to thaw out? Do you have something other than a heat lamp? Unless he comes out SOON, you don't want to leave it on all night- he could get too close and burn himself.

Good luck! We didn't know where ours was the first 2 days he went missing.

Answer 6

If it time for him to eat, you might be able to coax him out by dangling a mouse or rat or what ever you feed him.  Tie it to a string and close to the opening...if you use dead ones, wiggle it a few times every couple of minutes.  If he has a favorite treat, try that.  Good luck...they are truly escape artists and have a miraculous way of getting stuck in places we never would think they could go.

Answer 7

Alright, the last thing you need to do is panic, as long as there is no where else for him to get stuck under - its fine.

Try staying out of his sight so he doesn't feel stressed like you are trying to possibly harm him if he does come out. Sit out of sight with a plastic box or like a paper bag, something you can trap him in because they're basically muscle, and quite fast.

So you can either wait for him to come out on his own or you can try to lure him with food. You can use either use live or F/T, try holding the mouse and dangling (moving it around if its F/T) but again try to keep you and your fiancee out of his vision.

Eventually, he'll come out. Just be on your gaurd and try not to scare him too much.

Best of luck, I really hope you get him!

Answer 8

this happened once to me you might want to get his fave snack and put it at the end of the counter on the floor and maybe he will come out oh got to go my guinea pig is giving birth bye!!!

Answer 9

there any way that you can pull up the bottom of the counter from the inside?? If not just wait for him to come out on his own.  Sorry not much help.

Answer 10

Try putting food out in front of the hole where he went in at and maybe he'll come out I know it worked for me when my snake got out.

Answer 11

if he eats frozen mice set out one and snakes are nocturnal so they like the dark if were your fiancee is sitting near the only exit try shining lite in there but if there's other ways out block them or don't do it  

Answer 12

ok if you have any other pets make sure that they are somewhere else because that will make him stay in there longer

if you cant get him out in more than 24hrs try calling a professional

hope you catch him!

Answer 13

Snakes, especially small ones, quickly become dehydrated when they are loose in the house. For that reason, they are often recovered under piles of laundry, or in a bathroom.

You should place several damp towels in strategic locations along walls. When the snake encounters one, it is likely to stay there until you can recover it.

Baiting it with food or a heat lamp will not work.

If you find it, purchase a real snake cage- aquariums with removable tops are NOT escape-proof. Your question is asked here nearly every day.