My first observation starts with good record keeping. A snake in the latter part of a shed cycle is almost impossible to find when loose because it simply wont move around after finding a nice spot to hide. Otherwise, I crank the heat all the way up and set out glue traps around each possible exit and alongside common walls and in corners. The heat will get the snake moving and the glue traps catch em 95% of the time. I live in an older house, lots of cracks along baseboards etc so they will also use these crevices as thoroughfares. Kings and milks almost always crawl DOWN, rat snakes usually crawl UP. For me UP is not good, other tenants,LOL. Jeff doesnt keep rat snakes. Anyways, when they crawl down they search out either water or heat. While they can go a long time without food, under such conditions they seek out heat so I glue trap around the boiler and if its loose more than 3 days check these often. Dessication can kill a snake in just a few days to a week. Good luck.

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