BIG shame on me.

She's SOMEWHERE in the house.. Keep your eyes and ears open, you should be able to find your snake. Sometimes they just turn up in the middle of your underwear drawer one day looking at you as if nothing happened!

According to Kevin McCurley in "The Complete Ball Python a Comprehensive Guide to Care, Breeding, and Genetic Mutations" On page 31...

Try rolling tape such as duct tape backwards around a small ruler size piece of card board and lay it along base of the wall and floor. According to Kevin they will often stick to the edges of the floor when moving from place to place. if he come across the tape "trap" he will become stuck and then all you will have to do is collect him and use cooking oil to release the bond to the tape from the snake. Then clean all the oil back off with soap and water. :):snake:

hungry snake u say? try heat pad hide and a pk rat/mouse in the room all this started in

Check anywhere and everywhere. A friend of mine actually found his BP that had been missing for months hanging out in his toilet! Not in the water tank on the back, mind you. Good thing he knows the procedure. Ready, aim, fire! NOT ready, fire, aim :P

Not sure if it's been mentioned but I've heard of people lining their walls with plastic bags so you can hear them moving along them.

Maybe try to make a duck tape trap or just lay some in an area you think she may visit. You can use cooking oil to loosen the bond if she's get stuck. Also, they're nocturnal so maybe just turn off all the lights and watch TV in the dark. Maybe she'll come out. Or maybe try luring her with a mouse in a cage or box or something?

I know Im new but putting down duct tape sounds like a HORRIBLE idea poor snake!! I have seen what happens to a mouse getting stuck on a sticky trap I cant imagine why anyone would want to do similar to a snake PLEASE try anything else you WILL find him eventually

I really hope he turns up for you. Dont give up!

DONT USE TAPE

Lay some plastic bags down or sprinkle some baby powder down on bare floors

You'll either hear him or see where hes headed

Surprised it took a relatively new person to point this out, but DO NOT USE TAPE! Especially Duct tape.

Snakes that get stuck on tape don't give up and stay there, they wind up ripping their skin off trying to escape.

I'm not sure about the details of your couch, but consider that she may have found a way inside the couch(in by the springs). My girl got loose once and I found out my couch is a lot more hollow than I thought it was.

Good luck...

I cannot stress this enough : THINK SMALL.

Right now your focused on searching for a 700 gram snake that's probably 2 1/2 - 3 feet long.

Don't. Search for a 3" long piece of snake, because 90% of the time that is all you'll see.

I've had several get out on me, and without fail when I finally see them, it's about a 3" long bit of their side, which is ridiculously easy to overlook. Think of those Where's Waldo ? pictures. Or the I Spy books.

It's very important to remember they like small tight spaces, and they can smoosh themselves into some of the most unlikely places. Break out your magnifying glass, go over every inch of those couches. Not just under the cushions and under the bottoms, but look for tiny tears in the fabric to allow her to get inside the couch. Check for loose staples holding the fabric in place, she can easily squeeze into a gap like that and end up wedged inside the couch frame or springs.

When you check the entertainment center, look on, under, behind, inside, beside, between, inside out and upside down. Remember this, a 700 gram snake can fit into a cereal bowl when balled up, so if it's big enough to hold a cereal bowl, it's big enough to hide the snake. Even more likely, if she's all stretched out, she can squeeze into an area the diameter of a silver dollar, that is pretty darn small!

Keep searching, look with a fine toothed comb, she'll turn up. Look up as well as down, I remember last year someone found their missing ball python wedged into the back of a large picture frame 5 feet off the ground, and they still don't know how it got there.

Best of luck with your search.

Gale