Chicago Police Revive Abandoned Boa

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there's been alotta sad frozen and dead boa stories making the headlines recently, so here's one w/ better results so far. so yay (!) a feel good story.



it's kinda still winter and it's very cold in Chicago 'round this time of the year. the boa was found on the streets, dark and cold, unconscious, mouth agape. Chicago police were able to revive it with revive it warming lamps and it's being nursed back to health by a local reptile breeder. also i think it's really cool that this police dept regularly capture and release other local snakes into the forest. ok i hope the boa is taken in/rescued by a kind herper in a new forever home to seal the deal on a happy ending to this story. good job all!

story here: https://www.chicagotribune.com/subur...306-story.html

'This time it was an actual boa': Frankfort police rescue, revive 6-foot snake

When the Chicago Reptile House in Orland Park received a call from Frankfort police last week about a large boa constrictor snake they had found, employees there were a bit skeptical.

“Normally, when someone calls about a boa or python they find we laugh because it’s usually a fox snake or something else native to the area and we tell them to drop it in a forested area,” said Brian Potter, manager at Chicago Reptile House. “This time it was an actual boa.”

Frankfort police Chief John Burica said they received a call from someone about 8:30 p.m. last Wednesday about a snake on the roadway near Ironwood Drive and Stonebridge Road.

He said the snake wasn’t moving and appeared to be in a catatonic state.

“Those snakes don’t adapt in cold weather very well,” Burica said.

He said officers placed the snake in the evidence chamber at the station under a warm light.

After a while it moved, Burica said.

He said the snake was someone’s pet because the animal is non-native.

Photos of the snake were posted to the department’s Facebook page in hopes the owner would recognize it and claim it.

But Burica said it looks like the snake was abandoned by its owner because it appears it had not been properly cared for and nobody claimed it.

He said officers searched for animal shelters willing to take the 6-foot snake the next morning and found the Chicago Reptile House.

“It didn’t look good, but they’re pretty resilient,” Potter said.

He said Chicago Reptile House workers contacted a local snake and reptile breeder who was willing to take the snake.

Potter said the breeder will keep the snake in quarantine until it’s nursed back to health.

This wasn’t the first time Frankfort police found strange animals roaming the village’s streets.

“We once had an emu running around town that we chased and we chased three large cattle that had got out of their fencing,” Burica said.

An emu is a large bird similar to an ostrich.

“There was also a miniature horse that we chased around the (Old Plank Road) trail,” Burica said. “Whenever we got close it would run away fast.”

He said all of the animals were eventually caught and returned to their owners, except for the miniature horse which he assumes went back to its home on its own.

“For some reason we get a lot of these odd animals that get out,” Burica said.

also story and vid and more pix here: https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/02...d-in-frankfort

Six-Foot Boa Constrictor Found In South Suburban Frankfort

CHICAGO (CBS)–A six-foot-long boa constrictor was found in south suburban Frankfort Wednesday night, according to police.

Frankfort Police Chief John Burica said the massive reptile was found near Ironwood Drive and Stonebridge Road around 8:30 p.m. and didn’t appear to be alive.
A responding officer put the snake under a warm light until the snake showed signs of life.

The boa was transferred Thursday morning. to the Chicago Reptile House in Orland Park, according to police.

The breeder for the Chicago Reptile House said they’d take the snake to the vet because it appeared to be in poor health.

Police said they have not identified the owner and think it may have been abandoned.