Yes, salad oil and some time. If you give it some rough forked branches in the box it can use them to scrape the tape off.

I took it to the Wildlife Center of Virginia where a friend of my wife works. They said they'd try vegetable oil or mineral oil and probably keep it over the winter since it is too late in the year for it to get established in a new place. Then in the spring they'll release it.

Here it is before I cut it free from the tape.

Update from my wife's friend at the wildlife center:

I wanted to give
you a brief update on your little snake. Our vet staff was able to get
all of the tape and adhesive off the snake’s skin. It still has a bit
of a kink in his body, but x-rays (yes, we really did x-ray the snake)
did
not show any fractures or obvious reasons for the unnatural kink in his
topline. So, they are assuming it was related to soft tissue pain or
cramping. He has been given anti-inflammatory medication to alleviate
any pain or swelling. We hope that is going
to do the trick.

I’m sorry that my schedule did not allow me to meet
Bob this morning, but I certainly give him great kudos for driving the
little snake over to the Wildlife Center. He indicated that you did
not necessarily want to have the snake return
when/if it is ready to be released. If you change your mind on that,
let me know; he’ll be here for a while.

Thanks again for caring about the snake. You star in heaven will be a bit brighter because of your kindness and concern.

THANK YOU, bob_cville, for helping this unfortunately little snake, instead of killing it or leaving it to die a slow, horrible death! It is actually not uncommon for baby snakes to hatch out with a slight kink in their spines; sometimes it's just a birth defect and other times it's the result of genetics, and as long as the snake is able to eat and poop, the kinks normally do not affect them. Hopefully the baby has no internal damage or severe skin damage, as is often the case when snakes are stuck on sticky surfaces, like tape or those horrible glue traps, and it will make a full recovery and be ready for release before the weather turns too cold.

I absolutely love this post. Great work. I donate to the Virginia Wildlife Center multiple times a year and its a great cause. It started when I accidentally ran over a box turtle and was so devastated i thought the onyl way to sleep at night was to donate a large check to the VA Wilfelife Center earmarked only for turtles. They loved that (even if not the reasons).