Pet python attacks Dingley boy

Shaun Wilson-Miller visited Dandenong as a HeartKids ambassador in February 2010. Shaun passed away on May 26, 2012 after his body rejected his second heart transplant. Picture: Lucy Di Paolo

A Dingley Village boy was attacked by his pet python last Tuesday.

MICA student paramedic Elizabeth said the snake was still latched onto the boy’s arm when she arrived.

“The snake had started to relax by the time we arrived so he and his mum were able to detach it and force it back into the tank.”

The boy had small puncture marks to his arm but didn’t require hospitalisation.