Boa constrictor found in Alpharetta neighborhood

NORTH FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — A boa constrictor was found in an Alpharetta neighborhood.

Kim Mross, founder of All Things Wild North Georgia, said she was called Thursday to a subdivision near North Point mall to remove the snake.

Neighbors believe a former neighbor moved out and left his snakes behind.

“They do make great pets, but you have to know what you’re doing,” Mross said.

Mross said the snake is not native to Georgia, but it is not dangerous.

“He’s probably been surviving on chipmunks, squirrels, mice and maybe even other snakes,” she said. “They don’t want to eat us. They want to eat what’s on our property.”

She said other exotic snakes that may have been released likely did not survive.

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The snake wrangler said there are some snakes in Georgia that we should worry about.

“Here in North Georgia we only have three venomous snakes, so knowing how to identify those snakes is going to make all other snakes not matter,” Mross said.

The three venomous snakes are copperheads, pygmy rattlesnakes and timber rattlesnakes.

Mross said if you a snake, you should be careful.

“What I suggest when people do see a snake is to walk away. Most of the snakes you’re going to encounter are going to be non-venomous,” she said.

Mross said if there is a snake that you need to move, in a place like a doorstep, you can take a garden hose and spray it away.

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