How long can my ball live in my house???

A snake on the loose will not travel too much once it finds a nice warm space to stay. If there aren't any warm spots, then they usually find a nice tight spot to cuddle into. Look in spots that you wouldn't think a snake could get into.
Maybe a picture of the room would help. Look in any holes or cracks in the walls and floors. Drafty floors won't be a favorite spot, look a little higher or warm areas in the room.

Good Luck!
Jim Smith

Could try a live mouse in a carrier. (you know those plastic boxes with the plastic screen top that all the pet stores sell) Just lock up the cats.
The movement of the mouse, body heat, and smell should bring out that hungry ball.

Personally I think it's in your best interest to have had this happen now rather than in, say, August. It's going to seek and stick to hot spots... under the fridge, under the stove, under (or in) the furnace or hot water tank seem like likely suspects. If it were summer, there are infinitely more places it might deem appropriate for temperature in your house...now you're looking for little "islands" of heat.

A couple of years ago I got a call from a guy who had some milk snakes in his basement in early spring. When I found them, they were going INTO the bottom of his hot water tank... there were a bunch that overwintered there apparently.