The P.E.I.
Humane Society had an unusual rescue animal slide into its shelter this week. On Tuesday, some sanitation workers making their rounds in Charlottetown's East Royalty neighbourhood found a nearly metre-long ball python among some garbage. One of the bravest of the bunch managed to scoop up the rogue snake, and humane society staff came to pick it up.
The ball python is now scheduled for a checkup while the shelter waits to see if its owner will come forward, said the humane society's development and communications co-ordinator, Ashley Travis. The female ball python will be checked over by a veterinarian and then put up for adoption through the humane society’s website if its owner doesn’t come forward. (Tony Davis/CBC) "The staff thought it was quite funny.
You don't get a runaway snake very often, but it is entirely possible that the snake escaped from their enclosure or from their home and hopped into a bag of garbage. It is also possible the snake may have been abandoned," Travis said. "We did hear from one of the sanitation workers that it was possible there was a terrarium in the dumpster as well, although it was smashed so it's hard to know if that's what it was.
" Ball pythons are a species native to western and central Africa, and they're also popular pets. Some can live for up to 30 years. Our surrender protocols are the same for snakes and fish and birds as they are for cats, dogs and rabbits.
— Ashley Travis, P.E.I.
Humane Society Even so, Travis sai.
