Quote Originally Posted by angllady2 View Post
I cannot stress this enough : THINK SMALL.

Right now your focused on searching for a 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 that couch. Not just under the cushions and under the bottom, 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
I actually just found her a few minutes ago. She was under my kitchen sink stuck in a sticky rat/mouse trap. I got her unstuck (using cooking oil), cleaned up and back in a tub, this time one that is super secure. In my excitement at finding her I created another thread http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...t-found-Bella! I couldn't think straight I was so happy, so I didn't search for the other 2 threads I had going.