An unusual search effort is going on in a part of Montour County, Pennsylvania, for a missing boa constrictor.
The snake is a pet and the owners say it went missing last weekend.
“We took her down here to get exercise, go swimming because she loves the water,” said Zachary Latranyi.
Since Sunday, Zachary and his husband Kolby Latranyi have back to a
section of River Road near Danville, desperately looking for their
beloved pet Leyla.
Except Leyla isn’t a missing dog or a cat, she’s a red tailed boa
constrictor.
“She’s very passive, very friendly, but we don’t, she wouldn’t know what
to do out here,” said Kolby.
Kolby and Zachary took Leyla and their dog down to the banks of the
Susquehanna River in Cooper Township.
After swimming a little, Zachary draped Leyla around his neck, laid down
and dozed off.
“I laid back and she was around my neck, usually she doesn’t leave my
side at all but I’m thinking maybe because it’s a new environment,” said
Zachary.
“And not even five minutes later, he’s like where’s Leyla, we turn
around and we start looking everywhere, and that’s the time we lost her
is about two o’clock on Sunday,” said Kolby.
The men say Layla is fed frozen mice and doesn’t know how to hunt.
They bought her a year ago from a breeder when she was a baby and has raised her as indoor pet her whole life.
Each day she remains missing, they are growing more fearful about
the dangers she’s up against.
“There’s foxes, racoon and stuff like that, she’s really defenseless,
because she doesn’t know how to fend for herself or catch live prey, if
she does get hungry,” said Zachary.
The Latranyis say Leyla is about four to five feet in length with brown
spots on her back.
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