I totally hijacked someone else's thread yesterday to post about my escaped bp. I'm gonna copy/paste and then update...

Now day three missing. I don't need any snake-shaming. I know what I've done wrong, and I thought I had it handled, but clearly I need to have something heavy on top of the lid from here on out. I simply need some CSI assistance. I'm just hoping 'escape' is the only crime here and not cold-blooded murder (see what i did there?).

Some history of her out-of-tank experience:

She got dragged out by one of my :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r: cats (though honestly we play with strings with cats from birth, so I can't blame them for wanting to compulsively play with one that moves on its own) about a month ago, if even that. She had some wounds. My 14 yr old daughter flipped and panicked that she'd die, but we went out and got all the things suggested, treated her and put her in a clean, smaller tank without substrate, and most importantly a freaking lid LOL. backing up a bit...her normal tank is a 35 gallon TALL and she's not big enough to stretch to the top even on her perch wood. One time we thought she'd escaped. Tore the house apart, then the next day realized she was way up inside the perch's inside...which I hadn't even realized was hollow (D'oh!). So when I didn't see her in the smaller tank which only has a heat pad underneath, a pillowcase for her to curl up in, and a water bowl for soaking at she heals, I figured she was curled up under the pillowcase. She gets handled several times a day and is THE sweetest bp. Though I admit this is our first snake ever, we do have some common sense, I promise. I had no idea she would ever be strong enough to actually push the lid up and squeeze out of there. Especially with the four significant wounds on the upper half of her body. I know whatever cat got her, she scared them off. She was found alive in the bathroom (after that fiaso. we still don't know where she is right now). So definately an actual ESCAPE this time, assuming no one came and robbed us. One other time she got out of her FEEDING tank and just kinda went into the corner of the room to hide. Plenty of places to hide away in the reptile room at our house. Which unfortunately makes for a huge production to look for her, while also trying not to move anything that can potentially hurt or kill her at the same time. UGH! Very stressful.

So...our reptile room is a bit crowded at the moment. It's also my daughter's office (computer room). There's a 55 gal with 3 beardies, a 20 gal with a hatchling iguana (rescue), 2 10 gals each with a leopard gecko, a 20 gal with a crested gecko (we need to downsize that, I know lol), a 20 tall gal with 2 degus (not reptiles...) and last but not least, the 10 gal with the injured snake (who is currently missing). The bp tank was up HIGH above all the others. The lowest beneath it is the degus...who do not have a top on their tank currently. They can't get out. I think she might've fallen into the degu tank after her escape, tried to eat a degu and failed, and fled... or was eaten by the degus. But there would be blood, right? I mean... hellllp LOL.
Her normal tank is in the living room. I'm considering going to the drawer method thing after all this...but I feel like it's so mean. But they do like hiding in small spaces...so I'm at a loss lol. We do take her out several times a day and she does feed in another area so maybe...

Anyway, I'm gonna give this method a try and report back either way.

UPDATE: The flour method didn't find any snake tracks. There are two places I didn't put it, which is the basement and the den. The den is carpeted so...that's gonna be difficult. She's either in one of those places, or has been devoured completely by something else in the house. Or...just has decided not to explore, which would be smart considering the cats. I don't think she wanted to leave as much as just find food. She's become a bit of a pig lately. I wouldn't be surprised.

Any other suggestions? I've torn apart three closets, opened and searched every drawer, removed drawers to look inside structures etc... I have concluded that if she is hiding, I'm not going to find her. I really had high hopes for the flour method. Now I am just a sad panda...