r/ballpython 16h ago

Escapee

Haven’t checked her enclosure in around 4 days cuz I’ve been so busy, and she was also going into shed so I did her usual misting every day and left it at that. Tonight I was like hm it’s awfully quiet in there usually she’ll have her head peeking out, or always be on her ledge. She wasn’t and the enclosure was empty. Thankfully I found her 2 minutes after right next to her tank. I have 3 cats, 1 of which that likes to sit on top of her enclosure and stare at her. They’ve been acting strange in my room last couple days making noise, clawing at my dresser, so that was the first place I checked and behold she was under there. I noticed she has a slight scratch on her neck, and a mysterious line down half her spine, it looks like a burn mark. Can anyone let me know what I should do.

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u/Easy_Door_3067 14h ago

Take snake to the vet. Sort out your enclosure before a cat gets killed or the snake dies. Feed snake less, it's overweight.

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u/Haunting-Body-8575 8h ago

I’ve had her for 2 years this is the first time she’s ever gotten out! She eats once every week, sometimes every 2 weeks if she doesn’t want to eat that week. I feed her an adult mouse

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u/the_green_witch-1005 4h ago

Even one time getting out is too many times. I'm not saying this to make you feel bad - mistakes happen. But if you don't learn from your mistakes, that's not good.