Mr. Smithers, the 4-foot-long ball python that slithered away on July 7 from his home on Johnson Mill Road, has been found alive, his owner said Monday.
Valerie Nason said her pet snake was found at Ledgewood Gardens Greenhouses, where he apparently had hunkered down at some point after going missing more than three months ago.
“He may not survive. He’s in very, very, very terrible shape,” Nason said. “He will not eat or drink,” Nason said, adding that she likely would attempt to force feed him raw eggs Monday night. “He’s been through a few frosts,” Nason said, noting that she has tucked him into his cage with a heat rock and his pink blanket.