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WFTV (Orlando, Florida) 26 June 08 Woman Discovers 9-Foot Snake In Back Yard That Ate Her Cat
Orlando, Fla.: A woman in Orlando who went looking for her cat made a horrifying discovery. Instead of finding her favorite pet, she found a huge boa constrictor in her back yard on Oregon Street.
"She said, 'I've got a big snake. Would you please come and help us with him," explained Corey Hicks, Critter Control.
The 9-and-half-foot long snake he had just eaten the cat that used to call the back yard home.
"What happens is these animals notice pets in yards. They set up shop here. It's like a big buffet for them," Hicks said.
Hicks said, despite their side, the big snakes are experts at camouflage.
"Unless this guy is cruising across your driveway, across your street or just hanging out in your yard, you would never see him," he said.
Hicks said he's sees it all the time. It was the sixth snake he's been called to capture in the past few months. He said people buy the animals but soon realize they are a lot to handle and just let them go.
"It's just irresponsible pet ownership," Hicks said.
The snake will not be harmed. The guys at Critter Control plan to take him on as a pet and call him their new mascot.
Woman Discovers 9-Foot Snake In Back Yard That Ate Her Cat

Maybe it just thought it was doing everyone a favor and helping with the irresponsible cat owners that helped create the feral cat problem in Florida? Just a thought!

lol!
You know what's amazing is that Oregon St. is dead smack in the middle of downtown Orlando. Very densely populated and lots of traffic. Amazing that boa lived so long there.

As for the 9.5 ft measurement... uhhh... riiiiiiight
jb
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Jonathan Brady
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We once got a boa in the Escambia Co.(Pensacola area) shelter when I worked there, that had just eaten..."something". That was in a nicer sub division. Definitely not the same type of traffic flow as Orlando though. This one was next to the front porch and maybe 8' long but THICK. I think the owner came to get it and said it was missing for a few months??? Don't remember exactly, but it definitely didn't miss many meals on it's own.

Almost 20 years ago, I worked at a pet store in Boca Raton (South Florida) and the PD knew to call me if there was any kind of wildlife (especially reptiles) that needed to be removed from someone's yard or house. Well, I get this call one time about a 6 foot python in someone's yard. We all know a 6 footer isn't all that big and typically not too thick (usually a yearling). So I head over with just a snake bag. Boy was I surprised when I looked under the bushes where the "python" was. It was one of the biggest boas I have ever encountered with a head roughly the size of my hand! She was not happy to be disturbed and after a bit of a struggle, I got her out and she later taped out at a bit over 10 feet long! What a monster, living in the middle of high end suburbia for who knows how long!

>>lol!
>>You know what's amazing is that Oregon St. is dead smack in the middle of downtown Orlando. Very densely populated and lots of traffic. Amazing that boa lived so long there.
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>>As for the 9.5 ft measurement... uhhh... riiiiiiight
>>jb
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>>Jonathan Brady
>>*You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you.*

That Boa looks at most 7 feet to me. At first thought I was going to see picks of a Burm. Definitely a Boa.
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Boas By Klevitz

Seems like a stretch, must have been a very little cat.

Wouldn't there have to be a much larger bulge?

Regardless, if it was a stray cat that they were feeding, it
seems a little misleading to say it ate their pet.

No, it's not that the cat got eaten.

The guys that came to remove the boa kept it as a mascot.

and it's not irresponsible pet ownership letting your pet cat run loose? Yes that snake shouldn't have been there, but neither should the cat. I guess these people forget the damage free roaming cats do every year to the natural ecosystems.
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Josh & Krysty Hutto
J&K Reptiles

Various Ball Pythons, boas, dogs, cats, fish, an amel tiger retic female, a couple sulcatas and a few other odds and ends.

a BAD dog is MADE not bred, support the American Pit Bull Terrier as the greatest breed of dogs on Earth!!!!!

Regardless who is/was feral, snakes will always be vilified with this type of scenario, and this type of publicity is mounting.
J