Gypsy the wandering python spotted in Delta; hunt continues
Mike Laanela | for CBC News | Posted: July 10, 2018 2:28 PM | Last Updated: July 10, 2018
2-metre snake photographed days after it disappeared into a farmer's field on June 30
The search for a missing pet python named Gypsy continues in Delta, B.C., despite a sighting on the Canada Day long weekend.
The snake was first reported missing shortly after it disappeared into a farmer's field on June 30.
Shortly after, someone spotted the dark caramel-coloured snake near the Westham Island Bridge and snapped a photo — but they didn't tell an animal shelter about what they had seen until July 3.
The police were notified of the sighting and Delta police issued a news release about the two-metre-long ball python on July 7.
Police said bylaw inspectors have since made patrols of the area but have not seen the snake, and no other sightings have been reported.
Police had first been in contact with the snake and its owner on June 20, when they were reported sleeping outside the Walmart at Tsawwassen Commons.
After they were asked to move on by police, the snake and its owner relocated to their minivan. It's not known how the snake later ended up lost in the farmer's field.
Ball pythons are non-venomous, more docile than other types of snakes and primarily eat mice, rats and birds in the wild, police say.