Left it in with her and 15 minutes later it was gone haha. Never seen her do that, but maybe she was just hungry but too tired to strike it
She ate when I left her with it for 15 minutes the same day. I find it super strange though, ever since she rested for a full day after the meal, and after that escape, every night she’s up trying to get out of her tank. She’s never done this before, and everything has stayed the same since we got her so I’m not sure if she’s just curious now or what-
From time to time it happens. Nothing to be worried or concerned about. I’ve always taken my girl out when she starts up with the escape attempts. Let her roam on me or a safe piece of furniture for a bit. Seems to help.
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Yeah, I do that with her haha. I normally take her places like shopping and such, she enjoys the fresh air and normally she settles for awhile
What is it with pinstripes? I have a big boy pinstripe (he’s about 10 years old and well over 2000 grams now) who ate like that for a long time. All my other snakes just snap their rats off the tongs. But for years that pinstripe wouldn’t eat unless I left it in his tub. He’d sit there smelling it for about 10 minutes before lazily eating it.
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I think it’s individuals. My 2 girls with pinstripe about leap out of their tubs as soon as I crack them open on feeding day. My 1k gram lesser fire girl though since the beginning of December has only taken one meal off tongs everything else has to be laid down and her enclosure front covered so it’s nice and dark.
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Haha, I’m not sure really. She always takes so long to strike, and does only a single coil. But hey, at least they’re eating haha. My Pastel Pied eats like a champ though, immediately off the tongs when he smells it
I find it so interesting how various some snakes are. Might have to try laying the rat down for her feedings in the future next time. And some are just “Special” haha. But it’s too cute when they scare themselves as babies.
I never dangle my rats. Always hold by the middle and point head towards snake while keeping it low to the ground. Levitating rats aren’t a thing in real life and I’ve seen some snakes confused by such phenomenon with their frozen thawed.
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Either method has been I think about equally successful for me.
Since chatting with folks like yourself on here I do try and offer more by the scruff than I did. Doesn’t hurt to mimick as closely as possible.
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My corns will take no matter what. Garbage disposals. My sand boas and ball will “look at me sideways” if I don’t at least work at mimicking crawling lol
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I grab it by the scruff on the neck. She doesn’t take it if it’s “looking at her” or if it dangles
Very true. Guess it’s the snake’s personality. My girl won’t eat unless it’s mimicked haha
I hope you find the lil noodle 
. Check near or in heat vents /baseboard heaters, take the panels off the Vent (if can) and baseboards. Check everything that gives off heat, from pipes, appliances, power cord blocks, etc. Good luck!
I’m glad you found her. I recently had one of my boys go for a walk-about while we were cleaning the snake room and it took 4 days and dismantling a subwoofer to find the little bugger!
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Great news! We all have all been there 
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I believe it really happens a lot. Every snake owner I know had some going on a stroll around. I’m so happy our snakes are all harmless. Imagine it is your king cobra escaping. How do you even search for one like that? Or if your find it in your woofer, than how are you getting it out without killing yourself? If one like that get’s out they even have to evacuate the whole neighborhood. I will really never ever keep venomous snakes.
Several years back here in Florida, someone’s cobra got loose and the local news made a huge deal over it. They even released a map showing the location of every person who held a permit for venomous reptiles. I don’t even own venomous myself, but I thought that was a pretty big violation of privacy.
I know I’m late but here’s my advice and experience dealing with a lost snake. Dont go crazy with searching for it, moving furniture or other objects could disturb the snake and make it wander even more. The snake may also not leave wherever its hidden for a long time, my last snake that I lost only came out when it was hungry and thirsty. Dont worry too much and I am fairly confident you will find her eventually
I agree, that is a very serious violation of privacy. I will never keep venomous snakes myself. I’m so scared for them myself and I know myself enough to know that it will go wrong one day. But the people who keep them are very aware what they are dealing with and the risk involved and the fact that almost non of them excape prove that. Snakes are a primal fear of a most people, venomous even more. If you release a map of snakekeepers of non-venomous snakes half of the people around already go crazy. When you show them who keep venomous snakes, it’s going to be terrible. I don’t think people who don’t keep snakes can handle that information in a sensible way.
@nathan_e when my snakes escape, I don’t go crazy but I will search and move things, of course in a way I can not damage the snake if he/she is underneath. I want to find them as soon as possible before they start looking for food or water, and till now the longest I ever searched was one hour, most I even find within 10 minutes. I have two dogs walking around and even though they don’t pay attention to the snakes when I hold them, I don’t know what they will do if they find one crawling on the floor. Besides that, I don’t have the time to sit around and wait and watch them come out and I believe it’s best to find them when they are still nearby. I don’t know about colubrites but ball pythons don’t move from the hustle or move very slow. When you find they they simply look at you like " oh, you here to?!" And keep still.
Luckily, the snake who caused the post was already found sitting between some pillows.
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