Owner 'heartbroken' after her pet Eric the albino Darwin python went missing from a home on Goonoo Goonoo Road, Tamworth

Josey Mehrton said she last saw her beloved pet - an albino Darwin python - in his tank at her Goonoo Goonoo Road home, about 6pm on Sunday.

"I'm worried because someone else might not know how to handle him," she told the Leader.

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"He's very tame and he does not bite, he will not bite, he's a people-loving animal.

"I'm really heartbroken at the moment."

Ms Mehrton said she had "fallen in love" with snakes as soon as she held one for the first time, and she bought Eric off a breeder in Tamworth about 18 months ago.

"I have never made this kind of connection with an animal ... I know my snake and I know his personality," she said.

"He's probably under stress and I just want him home right now."

Ms Mehrton said she had reported the incident to Tamworth police, because she feared someone had stolen him from his special tank.

"I suspect someone might have taken him because his tank had been tampered with," she said.

Ms Mehrton urged anyone with information about Eric to reach out via Facebook, to help him slither on home.