Boa Constrictor

The girl friend came home and told me this story today.

Apparently a friend of a friend had a boa constrictor for a pet.

Now this lovely boa constrictor would sleep curled up at the foot of her bed every night. Once a month, she would feed it a tasty gerbil or hamster. Apparently boas don't eat very much. Then suddenly, the boa stopped eating and refused any food offered to it. So she decided to take the boa to see a reptile specialist in Dublin. The man gave the snake a once over and gave it a clean bill of health. Suggested perhaps the snake just wasn't hungry. So our friend's friend brought the boa home.

Two months later, it still wasn't eating. Another trip to the reptile specialist yielded no answer. Normal examination. A couple more months passed and still the boa wasn't eating so she brought it back to the specialist. This time round, he still couldn't find anything wrong with it. So he queried if there was any change in terms of habitat, home environment or the snake's behaviour. Everything seemed to be the same except that the snake did not spend its time curled up at the foot of the bed anymore. When she wakes up in the morning, she would find the snake stretch out alongside her.

This alarmed the specialist and he suggested that she had the boa put down. This was because the boa was eyeing her up and was starving itself so it could eat her!

Now, how bout that for a potential urban myth! The girlfriend claims it's fact!

Good night!