Update: Snake Not Suffering Anxiety … Whew!

Kathy Plonka/SR
Matt Harrington/CDA with “Hercules,” the 8-foot boa constrictor at his home on Tuesday. He was asked by Kootenai County animal control to keep the snake after someone found it curled up in a back yard in Post Falls. He sold the snake on Craigslist and is now charged with grand theft.

“The snake is a Red Tail Boa - that’s different from a python, because red tails have live births and pythons lay eggs,” SReporter Pia Hellenberg Christensen tell Huckleberries, adding: “I kid you not.” And: “Also, the snake specialist at Spokane Reptile Rescue I just talked to assured me the snake is not suffering any anxiety by being moved around. It appears socialized, she said, because it slithers around among people. She explained that if it was scared, it would be coiled up.”

Related: TUBOB Jr. is a snake handler, too .