Exotic Incident #2872

Incident Date:
01/21/2017
Location:
Buffalo, NY - USA
Facility Name:
Facility Type:
Exotic Pet (E)
Incident Category:
Escape/Attack resulting in human injury (HI)
Species:
Reptiles
Animal:
Ball python
Animal disposition:
Removed/Re-housed

Summary:

A woman was bitten by her 2-foot-long pet ball python (named RuPaul) as she tried to give him a bath. It took a while for law enforcement officials to dislodge the snake’s mouth from her hand. Both the woman and the snake recovered.

Action take by Born Free USA:

Notes:

https://buffalonews.com/2017/01/27/woman-bit-bathtime-hating-python-healing-well/