More "good" PR for Snakes!

[Karen Hulvey]

MO Family Finds Python Under Dishwasher

SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) - The new residents of a Sedalia duplex were surprised to learn a 4-foot-6-inch constrictor didn't move out when the old residents left.

The family made the discovery Sunday when the ball python slithered out from under the dishwasher. The snakes like warm, humid air, making the dishwasher a perfect place to hide.

Stefanie Leafty had just told her two children - ages 5 and 3 - to get ready for bed when she saw something on the floor underneath the dishwasher.

``I thought it was a toy, and I was going to pick it up,'' she said.

Leafty says her mixed-breed Jack Russell terrier ran to sniff the snake, and that's when it moved. Leafty pulled the dog away way by its hind legs and told her children to run out of the house.

``I've never screamed so high in my life,'' she said.

Leafty's husband, Cordell, and their neighbor, Larry King, pulled the dishwasher out from under the counter and found the snake curled up on top. They dropped it into a pillowcase, and the family now plans to sell it and split the profits with King.

A previous renter in the duplex admitted the snake was his. He said it had escaped and he decided he didn't want it anymore.

Leafty, who recalls seeing a snake cage in the home before she moved into the duplex, said she started getting mad when the shock wore off.

``Could it have been in my kids' room while they were sleeping? Could it have been underneath the couch?'' Stefanie Leafty asked. ``That's the kind of stuff that scares me.''

Information from: The Sedalia Democrat, http://www.sedaliademocrat.com



"Why can't I rent a duplex with a free ball python?"

 

[Junkyard]

Oh thats rich!! You know those Python Constrictors are the worst kind there is. I don't know about you but I love pulling my dogs around by their hind legs, what a fun game hearing them yelp. Of course you all know how good these Python Constrictors are at stalking humans, they lay perfectly still under the couch and stretch all the way out to the kids bedroom while everyone is sleeping. Which I have found that my Python Constrictor's favorite food in children pinkies and children hoppers(you want to talk about a hefty food bill). Their favorite game to play is toe nipping, and they sure are worth a few $$$, maybe I should sell mine and split the profit with my neighbor Peter Jennings.

 

[DragonCharm]

A previous renter in the duplex admitted the snake was his. He said it had escaped and he decided he didn't want it anymore.

Now that's responsibility.......are we adults or what?

``Could it have been in my kids' room while they were sleeping? Could it have been underneath the couch?'' Stefanie Leafty asked. ``That's the kind of stuff that scares me.''

OMG......it could have EATEN THEM!!! Good riddance to the little brats, if they're anything like you we'd be better off.

the family now plans to sell it and split the profits with King.

Now we care about it because we're going to make a buck off it. I'd love to see the newspaper ad. "For sale, big scary constrictor. Found under dishwasher, don't want it because it might eat my crappy dog or bratty kids."