My ball escaped for 3 days. I set up it's heat lamp and put a F/T mouse in a Premium Plus cracker box with a hole cut in the end. I got rid of the mouse before I went to bed, and found him crawling along the floor boards to the box the next day when I go home from school. I've heard stories of people finding their snakes INSIDE mattresses and couch cushions. He'll turn up. They always do.