A husband got a fright of his life after he discovered a huge carpet python relaxing inside his toilet bowl Brisbane home.
The snake was seen bathing in the toilet’s water with its body positioned in an ‘s’ shape after it slithered through an outdoor pipe.
Stewart Lalor from Brisbane Snake Catchers received an emergency call at about 6.45am on Saturday and drove to the Wynnum west family home within 20 minutes.
‘They gave us a call to have it removed so they could finish their business in peace,’ said Mr Lalor.
A carpet python (pictured) was found relaxing inside a toilet bowl after a husband lifted the lid
Stewart Lalor from Brisbane Snake Catchers put on a pair of gloves and took the serpent out of the toilet
‘I just put on a pair of gloves and dunked my hand in to take the snake. Carpet pythons are very common in Queensland,’ he told Daily Mail Australia.
Mr Lalor said it wasn’t common to find snakes in toilets, with only two or three incidents every season.
‘People think pythons always want to be in the sun but they can also overheat and need to find ways to cool down,’ he said.
Snakes will often slither into homes through open drains and unsecured pipes common in older designed homes such as the family home Mr Lalor attended.
Carpet pythons are the most commonly caught non-venomous snaked in Queensland.
However, their bites leave a substantial laceration and will cause a fair bit of bleeding.
The snakes can grow up to more than three metres in length, according to the Queensland Museum.
Snakes (stock image carpet python) can slither into homes through unsecured pipes and open drains common in older designed homes
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ɱaпy took to social media and to express their fear and horror from the discovery.
‘Anyone else see this while they were sitting on the toilet?’ one user wrote.
‘I never turn the light on when I go to the toilet in the middle of the night!!!! I will be from now on!!!!’ another wrote.