NOOOO I've LOST Squiggles

[Loren]

Hi Lori- hope you find your snake. My ball python got out in the reptile room one time, I found him across the isle on the very top shelf of aquariums(6 feet high)- so in other words, dont forget to look up in your searches.
Up high in a decently warm, dark closet is where I would go if I were a ball.

My ball was given to me by a school teacher, who had it go missing in a school for several weeks till a janitor found it.
I dont trust any petstore-type add-on screen lids farther than I can see them (other than sliding top ones that are built on). Too often they just dont fit securely enough, or even if clips are installed, they might be able to flex in a spot. I had a 3 foot cal king escape through one that was "properly installed".
When in doubt- extra bricks and encyclopedias do well. lift at the lids at every inch of the perimeter and make sure there are no spots that can be lifted reasonably easy.

I have never heard of one ball eating another, but anythings possible, though I would think the other snake would be obviously very fat.

As Shannon said, make darn sure its not just wedged tightly inside some piece of decor in the cage, or elsewhere in the cage.

Let the house go nice and dark and quiet at night, and then look around with a flashlight. When it gets hungry, thats when it will likely come out looking for food.

Good luck. Hopefully none of your other farm animals in the house would harm it if they found it.

[Charlet_2007]

do you have bedding in the cage? if so check every bit of it.. my snakes LOVE to dig a tunnel and hide from me.. hope this helps.. Good luck finding her..

[infernalis]

I have lost and found more than one. Best of luck to you.

Look in places you would never think of. My Pueblan Milk Snake went missing once, Searched forever, under things, emptied out laundry baskets, unbagged storage, everything!

Then I found him coiled up an a bookshelf, 5 feet up looking down at the silly people tearing the house apart.

Places I have found missing snakes, Under the big screen TV, on the same table as the cage, right next to it! (under some mail) behind the PC, up on a shelf and scurrying along the floor. (And once Sky was still in the aquarium, hiding on the sill just below the screen frame, however this was a small male Puget sound and not a fat BP)

Hope you find squiggles.

Kind regards,
Wayne A. Harvey

[anji1971]

Just getting to this thread...............Lori, I hope you find Squiggles. What a worry.......I'll keep my fingers crossed for a safe return!

[drache]

any news about squiggles?
any word from Lori at all?

[adamanteus]

Lori hasn't been on for the past four days.... I've been watching for her.

[drache]

yeah - me too

[Snake lover 3-25]

oh no!!!!! well... it's pron. best that she spends all her free time looking.....

[drache]

she's supposed to keep us posted though

[anji1971]

I'm sure Lori's a busy gal! Maybe something came up with her animal rescue, that's kept her hopping. I'm confident she'll be back with info as soon as she can.
We'll just have to all keep our fingers crossed for Squiggles.