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Please if you have any ideas on where I should look or previous stories about lost snakes, please post.

I have looked everywhere! I couldn't even go to work yesterday. She has gotten pretty big (about 3ft) so I thought it would be easy to find her. I've got a mouse in a little cage sitting out but so far it hasn't baited her.

I moved recently so there are boxes everywhere around my apt. I've assumed that is where she would be but no luck. She escaped at night and there is a bright light on in the hallway all night - is it possible she went out there? Could she have gone far?

I feel so bad and horribly irresponsible that this happened.

no need to feel bad, kings are masters at escape, i had lots of escapes in the beginning (when i just started my collection), and i've found that most the time they were in the most obvious places (i.e the place you think the snake wouldn't be so you didn't really look)... right now you gotta block off any holes she maybe able to squeeze thru... even those you think are too tiny for her to get through... sit tight, relax a bit, she'll turn up. i misplaced a huge 4foot snake, looked "every where" and he turned up when i stopped looking (after a few days).

goodluck

~ZF

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Take look under your appliances, frig, stove, etc. Lots of times they will seek out a warm spot in the house and hole up until they are hungry. My field partner collected a large 6' black rat this last summer and it escaped within a few days. He tore the house apart and assumed it had slipped out a door that had been left open. I mean how hard would it be to find a 6' snake in a house?? Well the next day his wife called him at work hysterical because the snake was crawling down their hallway!!
So you never know where they will find a place to curl up and hide. Just keep looking and it will turn up.
Brian

>>Please if you have any ideas on where I should look or previous stories about lost snakes, please post.
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>>I have looked everywhere! I couldn't even go to work yesterday. She has gotten pretty big (about 3ft) so I thought it would be easy to find her. I've got a mouse in a little cage sitting out but so far it hasn't baited her.
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>>I moved recently so there are boxes everywhere around my apt. I've assumed that is where she would be but no luck. She escaped at night and there is a bright light on in the hallway all night - is it possible she went out there? Could she have gone far?
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>>I feel so bad and horribly irresponsible that this happened.
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Brian

I got two tips for you. One is t put down packing tape sticky side up along the floor boards and other places you think it might go. If the snake gets caught on the tape use olive oil to get it off. The next thing is to put plastic bags behind your furniture. Especially in the bedroom. With both the bags and tape you will hear the snake when it finds these things.

Good Luck
Jason

Stupid f****** cat figured out a way to slightly pull a few tubs out of my rack (lesson learned, I installed horizontal bars to lock tubs in). I lost two adult speckled kings. I found the huge male under the stereo rack right away. I have been searching for the smaller female for four days. I had the washer/drier/refrigerator on their sides so I could see up under, tore up carpet in the basement, took apart the boiler, ruined a lazyboy.....I am at wits end.....nuthin There's nowhere else to look. I fear that the male ate her!!! I had been cleaning them out for the winter, so he was damn hungry. I am soooooo bummed. I'm dreading finding remnants of snake in his next crap.....

Good luck to you (and me)

Later

Matt

Growing up my mom made it perfectly clear that the future of my snake collection depended on her never finding one where it didn't belong. Needless to say I was pretty carefull! But I had a similar situation with my cat. He got into my snake room without me noticing and opened up several drawers on my baby rack. He killed a few baby kings and left me half of a baby dumerils to find on the floor The next day I found the sole survivor, a yearling cal king under a bookshelf. I ended up putting in a finishing nail into the wood between each drawer and then bending it down over the edge to lock the drawer. That way I can spin the nail to the side to slide out the drawer.

Some things to try:

Seal the room imediately. Pull furniture away from walls, find any holes or cracks, make sure hes not inside, and duct tape them. Especially make sure he can't fit out under the closed door.

I have heard of people leaving a line of salt across doorways around the house. If the snake crawls through it he will leave a slide mark and you will be able to tell what room hes in.

Keeping a mouse in a cage in the corner is good too. Try moving it around to different rooms and keep a heat light or other heater near the mouse. I found my brothers boa that way, sitting right on top of the cage the next morning! obviously check anyplace else that could be warm.

Good luck to both of you guys, I hope you find them

The key to finding lost snakes is patience and preserverence. Ive tried all the tricks that have been listed for you and have never found a snake that escaped. Not to say those arent great ideas but I never had any luck that way. I have only found them 2 ways 1) actively searching everything and then searching it again. 2) just pure luck they crawl out in front of while watching tv or something.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL,
WES

While searching I found a decent sized hole (well big enough for her to fit through) in the floor of my bedroom right below the wall mounted heater.

I know she was in that room because I found evidence of her. Unfortunately for me, there is also the appearance of a nest (bird or mouse) in that hole. It's very cold down and deep so she might have gone down there and now will hiberate for winter.

This sucks. I can't cover it up because she might be down there. But if she's not, it's wide open for her to find.

I can't tear it up without tearing up the entire room. I'm just praying she never found it.

Well IF she indeed found it, and if there is a mouse/bird hole (most likely mouse) then you have a good knowledge of where she will be in a few days when she starts getting hungry. If it's to cold and she's hungry then your snakes is going to brumate, but if she finds the hole then she will eat whatevers down there and then probably brumate with a full belly and thats not good. Either way I wouldn't worry, just chill out and just watch a lot of TV because thats when most appear.

just dont give up. Ive seen snakes go missing for nearly a year and then just turn up like nothing happened!

That would be a good place to put tape. Sticky side up a little farther away than the snake is long. Also right next to the floor boards on either side. I had the same problem and my snake ended up in the shop I was above. Had to move because of it.
Good Luck
Jason