Queensland residents be warned, there may be an enormous snake lurking right underneath your toilet seat.
Snake catcher Elliot Budd, from Townsville, in north-east Queensland, was called out to a property in Mount Stewart after a group of tradesmen discovered a massive carpet python coiled up in the downstairs loo.
‘It was about three metres long - definitely one of the biggest I have ever relocated,’ Mr Budd told Daily Mail Australia.‘They didn’t give me too many details before I arrived so I wasn’t really expecting it to be in the toilet,’ he added.
As the experienced snake wrangler lent in to touch the enormous serpent, it quickly retreated down through the pipes and into the u-bend of the toilet.
‘He was really big and really strong so when he tensed up and held himself in there I couldn’t physically pull him out.’
With brute strength failing, the volunteer snake catcher asked one of the tradesmen to unbolt the toilet so he could get better angle to leverage the reptile.
‘We lifted the toilet up and was able to get a much better hold of it but he was just in there so tight.’
‘In the end his head was poking out so I just keep pulling until he eventually started sliding out.’
The house backed on to bush land so Mr Budd said he had no problem finding an isolated spot ‘away from people’ where he could release the lengthy reptile.
He said it is likely the carpet python sought refuge in the commode due to the recent bout of hot weather.
‘It is very dry out here so he was probably just looking for a drink,' Mr Budd said.
‘Around this time of year there isn’t a lot of water around and the snake needs water to shed.’
While some of you would like to consider this as a bizarre but completely isolated event, Mr Budd said a local snake catcher pulled 2.3 metre snake out of a toilet only two days ago.
Chris Devon, from Townsville, received a call from a man in Kelso on Thursday morning who had discovered a large coastal carpet python wrapped up inside his toilet cistern.
Mr Devon said the snake made its way into the bathroom through the ceiling after it pushed a vent out of the way.
The shocked resident said his toilet had been playing up so he had taken the lid of his toilet system, allowing the snake to creep in and cause havoc with the plumbing.
Mr Budd warned that Queensland residents may see a few more snakes out and about as it is mating season.
'It is breeding season so a lot of snakes, including the carpet python, are becoming more active as they start to look for mates.'
While there may be more snakes out in the open during mating season, Mr Budd said residents shouldn't be concerned as the scaly reptile's main objective is to 'get away from you'.
'I don’t say that any snake is aggressive, some tend to be more defensive than others but in general all snakes want to do is get away from you.
'It is only when they are tormented or picked up that they will turn on you, like any other animal really.'Daily Mail.
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