
Go to the bank and exchange $ pennies (or coin equivalent if you’re not in the US). This will at least narrow things down to one room. If you don’t want to make as much of a mess, leave a line of powder at the entrance to each room and leave the door open. The powder can be easily vacuumed up later. If the snake travels, it will leave tracks. Scatter a thin but visible layer of flour or corn starch on the floor. But if you can’t find your snake the old-fashioned way, you can try to find your snake by setting a trap. Generally speaking, snakes like to stay put once they’ve found a good hidey hole. Set a Trap(s)Ī crawdad trap can be easily converted into a food trap. This is a great opportunity to deep-clean your house, by the way. Personally I’ve never had to use this for snakes, but I’ve done it many times searching for an escaped blue tongue skink. Put it on a selfie stick (I can’t believe I’m telling you guys to use a selfie stick…) and use the flash to take a picture of the area. In spots where you can’t reach, use your phone. Most snakes, even the diurnal ones, are most active at this time.

As worried as you might be for your pet’s welfare, non-reptile people tend to panic when there’s a snake on the loose. This is another reason why it’s important to secure your snakes. Give your neighbors a picture of the snake and your contact information, and explain to them in clear terms why they are NOT in danger.

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Worst case scenario: If it’s warm outside and you don’t have good seals on your windows or doors, the snake could have escaped outside. However, they will suffer from the cold, lack of humidity, and dehydration, so it is important to keep looking. Even if it takes a week to find him/her, snakes can stay alive for quite a while outside of their tank (varying from species to species, of course).
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Upon realizing that your snake has gone AWOL, don’t freak out. Coupled with ambush hunting instincts honed from thousands of years of evolution, they really have a knack for hide n’ go seek - and for driving their doting humans crazy. Snakes are master escape artists they are smooth, slender, flexible, strong, and smarter than we give them credit for (generally).
