6 foot CD rat escaped!

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

So I noticed yesterday that I didn't see Casper, my large 6 foot, very possibly closer to 7 foot, cave dwelling rat snake peeking out at me like usual. So I decided to be nosy and I found a completely empty cage. I am particularly stumped because i thought the bags of sand on the corners of the lid of this large tank were sufficient enough to keep him in. Guess not

The bad news is, there is now a large, particularly angry snake on the loose in our house and I can't find the sucker anywhere!!! I know this species can climb very well so believe me I have looked both up and down. I KNOW he's not in the snakeroom, I tore it apart. He had to have squeezed out under the rather large gap under the door. Problem is, directly next to this door, is our basement door, which also has a large gap underneath. I have good reason to beleive that Casper is in our gigantic basement, full of stuff to hide in and climb on, because our 5 cats would be going nuts if he was anywhere they could see. I know Casper, being so large is not slick enough to avoid the attention of the cats in the upper levels of the house... and the cats are not acting weird at all. I already searched my house yesterday and today, with NO luck. HOW does one lose a 6 foot snake? I'm going to try going down there with a flashlight at night to catch him cruising around in the dark. He is big so I know he can go a long time without any food but I am worried I'll never find him because he's a climber who can go ANYWHERE

I know all the tricks with sprinkling flour, and plastic bags crinkling and even bottle/jug traps with food, but I am not sure any of this will work in our gigantic, generally uninhabited basement.

[ZinniaZ]

Yikes, that is my husband's worst nightmare. I think he would move out if my ratsnake escaped. GOOD luck. May the finding snake karma be with you.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

yea tell me about it!!! no one here is afraid of them, but I am so worried for Casper! He's GOT to turn up at some point... I would think... he's just SO not hard to miss!

[mrshawt]

Too bad you can't use infrared goggles. He would just blend in with the surroundings.

Good luck though!

[akaangela]

Good luck!, It is truely amazing how such a large snake can hide. I hope he is found safe and sound.

[waltah!]

Good luck, Shannon! My Milk Snake is currently on the loose. He escaped from a clamped tub with binder clips! Sneaky little suckers!