My 1.5 yr old BP escaped while I was out of town and I tore my apart,met apart trying to find her as soon as I got back. I checked thoroughly, everywhere, anywhere and consequently learned a lot about how many hidey holes are actually present in my apartment! But no luck. She was missing and I couldn't find her. I put out heated pads and blankets, hoping to lure her out during the cold winter days. I put out a rat in a cage near her enclosure, hoping she would smell it and come out hungry. I had that smelly little rat for a week, and nothing. Her enclosure has been on the floor for easy access with water and heat and hides and she's not once come back in.

Yesterday (now about a month since she's been missing) I was thoroughly spring cleaning and armed with a good flashlight and camera for tight spaces, and I cleaned out the disgusting water heater closet. I had checked there previously, but I hadn't gone elbow deep in it. After removing the huge piles of dust and old dirty rags the maintenance men left there, I found a poop!!! A snake poo! It was like finding gold. I found another one as well, meaning that's where she'd been hiding out for at least a while. But this room is a disaster. It's got more than one exposed, possibly disconnected pipe, and a couple of holes in the floor and wall where maintenance has slacked on quality construction. I've checked as far as I can see in all of these spaces (and the floor/wall holes are limited spaces thank goodness) and I'm pretty sure she's crawled down this large PVC pipe. I don't know where it leads, it's some sort of half hearted drainage pipe, but I have downstairs neighbors and a slew of tenants in this apartment building whose pipes she could have crawled into.

what should I do? I am at a loss, I want my snake back and I really don't want her to have drowned and died in this pipe. If she is dead, I at least want to find her so I will know for sure.

Ive considered asking my downstairs neighbors if I can check out their water heater closet, maybe say I dropped my ring down the pipe and hoped to find it, lol. I also thought about asking a maintenance man to tell me where the pipe leads and what the likelihood is of finding her, but I don't want to cause alarm or panic by saying "a snake could crop up in your toilet or tub". They know I have the snake but I don't think they'd take kindly to knowing it is loose in their apartment buildings.

Please pleeeaase give me any advice you can!! I'm desperate.