Perhaps this will help.

Years ago a friend shared this trick with me...it really works!
I have to give credit where credit is due. Bob Applegate shared this trick with me.
Bob is an interesting guy to say the least.

Anyway, get a roll of duct tape. Peel off 3 strips of tape about 18 -20 inches long.
Lay them on a table (sticky side up). Now, you want to overlap the long edges of the tape strips....so that you make a "page" of sticky tape.
Make about 10-15 of these sticky tape pages per average sized room. Lay these pages sticky side up on the floor so that they are positioned with one long edge up against a wall.
Snakes generally do not feel comfortable crawling out into open spaces.... Rather they tend to hug the wall. You can place strips of duct tape around heat registers, across entrances to joining rooms etc. Place them where you most suspect you might capture the snake.
It might be wise to number the tape traps...So that you do not forget to check every one of them. You need to check them all, at least every morning.
The snake crawls onto the tape and gets tangled up.

To remove the tape DO NOT PULL IT OFF.
Get some cooking oil....canola, olive, etc. Using a Q-tip apply the oil to the tape where it is adhered to the snake's skin. The oil will penetrate the glue of the tape and make it easy to remove. Just be patient and gentle. It will all come off.
Rinse the oil off of the snake.
When applying the oil, try not to allow the oil to enter the snakes nostrils (Nares).
As this might harm the snake's ability to breathe.

I have heard of people who were concerned that the tape might cover all of the snake's head...and suffocate it. However, I suspect that they have never tried this technique. The tape would have to cover the entire mouth and both nostrils to suffocate the snake.
Although perhaps it is possible....I have never seen this or heard from a keeper who actually had this happen!

This trick really works very well!!!
Best of luck.

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