Thats great, glad you found your pet, i hate not knowing where my animals are.

Suzi

I stumbled across this site because I was looking for information on survival of missing snakes.  Our ball python "Monte" went missing last October.  My fiance had his brother come up to see him and then told me that Monte was missing.  He had gotten loose one time before and was found about 10 feet from his aquarium - our cat Nacho had found him.  (No harm done - both equally intrigued!)
Well, I am in a 2600sq foot home.  Up, down and basement.  In my opinion, he could have been anywhere.  I am also in Ohio, and we have some cold cold winters here.  My house is heated by ol' radiator heat, so the house has its warm and cold spots.  I was sure there was NO way he lived through all of that.
Long story short, I was walking from the computer room to the hallway, and saw something in the doorway - saw it like a flash - enough to make me jump over it, and then a second later it flashed in my mind exactly WHAT it was I jumped over.  I was in total disbelief that he was gone for almost a whole year - and there he was alive.  Not even ONE foot from the base of his aquarium.
Please - do a FINE FINE search for your snake.  I am positive that your snake is ok, still alive, and will be ok without his heat lamp.  Look behind ovens, refrigerators (coils are warm), under chairs, inside anything he may possibly (or in your opinion impossibly) be in.  They can curl up in couch cussions, small spots, really just about anywhere.
Monte has lost some weight for sure, but he looks really good considering how long he was gone.  Where he got water, I have no idea - where he got food - again, no idea.  Maybe he put himself into some sort of hybernate stage or something.  I have never seen a mouse in my house, so I highly doubt that was his source of food - thinking this even more since he was found SO VERY close to his tank, and all we have up here are 2 bedrooms.  He is in a huge 75 gallon tank that sits on a cabinet.  I really question whether he has been in that cabinet, curled up somewhere - low or high- this whole time.
We filled his water dish, bought him some mice, although only fed him one today.  He was acting a bit clumsy in trying to strike at it, missed like 6-7 times that we saw.  Took him almost 3 hours to actually hit it, but the mouse is gone.
Good luck to you - I have a really good feeling!
Lauren
ps..  i read somewhere that snakes love their water (gosh, maybe on a post here?) - to put the dish out in a main room you use - or near the tank, and keep an eye out for him to find it.  Someone said they think that snakes can actually "smell" water.
Please email me if you do find him!

ok.. i feel really dumb now, haha - you found the snake!!  Sorry that I didnt bother going past the first page of posts - I found your post by doing a search on Google "My snake has been missing for a year".  Thought I could post about my experience today to help you not lose hope.
Really super glad you found him!
Lauren

great news im so happy that u and your snake are reunited big big hugs

That's great that you found her:)It must have been hell and a half for you during her disappearance.