Gypsy the wandering python spotted in Delta; hunt continues

The search for a missing pet python named Gypsy continues in Delta, B.C., despite a sighting on the Canada Day long weekend.

The snake was first reported missing shortly after it disappeared into a farmer's field on June 30.

Shortly after, someone spotted the dark caramel-coloured snake near the Westham Island Bridge and snapped a photo but they didn't tell an animal shelter about what they had seen until July 3.

The police were notified of the sighting and Delta policeissued a news release about the two-metre-long ball python on July 7.

Police saidbylaw inspectors have since made patrols of the areabut have not seen the snake, and no other sightings have been reported.

Police had first been in contact with the snake and its owner on June 20, when they were reported sleeping outside the Walmart at Tsawwassen Commons.

After they were asked to move on by police, the snake and its owner relocated to their minivan. It's not known how the snake later ended up lost in the farmer's field.

Ball pythons are non-venomous, more docile than other types of snakes and primarily eat mice, rats and birds in the wild, police say.

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