Lost Python in Pine Valley Now Up for Adoption

On the lookout for a slithering companion? A python discovered at Pine Valley County Park is now up for adoption.

The reptile was spotted Nov. 24 by someone who managed to catch the snake before it slithered into a hole.

Workers with the San Diego County Department of Animal Services responded to the park on Old Highway 80 to fetch the ball python.

Workers don’t know if the python, about 3 feet in length, escaped a nearby home or was perhaps released into the wild.

“We certainly hope that its owner simply did not take the snake to the park and release it, as the snake would have eventually died due to the cold weather,” Dawn Danielson, director of Animal Services, said in a statement.

Ball pythons can only survive in 80-degree temperatures and the weather in Pine Valley has been too cold for a long-term habitat.

The snake, which doesn’t have a name, is available for adoption on a first-come, first-serve basis at the department’s animal care facility at 5480 Gaines St.

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