Missing one-eyed snake could be hiding in coat sleeve

A one-eyed snake called Popeye is missing, presumed hiding, in Torpoint, Cornwall. Popeye is a three-foot-long python, but at just three-years-old it is still considered a "baby" by her 22-year-old owner, Charly Honey. Charly said: “I’ve looked everywhere for her. I’ve got a puppy and my boyfriend has a two-year-old step-daughter who comes around occasionally and we’ve looked everywhere.

“They turn up in the strangest of places, like the arm of a coat. But I can’t find her anywhere.” Charly said she fed Popeye – named because of her one eye – on Tuesday but when she returned she found the snake had lost her appetite and had not eaten her mouse meal. Returning again a little later to check on Popeye, Charly found the snake tank empty.



She said: “We’ve had the doors open because of the heat and the puppy. The neighbours are not happy, and that’s understandable, but she’s of no risk to anyone. She’s only small, she’s still a baby really. When she’s fully grown she’ll be around six foot long. We are starting to panic a bit. She’s been handled from birth and she’s a very good python.

“In the winter they go for heat, but it’s so warm she could have gone anywhere. I put another mouse in her tank in the hope that she would come back, but she didn’t. It’s the longest she’s gone missing. She won’t cause any harm, but if she’s found I’d ask people not to touch her. Or if they’re brave they can put her into a pillow case.” A spokesman for the RSPCA added: “We would advise anyone who finds a stray captive snake to contact our Cruelty and Advice line.”