Piloce called to remove ball python from owner's arm

I just can't believe the police were called in for this. Thanks for making the news kid....

Girl freed from pet python’s grip

By Robert Quigley | Friday, November 9, 2007, 08:35 AM

A pet ball python wrapped around a 17-year-old girl’s arm at her Northwest Austin apartment and squeezed tightly for nearly an hour this morning, but both the girl and the snake are safe, police say.

Austin police spokesman Richard Stresing said the girl’s father called 911 at 5:55 a.m. saying the juvenile python, which Stresing said was 2-to 3-feet long and “about as big around as an officer’s nightstick,” had bitten his daughter’s arm and had been wrapped tightly around her arm for 20 minutes.

Stresing said the girl, who is the snake’s owner, kept the reptile in an aquarium in her bedroom. The python had gotten free in the middle of the night, Stresing said, and when she tried to retrieve the snake, it struck and grabbed onto her.

Stresing said EMS was also on the scene at the 10100 block of West Parmer Lane, but it was a police officer who wasn’t afraid of snakes who first attempted to pull the snake free.

“Every time he tried to uncoil the snake, it bit harder and wrapped more tightly,” said Stressing, who once owned a constrictor himself. “The snake was probably just scared. It’s not like it was trying to eat her.”

Austin Fire Specialist David Thrush was finally able to remove the snake from her arm by 6:20 a.m. using ammonia caplets, said Michelle DeCrane of the Austin Fire Department.

The girl refused treatment by EMS, Stresing said.

Stresing said there are Austin officers who are certified at handling snakes, and the department is looking to train more.

“We just had a call go out for a class on handling snakes,” Stresing said with a laugh. “Now, we’re saying, ‘Hey, we do need officers for handling snakes.’ “

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I just cant help but chuckle at this one.

As I jokingly tell my daughter when she over reacts to things.... You act like SUCH a girl!

Ball python....$20.00

Cage setup....$75.00

Making it in the newspaper, and most likely the morning and evening news.
Waking your neighbors up at 6 am, to police and rescue worker vehicles lights flashing and sirens blaring, so they can remove a 2 - 3 foot ball python from your arm.
PRICELESS

Hahahah!! What a DWEEB!
OH oh!! I saw a EARTHWORM on my steps!! Call SWAT!!!

Aww come on guys, it was that father that called 911. If my parents would have seen that they would have called too despite my objections. She refused further treatment.

It is funny to think about though.