You are preaching to the choir here. Nobody who comes here to discuss their balls is out there releasing them into the wild.

I searched and could not find any articles about this. Please post the article. Would be nice to see a photo of the snake found to confirm it really is a ball python.

If the news can call a Bull Snake an Anaconda I would not put it past them to call a Cali King a Ball Python. Snakes can also miraculously increase in size when news reporters are present. They will look at a 3 foot snake and report it as a 10 foot snake. I would not trust their word on species or size w/out seeing a video or photo of the actual snake.

If it really was a ball python or any snake non native to L.A. then it's a shame someone was irresponsible enough to let it go loose either intentionally or through improper caging. Although there is always the possibility it was a publicity stunt by one of the many anti reptile groups out there and not an irresponsible pet owner.

I do not believe it would be possible for one loose snake to start an epidemic. Ball Pythons could not survive long enough in any US state to start up a breeding group like the Burms did in the Everglades. That is a very isolated incident and I'm very surprised you even made a correlation between what's happening there and one loose snake in LA. It's that kind of thinking that we are having to constantly defend ourselves against.
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Ball Pythons
1.1 100% het Caramel Albinos (Edward & Bella)
0.1 66% ph Caramel Albino (Rosalie)
0.1 Caramel Albino (Bellatrix)
1.0 Butterscotch Ghost (Nick)
1.0 Honey Bee (Aragog)
0.1 Pastel Orange Ghost (Nagini)
0.1 Spider 66% ph Ghost(Nymphadora)
1.1 Mojaves (Lucius & Renesme)
0.1 Pastel Lesser (Narcissa)
0.1 Pinstripe (Arwen)
1.0 Pewter (Salazar)
0.1 Bumble Bee (Alice)
0.1 Lemonblast (Luna)
0.1 Blond Pastel (Katie)
1.0 Bell Pastel (Jasper)
0.1 African Dinker (Esme)
0.1 Normal (Madame Olympe Maxime)
0.3 Baby 66% ph Caramel Albinos (Edward x Bella)
2.1 Baby Pastels (Jasper x Esme)

Corns
1.1 het Amel, Anery, Charcoal, Bloodred (Romeo & Juliet)
1.0 Blizzard het Bloodred poss het Anery Lav (Tumnus)
0.1 Anery Lav (Lucy)
0.1 Plasma (Victoria)
0.1 Opal (Jewel)
0.0.22 Babies (Romeo x Juliet)
0.0.18 Babies (Tumnus x Lucy)

Hogs
1.0 Albino Western (Hogwarts)
0.1 het Albino Western (Hufflepuff)
0.1 Tri Color (Molly)

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