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Typical Yorkshire story: When I were a lad we had pythons living in our drawers.
Daniel Holmes
Two of the 70 snakes found in the house in Knaresborough
Seventy "neglected" snakes have been rescued from a house where they were being kept in poor conditions after their owner's relationship ended. Volunteers from Knaresborough Exotic Rescue were called to the property by a woman whose partner had left the royal pythons behind when they broke up.
Daniel Holmes, from the reptile sanctuary, said three serpents were found dead in an enclosure and the bodies of other deceased pythons were discovered in the freezer.
He said: "I've been doing this for many years and this was the worst condition I have ever seen snakes kept in."
Daniel Holmes
The snakes were kept in a racking system used by breeders
The owner, who had tried breeding the reptiles, originally told his girlfriend there were only six of the creatures, but Mr Holmes soon realised there were around 50 kept in drawers and 20 that were loose inside the property. He thought the man had "just given up" and abandoned the breeding operation.
Some of the drawers the pythons were kept in were too small for their needs and a number of males had escaped to try and find females to mate with.
"Now we're probably going to have pregnant snakes as well. They've all got mites, which is a bit like fleas to dogs, so they all need treating. There is one that needs vet care as well," he said.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy05pw15xnjo
Seventy pythons rescued after couple's break-up
Two of the 70 snakes found in the house in Knaresborough
Seventy "neglected" snakes have been rescued from a house where they were being kept in poor conditions after their owner's relationship ended. Volunteers from Knaresborough Exotic Rescue were called to the property by a woman whose partner had left the royal pythons behind when they broke up.
Daniel Holmes, from the reptile sanctuary, said three serpents were found dead in an enclosure and the bodies of other deceased pythons were discovered in the freezer.
He said: "I've been doing this for many years and this was the worst condition I have ever seen snakes kept in."
The snakes were kept in a racking system used by breeders
The owner, who had tried breeding the reptiles, originally told his girlfriend there were only six of the creatures, but Mr Holmes soon realised there were around 50 kept in drawers and 20 that were loose inside the property. He thought the man had "just given up" and abandoned the breeding operation.
Some of the drawers the pythons were kept in were too small for their needs and a number of males had escaped to try and find females to mate with.
"Now we're probably going to have pregnant snakes as well. They've all got mites, which is a bit like fleas to dogs, so they all need treating. There is one that needs vet care as well," he said.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy05pw15xnjo
