I’d sit down on the floor and start talking to Alice as if you were holding him. Same tone of voice, everything. Move thine self, room to room, wall to wall and just talk.
Perhaps it could draw him out.
Or. Plan B. You KNOW how afraid of snakes I am, Sal...if I had the money to fly there, I could merely walk onto your property and he’d chuckle to himself on his way to get me...
I just saw this thread and was hoping against hope that by the end Alice would appear.
Actually, your “plan B” was the same one I had concocted in my mind as well. If there is a snake in a 10 mile radius, it will present itself directly in front of me, causing me to levitate and do a skin shed of my own. And yes, they do chuckle. Maybe Salamander could just offer us up as verbal sacrifices?
Seriously, I’m praying for Alice and Sal. There is nothing worse than not being able to find a beloved pet.