So after about 3 years of owning a ball python, I forgot to close the cage after cleaning it. Left it open for a good 2 hours...unattended and low and behold...he's gone.

Can anyone suggest a way to lure him out of where he would be hiding? I have started the long process of doing a room by room search but I am sure that he could have gone anywhere in that 2 hours.

He is due for a feeding and I was thinking about heating a rat to see if that would work.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

He is a pretty good size now so I would imagine that he would be a bit easier to find.

Here is a fairly recent picture...


DSC_0140 by closhusan, on Flickr