just my two cents but i wouldnt try the the tape thing. ive seen snakes wrapped up in tape and its really not good at all.

a buddy of mine left out some dominos around the areas he thought his escaped little bugger was and sure enough, on night he heard the dominos fall and there she was!

another guy i knew lost a corn and found him about a year later in a closet. hungry and extremely dehydrated. i never thought hed make it but he did.