I am really dubious about this story of a 4' ball python that the neighbours say attacked their poodle and bit its ear. Has anyone here seen a BP strike a pet dog or cat?
http://fox11online.com/news/local/la...ot-still-loose
The search is on in Mishicot for a snake that supposedly attacked a poodle at an apartment complex early Monday morning."The owners of a ball python snake had that snake attack their dog," said Officer Jacob Schweigl of the Mishicot Police Department. "The owners were able to free the dog and then in turn tossed the snake off their balcony."
It is illegal to keep an exotic animal as a pet in Mishicot.
Police say the dog's owner told them the dog had a slight bite out of its ear. They also said the snake was about four feet in length.
"The police department is working with Wisconsin Wildlife to set up a trap to apprehend the snake," said Schweigl.
At Colonial Pet Shoppe in Manitowoc, the ball python is the most popular type of snake people purchase as pets.
"We sell a lot of them because they are a docile snake as far as the snake family gets and they don't get super large," said Randy Knapp, the owner of Colonial Pet Shoppe.
Knapp says the incident in Mishicot does not match the typical behavior of a ball python.
"I am quite surprised, because I can't say I've ever heard of a ball python attacking a pet," said Knapp. "It would have to be hungry or maybe irritated or if it feels it is under stress that it would attack back."
Ball pythons are not venomous. However, police are asking people not to approach the snake and to instead call them if they happen to see it.
The Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department has not said whether the people will be fined for having the snake in the first place.
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