Where does a snake hide when it gets loose in a house?

Question

It is a Childrens Python. It got out of its cage and now we cant find it.

Answer 1

Try under the fridge, stove, couches, and other places like that. I generally find mine under the piano whenever I have an escapee; my best friend often finds her snakes in or around the toilet for whatever reason. It really depends on the snake, but look for small, dark, secure, or warm places.

Good luck finding your snake!

Answer 2

Snake Hide

Answer 3

Snakes like warm places, look behind appliances that disperse heat, like clothes dryers, dishwashers, stoves, fridges and freezers. You could also set a trap to catch it again, obtain a container that is large enough for your snake to fit in completely, make sure its a container that will not tip over when your snake enters it from above, rocks in the bottom of the container could help. get a small heating pad that fits under the container completely without sticking out on the sides other wise it will lie next to the container and move away when it detects a lot of movement. finally put some live food (a rat or mouse) in the container make sure it cant escape, and make sure it has enough food & water for atleast 4 days, now put your trap in a place that is not used a lot, like a study or a storeroom, check it every other day making as little noise and movement as possible. Snakes have no external ears and cant hear airborne sounds, but they can pick up the slightest vibrations.

Answer 4

Couple suggestions:

Be sure to check in drawers or piles of laundry before they get in the washing machine.

Look around in the evening as they are most active then.

If you have other animals such as a cat or dog, watch them for strange behaviors. (our cat was hissing at the closet door).

If it is cool out, open the windows and turn on the heat. The snake will go to a warm place such as a radiator or near a hot air vent.

I have put a velcro tab on the cage top, to prevent our ball python from getting out. that has helped a lot.

Answer 5

i have a corn snake that is an absolute escape artist. all the times he's escaped he's ended up underneath our entertainment center (i'm assuming the heat from the tv/electronics plus its dark and small)

check the room the cage is in first, thoroughly. i tore my entire apartment apart looking for the corn snake the first time he got out (and hes over 4 feet long an orange so he's obvious) and didnt find him. then i moved the entertainment center.

its also a law of physics, the snake will be under the most inconvenient thing to move.

if you don't find him in a day or two, don't freak out. people have been known to find them months later, healthy.

Answer 6

Snakes dehydrate quickly, especially small ones, and will usually seek out someplace moist.
Place damp towel on the floor, along walls.
When the snake moves, it will usually be along walls. When it encounters a moist towel, it is likely to hide under it, and should remain there for a while.

Answer 7

I would start look in in warm dark areas of the house. Sometimes they will get into couch cushions and beds also check appliances that give off heat like the refrigerator or even near a t.v. good luck hunting him down though!

Answer 8

any were dark, warm and quite it can get they may look big but they can get in to the most awkward places we look for days for my brothers to no avail we got him to come out by shutting down heating in the house in the morning and placing hot water bottles under a blanket all under a box with small hole in the side of it when we got back in the evening he was under the box a sleep still have no idea were he was for those days he was missing

Answer 9

well they like the tight dark places. usally in a warm room. i wouldnt look far beyond the room that it got out in. i found mine in the window seal and my others went into desks and stuff. so just check everywhere in the room and put a light out that it can get heat in and check it at night its when they are mos active

Answer 10

This link has some advice, good luck.
http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=A&C=307&A=1386&S=4