Lost my Ball Python

Judging by how crazy my guy goes when I heat up his meal with a hairdryer I would go get a F/T rat if you don't have one, put it on the floor in the room with his cage (If you can keep the cats out of that room) or put it in his cage and heat it up with a hairdryer to scent the whole room. Put some flour lines down on the floors to try and catch a snake track.

I've looked just about everywhere in the room now and I still haven't found him. Any more advice, tips? Thanks for the help so far everyone.

I found him! Well, he found me. I was watching YouTube tonight and just heard a thump. I ran, turned the light on and looked in the closet. He was right there behind the door, staring at me with a face that said "what did I do wrong?" I'm just so happy I've found him and I'm sure he's VERY hungry. Thanks for all the help, everyone! Turns out the best advice I'd been given was: "he'll show up."

Glad to hear he's ok. Hopefully you can get some better sleep now.

Sweet! Glad to see you found him!

Glad he's back! Keep a string with a knot on your wrist so you won't forget to close the lid anymore!

I bet you're happy.. it happened to me three times, I lost two!

Sorry for this stressful situation, but it obviously happens more often than we snake keepers would like to admit. I had a two day mission just this week to pull my baby corn snake out of a computer chair. He was just hanging out with me, cruising around my arm and lap and started climbing towards the bottom of the chair. My BP and adult King do that all the time, I just watch them closely. No problem right? WRONG!! He was small enough to find the TINIEST hole ever that went up into the inner workings of the chair below the seat part itself. By the time I realized his head was in there, (I still had his tail on my wrist) he was far enough in that he had a grip and I couldn't pull him out. I tried to lure him out with food, warmth, etc...he wouldn't come out. I started pulling the chair apart, but couldn't get to him. I was also afraid to move anything because I was afraid to squash him inside the chairs working parts. I ended up wrapping a bedsheet around the chair and taping it up because I couldn't just stare at the chair all day (which I did for HOURS) hoping he would crawl out so I could grab him. If he crawled out while I wasn't looking he could go anywhere, at least this way he was contained. Well, after a pretty sleepless night I opened the sheet up and he was still inside the chair. I figured he would be, he felt safe in that tight, warm space. I ended up working on getting him out for another 3 hours!! I destroyed the chair in the process, but there he was, dirty but otherwise perfectly fine! Just goes to show, if they CAN fit, they WILL fit.

Good luck with finding yours! We are all rooting for you and a positive outcome.

Just saw that you found him!!!! That's awesome!!!!!

Just chacking if you find him, and i'm glad to see that you do.