PPSC release snakes
May 31, 2010
body check
After a much waiting, we finally got permission from the forestry department to release our Reticulated Python (Python reticulates) and keeled Rat Snake (Ptyas carinatus) in Cikepuh national park, West Java.
Together with two members of the forestry department we left Cikananga on the afternoon of May 18 and drove to Cikepuh where we released the snakes the next morning. First we let our Rat snake free and he immediately went into the forest. The Python was a bit hesitant at first but eventually made his way out of the transport box.
We are so happy that we could finally release these snakes back to their natural habitat.
Two days before the release I did a final medical body check, de-wormed and fed them for the last time, to make sure they went healthy and with a full stomach back into the wild.
We are also hoping in the near future to release our Estuarine Crocodiles in Cikepuh. To be continued…
release phyton
