Maybe she's well hidden under the substrate or in some of the fittings? One of my yearlings hid from me like that and I didn't find her despite emptying everything out of the viv twice. She'd crawled into an upturned flower pot and lodged herself right at the top. So when I lifted the pot to check underneath - hey presto - no snake, just like one of those conjuring tricks.
After a fortnight of beating myself up for letting her escape, I went to feed her friends and - abracadabra - there were three snakes instead of two. I found her trick out, as when I went to pick her up, she bolted and I watched her do exactly the same thing again, the little minx.
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