Lost Ball Python

[SPARKLEZ536]

I hope someone can help me i lost my ball python sometime during the end of summer. and well i still have yet to find him. his tank was right next to the basement so i just figured with the heat and cracks he made his way outside. well to my surprise a few days ago i went in the basement and my cat notice droppings on the top of steps which made me alil worried for the fact i have two small children so i went down further this time i brought my ferret thinking if he popped out the ferret would kill him and he was smelling around and i found two more piles alil bit bigger then the first one i am sure there are prob mice down there which he's eating so i am more scared of the size he might be at now. when i did lose him he was already over a yr old but was very small i would say 2 ft no more and very tiny and of course he never moved a whole lot.
first question how can i trap him and second question how big could he have gotten in lets say 5 months also could he attack me or the kids if he did come upstairs

[RIBBIT]

why would u want to trap it do u mean catch it

[piketpik]

Ball python attacking human ? it is for real? never heard anything like it...

[Deej85]

Don't ball pythons only grow to about 3-4 feet long?

[mykee]

No way man! I'm guessing when left alone to eat all he can, he must be at LEAST 12-13 feet by now...I would get your kids OUT of the house until he's found. I would also suggest the use of a bear trap. Put some raw carrots or lettuce even some chocolate, ball pythons LOVE chocolate on the trap and hope for the best.
If you do happen to find him, hope to hell he hasn't eaten any large neighbourhood dogs or small children. I would also recommend that in the future if, godforbid you decide to own another reptile, that you learn something....anything about the reptile that you own.

[SerpentLust]

Originally Posted by mykee

No way man! I'm guessing when left alone to eat all he can, he must be at LEAST 12-13 feet by now...I would get your kids OUT of the house until he's found. I would also suggest the use of a bear trap. Put some raw carrots or lettuce even some chocolate, ball pythons LOVE chocolate on the trap and hope for the best.
If you do happen to find him, hope to hell he hasn't eaten any large neighbourhood dogs or small children. I would also recommend that in the future if, godforbid you decide to own another reptile, that you learn something....anything about the reptile that you own.

LMFAO! That wasn't dripping with sarcasm

I have to admit after reading this initial post I was going to reply with basically the same retort but you seem to have covered all the bases. lol

[Deej85]

This is one of the reasons why reptile rescue places are against breeders and the keeping of reptiles.



Aren't ball pythons one of the least dangerous snakes you can get? Why do people keep buying them if they know nothing about them or refuse to take care of them properly?

[SerpentLust]

Originally Posted by Deej85

This is one of the reasons why reptile rescue places are against breeders and the keeping of reptiles.



Aren't ball pythons one of the least dangerous snakes you can get? Why do people keep buying them if they know nothing about them or refuse to take care of them properly?

Unfortunately it's a matter of convenience. They're always in pet stores and they're cheap. People buy them as a "cool pet" for their children who generally grow out of that "fad" and then end up with a pet that they hate/are scared of. Same thing happens with Iguanas and Red Ear Sliders and Boas. It's the sad reality that people will do anything to obtain a certain image that they would like to portray.

[sierrabravo]

Correct me if I'm wrong (and I'm usually NOT), but didnt the asker say that they had it in the BASEMENT? Where it's COLD and ALONE? I've said it before, so I'll say it again, Google is your friend! Use it. (By now she's probably long gone to never return... both the asker, and unfortunately, the BP)

[Herpkid101x]

why would u bring the ferret down stairs to kill the snake?

[SerpentLust]

Originally Posted by sierrabravo

Correct me if I'm wrong (and I'm usually NOT), but didnt the asker say that they had it in the BASEMENT? Where it's COLD and ALONE? I've said it before, so I'll say it again, Google is your friend! Use it. (By now she's probably long gone to never return... both the asker, and unfortunately, the BP)

I have my snakes in the basement. Albeit it's a heated basement and they're all properly heated with a proper thermal gradient and thermostats...

[moose]

To answer the originall post. NO! it can't hurt you and why dont you just go look for it in all the warm places like around appliances but dont try to kill it you bought it as a pet treat it that way and find out how to care for it or give it to somebody who cares.

[Herpkid101x]

ive noticed that mykee can be sorta harsh but hes actually right about what he says