URGENT!!!CORN SNAKE LOST IN WALLS!!!!

I was letting my 2 year old corn snake explore with my supervision, then he started exploring the dish washer. At first, I thought he was just interested in it because it was warm. Then I realized there was a crack under the dishwasher. I tried holding him in place to get him out, but he already had a super strong grip, and I couldn't pull him out. I could only prevent his progress. I decided to put his heat mat near the dishwasher and put a mouse near the mat, but he found a hole behind the dishwasher and now he is in the walls. It probably wouldn't be that hard to get him out from under the dishwasher, but he's in the walls. Is there any way to get him out? Please help me soon.

All you can do is wait and see if the mouse lures him out. Just make sure he can't actually get to the mouse so he doesn't eat it and then disappear again.

Originally Posted by bcr229

All you can do is wait and see if the mouse lures him out. Just make sure he can't actually get to the mouse so he doesn't eat it and then disappear again.

Should I put the mouse in a trap like the one in the picture below.

Yes I would.
Also put lines of flour or sugar around the dishwasher so you can see if he exists and goes to another part of the home. Something I found that helps is also putting plastic bags (something that makes noise easy) around the edges of all the walls - then sit there late at night not making any noise, you may hear the snake moving (they tend to move along edges of things).

I wish you the best of luck!
I've lost one to a hole in the wall before (baby corn). Sadly mine never reappeared.

Originally Posted by AbsoluteApril

Yes I would.
Also put lines of flour or sugar around the dishwasher so you can see if he exists and goes to another part of the home. Something I found that helps is also putting plastic bags (something that makes noise easy) around the edges of all the walls - then sit there late at night not making any noise, you may hear the snake moving (they tend to move along edges of things).

I wish you the best of luck!
I've lost one to a hole in the wall before (baby corn). Sadly mine never reappeared.

Thanks. I'll do that tonight.

Originally Posted by AbsoluteApril

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Also put lines of flour or sugar around the dishwasher so you can see if he exists...

I wouldn't use sugar, you might end up with ants everywhere, and when I lived in the desert, I had ants get into a gecko cage once that was high up on a cabinet, mostly for the mealworms (the gecko's dinner) but sadly, they also killed the gecko. Ants eat most anything & I wouldn't put it past ants to get on a snake too.

Originally Posted by hotlips

I can appreciate your plan to "stay by the dishwasher for 24/7" but while I'd certainly do that tonight too, at some point you have to sleep & go on with other things. I hope he comes out tonight for you, I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

I do an online school, so I could stay by the dishwasher 24/7. Although, I guess I should just hope he comes out.

Originally Posted by hotlips

Is he hungry (due to be fed) right now, by any chance? If so, you might be able to lure him out with the scent of a mouse if you sit quietly...but it could take much longer than you can stay awake, I'm afraid. Good luck!

I fed him three days ago.

Originally Posted by hotlips

I wouldn't use sugar, you might end up with ants everywhere, and when I lived in the desert, I had ants get into a gecko cage once that was high up on a cabinet, mostly for the mealworms (the gecko's dinner) but sadly, they also killed the gecko. Ants eat most anything & I wouldn't put it past ants to get on a snake too.

I realized that ants would take over my house if I left sugar out (it happened before), so I used flour.

There is an easily removable front bottom panel in many dishwashers, go ahead and remove it. Do the 'scatter flour' thing so you can see if he moves in the area. I have tried to find on the internet a picture of the bottom/back of a built in dishwasher without much success, so I am not sure what moving parts would be accessible to a snake. I would think that you should volunteer to wash all dishes by hand during this time if you do not want the dishwasher used. Good luck, hope you find him soon.

Originally Posted by Lucille

There is an easily removable front bottom panel in many dishwashers, go ahead and remove it. Do the 'scatter flour' thing so you can see if he moves in the area. I have tried to find on the internet a picture of the bottom/back of a built in dishwasher without much success, so I am not sure what moving parts would be accessible to a snake. I would think that you should volunteer to wash all dishes by hand during this time if you do not want the dishwasher used. Good luck, hope you find him soon.

At this point, I'm not sure if he's in the wall behind the dishwasher, or under the dishwasher. My dad moved the dishwasher yesterday, and he wasn't there. But we saw a hole in the wall where the pipes went into the wall. We put the dishwasher back, so he might have gone back under the dishwasher since yesterday. I put a mouse, his hide, his heat mat, and his water dish by the dishwasher, but he still hasn't come out. I can tell because the flour I scattered on the floor hasn't changed. Would turning the temperature up to 73 help him come out of the wall?

Originally Posted by Zach8498

...Would turning the temperature up to 73 help him come out of the wall?

Who knows? He's full of food & should be digesting, not looking to snooze right now, but if his heat pad is on [under the DW-?] I don't think your room temperature will matter.

I can remember someone else buying or renting a long flexible & lighted "scope" to look inside walls for their escaped snake. I think that was normally used by plumbers & contractors (maybe electrical too?) to see what's inside walls without tearing out the wall. Just another idea...?