I was given a 12 ft Python years back because a friends wife had a baby. Their agreement was when she went to the hospital the snake went to a new home. No snake when the baby was to come home.
I kept it four weeks, then found a new home for it with a single young gay guy. Never have to worry about kids with him.
When I was stationed at Elmendorf AFB a large snake got loose in base housing. The owner lived in an 8 plex. Base Housing office moved all the families that lived in the building out to other units. That entire building sat empty for three months, with the owner of the snake being charged the rental rates for the empty units. The snake was finally caught five buildings away, in an empty apartment.
The mother of a new born called in with a sighting of the snake in her babies room. But the snake disappeared before anyone from CE could get there. That night the troops from Entomology shop spread flour on the floor through out the apt, while the couple stayed in billeting. Next morning they followed the tracks in the flour, they found the snake hiding in the floor joist, in the basement ceiling. Since all building are connected with underground utilidors, (underground tunnels with steam, water, and sewer pipes) it was easy for the snake to move from building to building.