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Sigh.
Somehow my male African house snake escaped from his enclosure. He's been gone almost a week. I've tried everything.
I tore the house apart several times, left out pinkies to draw him out, sprinkled flour in strategic places around the house for him to leave tracks in, plastic bags around the edges of the room, etc.

Nothing.

I have the sneaking suspicion he either got outside or he's deep in the walls never to be seen again...

This sucks...

...I know people that have found their snakes months later. Try leaving a water dish in the middle of the room where you lost it and sprinkling the flour around that to at least see where he's at. Also try any warm places, such as the back of your fridge, cable box, etc.

Good luck!
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Diego

Diego & Tiffany's Zoo:
SNAKES
4.4.0 Corn Snakes (Different morphs)
1.1.0 Everglades Rat Snakes
1.0.0 Boa Constrictor
0.1.0 Dumeril's Boa
1.1.0 Rosy Boas (Mexican & Mid Baja)
1.1.0 Kenyan Sand Boas
0.1.0 Indonesian Dwarf Pacific Boa
0.1.0 Tangerine Honduran Milksnake
1.0.0 Honduran Milksnake
1.2.0 Ball Pythons
1.0.0 Woma Python
1.1.0 Cape York Spotted Pythons
1.1.0 Macklot's Pythons
0.0.1 Ribbon Snake
1.0.0 Western Hognose
0.1.0 Albino San Diego Gopher Snake
0.0.1 Sonoran Gopher Snake
0.1.0 Mexican Black Kingsnake
1.1.0 Gray Banded Kingsnakes (River Road)
0.1.1 California Kingsnakes
1.0.0 Yellowtail Cribo
0.1.0 Blacktail Cribo

LIZARDS
1.0.0 Frilled Dragon
3.1.0 Bearded Dragons (2 Normal, 1 RedXGold, 1 Citrus)
1.1.0 Eastern Collared Lizard
0.1.0 Merauke Blue Tongue Skink
2.3.0 Leopard Geckos
1.0.1 Yellow Niger Uromastyx
FROGS
2.2.0 Southern Bell Frogs
1.0.1 Green Tree Frogs
1.1.0 Striped Walking Frogs
1.1.1 White's Tree Frogs

Yup...I did the water bowl and flour too.
I've been trying to check the fridge nightly.

Months?...gees. The problem is I haven't seen ANY sign of him. I figured there'd be SOME tracks in the flour...

I guess I'll keep looking...

My Female Hondo got out a while back, and there was no trace of her for 3 weeks. One day I'm cleaning tanks, happen to move one, and there's a fresh shed back there! Well, once I knew of her general location, I just put a pinky down and she came right out to get it. Keep looking...
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Diego

Diego & Tiffany's Zoo:
SNAKES
4.4.0 Corn Snakes (Different morphs)
1.1.0 Everglades Rat Snakes
1.0.0 Boa Constrictor
0.1.0 Dumeril's Boa
1.1.0 Rosy Boas (Mexican & Mid Baja)
1.1.0 Kenyan Sand Boas
0.1.0 Indonesian Dwarf Pacific Boa
0.1.0 Tangerine Honduran Milksnake
1.0.0 Honduran Milksnake
1.2.0 Ball Pythons
1.0.0 Woma Python
1.1.0 Cape York Spotted Pythons
1.1.0 Macklot's Pythons
0.0.1 Ribbon Snake
1.0.0 Western Hognose
0.1.0 Albino San Diego Gopher Snake
0.0.1 Sonoran Gopher Snake
0.1.0 Mexican Black Kingsnake
1.1.0 Gray Banded Kingsnakes (River Road)
0.1.1 California Kingsnakes
1.0.0 Yellowtail Cribo
0.1.0 Blacktail Cribo

LIZARDS
1.0.0 Frilled Dragon
3.1.0 Bearded Dragons (2 Normal, 1 RedXGold, 1 Citrus)
1.1.0 Eastern Collared Lizard
0.1.0 Merauke Blue Tongue Skink
2.3.0 Leopard Geckos
1.0.1 Yellow Niger Uromastyx
FROGS
2.2.0 Southern Bell Frogs
1.0.1 Green Tree Frogs
1.1.0 Striped Walking Frogs
1.1.1 White's Tree Frogs

My Baird's Ratsnake escaped last September. 8 months later, he showed up...healthy and grown! Put him back in a bigger tank. FYI...He's GONE again!!! I've had 4 escapes in the past 5 years. 2 that I found right away. And friggin' Houdini who escaped twice. He'll be back.

yep i had a 6 foot redtail loose in my 2 bedroom appartment for two months ripped the place apart a million times and no sign pretty wierd how well that big of a snake can hide so easy. needless to say i came home from the bar on night a 3am and he was slithering around in the middle of the floor