A 15-foot-long python at Chester Zoo receives electrochemotherapy for a tumour on its jawbone, according to the zoo’s veterinarians. The animal, described as a “Jodie Foster” by the outlet, is reported to be recovering and back to normal behaviour after the treatment.
The reports say the zoo used electrochemotherapy, a cancer therapy approach that combines chemotherapy with electrical pulses. The Daily Mail frames the use of this treatment as similar to human cancer care and notes that vets say the snake is now “bright and feisty.” The accounts do not provide additional details on the snake’s exact species, diagnostic methods, chemotherapy drugs used, or the duration and outcome measures of the therapy beyond the stated recovery.
Both sources present the same core information: a jawbone tumour is treated with electrochemotherapy, and the python’s condition improves afterward as observed by staff at Chester Zoo.
