4 weeks missing kingsnake

[That_One_New_Guy]

So my kingsnake escaped his enclosure about 4 weeks ago. I have tried putting a rat pinkie out every Saturday in hopes he might come out and have a snack. But nothing, I've been thinking that since he was only about 14 inches long that he may not be able to last much longer.... how long should I wait until I just give up? It's kind of hard to as he was my first snake

[JoshSloane]

Sorry man that sucks. Snakes can last without food a lot longer than you think.

[M.P.C]

Have you been putting and flour down between rooms to try and track his movements... and i would just set up a heat light with a hide and a pinky in the middle of a room over night entice him with some heat, food and a nice place to relax

[That_One_New_Guy]

The flour won't work as we have little kids and they don't watch where there going. Do you think if I were to set up a 10 gallon tank with a hide and some food he'd stay put inside it? I have a couple spare tanks that I could set up and spare hides as well as lights

[M.P.C]

The flour is more for at night not during the day, as for the tank it could work, at this point anything is worth trying

[DVirginiana]

You'd have better luck putting the hide/heat/food on the floor than in a tank IMO. They aren't as likely to go to the extra effort of climbing in a tank.

[That_One_New_Guy]

How would you go about getting the heat? Mount a lamp somewhere and put hide under it?

[Jhill001]

Use a heating pad.

Prepare for the worst though after a month the likelyhood of a snake that size being found is unlikely. Not that it's dead, just don't expect to find it. Also if it's a small King try killing an anole and leaving that out. It might be WAY more excited about a lizard.

[anicatgirl]

Regulated heat pad. That's what I'd do. Though I would have done flour and panicked immediately