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I lost Rachel last night. I was up almost all night looking here and there for her.
She is two and a half years old, and two and a half feet long. I have had her for two years, and I was looking forward to raising her till she died. I am afraid that is the case now.
I am preparing for the worst, so that IF we find her alive and healthy, I will be extatic! Right now, I am a basket case and grieving. I MISS HER!
My German Shepherd Dog "finds" the fox outside. He knows momma is looking for something. I have been VERY tempted to have him "find" my Rachel, but I am afriad he will "find" her when I am not home and kill her playing with her.
I am just upset and missing my girl! I have put some of the mouse bedding around to try to draw her to a specific spot, and I am hoping she will hear the mice fighting and be drawn to that too. I prowl with the flashlight and look under things, in corners, along baseboards, in closets, under beds, etc.
Thanks for listening folks. I hope we find her soon! :*(

Hi,

Just a few words of advice.. Don't limit yourself to looking down low.. They will also get into high places.. put yourself in their "shoes" and imagine where you would hide, they normally will not go very far within a night or two..

Good luck!

My gal has gotten out about 6 times, I have cats, dogs, and a 7 foot long nile monitor wondering around my house, she avoided all of them. Look in small spaces where you think she wouldnt be able to go. I found mine under my bird cage, behind the furnace, between my bed cushons, and three times she just went right to the next cage over. Just look!!!

Just out of curiosity, how has your snake been able to escape that many times? I can see once or twice, but six! WOW! I'm not getting on you for that, just wondering why the high number is all?

Just to add to the advice already given, at this point I'd look in any spots in your house that you'd think would be a good spot to get warm since she'll be getting a little chilly being in room temperature now. Any place with lamps on she could try and draw heat from, or like others said, in any tight places. Don't give up! I know you'll find her.

It's messy, but you could try putting flour across doorways to see if she has entered or left a room. Please don't use your frontdoor mat(s) until you find her... I heard a horror story from a close friend who found his cornsnake under his frontdoor mat (don't ask). Try putting mice in cardboard boxes in corners etc. and check them everyday.

You'll have to do a wall to wall search in every room!!! Good luck.

Make sure you check under the fridge. I remember someone coming into my store and telling me they foudn their BP there.

One day about a month ago, we found a 2.5 ft. BP in the rafters above in the store. Someone mustve let it go, we never get BPs in that big. Eventhough its possible it couldve escaped as a baby and fed on the lose rats and mice that get out occasionally.
Moral is, just make sure you look up high too.

Thank you guys. I will keep looking. There are HUNDREDS of places she could be! I would like to try the flour thing, but with kids, cats, AND dogs, tracking through it, I would NEVER be able to tell if she had left any room!
I will keep looking thanks!

I hear computers are a good heat source too, and some people dont think to look there. Thats assuming your computer is left on. They give off a small amount of constant heat, and it never hurts to look