A snake in southern California was craving more than rodents and birds this week, so it stopped at an In-N-Out Burger drive-thru to get some grub.

An employee at the burger chain’s Monrovia location found the animal on Monday, Sept. 29, according to a post from Pasadena Humane , which helped rescue the animal.

Calling the animal a "beautiful python," the shelter said the employee found the snake that afternoon. The worker called the humane shelter to arrange pickup, a spokesperson for the shelter told USA TODAY on Oct. 2.

According to the spokesperson, the python weighed 3.6 pounds and is estimated to be 3 to 4 feet long.

The shelter initially said it wasn’t sure if the snake was a girl or a boy, but seemed "to have been well taken care of." Staff said the python likely escaped its

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