A few days ago during an enclosure cleaning one of my snakes escaped for the first time ever! I felt like dirt....like I had killed my snake.

I turned the room where it was kept inside out and removed everything in there (including taking apart the heater on the wall) but no luck. I knew if the snake left the room it would be killed as I have 2 cats, so I devised a plan to find it. I took a 6 foot long bamboo/straw beach mat and placed it along a wall in the room and after I left the room I jammed socks into the space under the door to make sure that it could not leave the room if it was still inside. I flipped the mat 3 times a day for the past couple days but I had no luck; this morning I woke early cause I had a dream that I flipped the mat and found my snake...once I was fully awake I again felt bad cause I knew it was just a dream. Regardless I rushed to the snake room and flipped the mat and there she was all curled up and cozy Its good to have my girl back.

Maybe this trick may help others that have lost a snake in their home.

Goodluck!