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Dose anyone have any good tips on tracking them. I lost mine about a week ago and have yet to find it or any sign of it. It was feedign time when he excaped so I now he is hungery but my baited traps have gone untouched. I put flour neer the dores in the room he was in but no marks yuet so I believe he is still in the room somwere I jsut dont know were.
Foot Hill Reptile Relocation, Research and Conservation

Best thing to do is to wait till it is real late, when the lights have been off for awhile and go hunting with a flashlight (That's how I usually find mine) To my experience, kings go low. However...I did find a 2.5' female streached along an extention cord to a light bulb about 7'up. now how's that for a high wire act? Frank

In the evening turn off the lights and all sound. Just sit there and listen. It can take a while, but if your kings hungry and still in the room you'll hear it.
Paul

I have yet to try to sit and listen. I did notice while in the enclosure he would mainly roam between 9-11pm so those are the times I would do most of the intecive looking. I am leaving at 11pm tonight to do some field studies and will not be back untill tomrowo night so maybe I can just sit and listen then. It was feeding tiem when he got out so I know he is hugery but unfortunatly my female garter had babbys half of wich got out before I realized she gave birth so by my estemate there are at least 5 little snakes runing around somwere for him to eat so it could be a while before he is realy hungery. One thing that is strange is I keep parakeets and he would have no problem geting to them yet they are left untouched. I also keep my breeder mice in the same room as the snakes "6 mice in all" and they have yet to be tamperd with. I fugred the next day I would wake up to find all my birds and mice gone hmmm
Foot Hill Reptile Relocation, Research and Conservation