Your on the right track with cramped warm places. Power cords and outlets produce heat they love.like an entertainment center or tv. Might sound silly but lay down on your stomach and see what they can see from their prospective, like holes in things along the floor you can't see while standing. I've heard to sent the room leave out a hide. There are just so many places it's imposible to say. I've even heard the top shelf of a closet, how did it get there? Climb in a jacket? When my snake decided to go on walk about she was already too big to hide her whole body and couldn't fit under thing like doors or dressers so it wasn't easy For her to hide long