Question: Where would a snake hide?

[blackbetty]

So I have been redoing my daughters bedroom. She is gone for the summer and Im in charge of her cornsnake. I had a shelf on his tank as he likes to get out (happened once before). I found him within 5 days under the sink downstairs. No clue how he got by 5 people and 3 dogs..but ok. So anyways, the kids apparently moved the shelf and in about a 3 hr span, he slipped away again. That was 8 days ago. I cant locate him. My daughter is really attached to him and Id hate for her to think I didnt care about him enough. I have looked Everywhere! I know the dogs wouldnt touch him. My female would run as shes scared of everything and my male would bark nonstop. The puppy would just try to play with it and those all would catch my attention. Please help. I dont want it to die! And once he is found., I will be getting a locking lid!!!!

 

[jojackson]

Look in warm dark places, fridge motors, freezer motors, dryers, tvs, other electrical equipment. They will seek out warmth but also small tight places to hide. Re-check everywhere in the tank, they can get into very small places like light fittings, under waterbowls and so on.

 

[blackbetty]

I cant see what you posted. Im hoping its helpful.

 

[panther888]

Also check in shoes, closets, clothes piles, even places you don't think he would be...my friend's rainbow boa got out and was found in his guitar, and once one of my crested geckos got out and was found in a paper towel roll (inside the cardboard tube). good luck

 

[jojackson]

For heavens sake somebody please quote post #2 for Betty.

 

[Zen Reptiles]

Look in warm dark places, fridge motors, freezer motors, dryers, tvs, other electrical equipment. They will seek out warmth but also small tight places to hide. Re-check everywhere in the tank, they can get into very small places like light fittings, under waterbowls and so on.

Also, snakes usually like to go DOWN, as in subterranean. You might find
it in the basement. When a ratsnake of mine escaped, it was in the lowest
point in the house, a 'bomb shelter' type of room we use as a hamper.

 

[SoCaliSon]

I once found my ball python hiding in the stove. She moved into the small opening where the flame comes out, and down and under the stove cover, she had wrapped and wedged herself around the gas lines in the stove. Even after we found her... took like an hour to get her unwedged from the little spot she found. Good thing we found her before it was time cook dinner. They really can get into the most suprising places.

 

[naich]

he will go outside if its warm....my friends cornsnake in newjersy escaped in october.....he found it in june this year under a flower pot in his back yard alive.....imo opinion the best thing to do is this....buy a frozen rat/mouse.....at like 10 oclock at night put it in a large soda bottle and put that in the center room of the house...every 15 minutes check on it till it starts to stink bad...then try again tommarro

 

[panthercrazy]

Look in warm dark places, fridge motors, freezer motors, dryers, tvs, other electrical equipment. They will seek out warmth but also small tight places to hide. Re-check everywhere in the tank, they can get into very small places like light fittings, under waterbowls and so on.

They do tend to go down as Brock said - check around furnance, hot water tanks - any heat source in the house. After 8 days missing, you should be getting close to the snake wanting food again, so the food bait trap works great at this point.
You're best bet is to be looking a night when darker also.
I'd also check every inch of your daughter's room, inside everything & under! Sometimes they don't travel far, especially if the disappearance was after a feeding.
Good luck, they can hide so very well at times.

 

[Pure]

Some really good advice given here.

All I can add is if you can't find him. Get another one that looks like him and keep your trap shut! LOL

 

[AJA]

A friend of mine lost my baby hognose for about 2 months and we she finally found it again (in the middle of the room) it still weighed about the same. So, whatever you do, don't give up on it. Snakes can get into amazingly small places like a crack between the wall and flooring. Depending on what you were feeding it, you can put out a trap for it.

Another place to look is under dressers. Take out the last drawer and look in there.

No, no, not a mouse trap!

If you putout a fuzzy and it's gone the next day, you will know it is still in that room (make sure the dogs/cats don't get to it).

 

[blackbetty]

Still havent located. i cannot put out mice as I have dogs that will eat them and kids that will do Gosh only knows what with it!

Sigh, My daughter comes home in 2 weeks and will be heartbroken. I keep checking under th sinks as I assume it will go looking for a water source. Im hoping ti didnt get into the garage as I will never find it, same withoutside since we have woods all around us.

Thanks to everyone (especially Jo for being nice). Ill keep looking!

 

[Pure]

All I can add is if you can't find him. Get another one that looks like him and keep your trap shut! LOL

You got 2 weeks so start looking.

 

[blackbetty]

Yea, I was thinking of just replacing him too but I was scared Id get one with a different personality. Shes very observant!! And then Im teaching my kids bad things! LOL!

I moved the pygmys into her room to make up for it right now until i can figure this out. 1 week left! Eeeeeeks!

 

[jojackson]

How long since it last fed Betty? if its due, you can thaw a mouse out and leave it in the room somewhere, prefreably near the wall on the floor, snakes tend to fiollow the wall rather than expose themselves in the open.
Check every few hours or so, If its eaten your snake will seek a warm place to digest its meal.
Some folk dust the floor along the walls, and around warm places with talc/baby powder so that tracks can be seen if the snake is moving there.
If you have a heatcord/heatmat etc, you might plug this in and leave it on the floor nearby also.