In the wild, the young pythons feed first on small frogs and lizards and then mostly on mice and small rats, consuming two or three a week. The water needs to be kept fresh and the tank clean.

One of the most vibrant snakes, the green tree python can be found in New Guinea, Indonesia, and Australia's Cape York Peninsula. It is non-poisonous and will spend most of its life curled on trees.

The length of a green tree python is between five and six feet. Large Indian pythons like wetlands and grasslands. Reddish-brown and stocky, blood pythons live in wetlands and woods.

He said in all his time travelling to the spot, he's "never seen green pythons feed during the day" before. Green tree pythons are only found in rainforests in the Cape York area in Australia.