© Chris Baine Chris Baine found this 1.5m snake in his toilet bowl. He tried to grab it but the reptile slithered down the S-bend. It came back, so he flushed it away. Now's he's worried.
A 1.5m carpet python was curled up in the toilet bowl, but that was not the end of the story.
Despite his wife Carly's advice to leave it alone, Mr Baine tried to grab the serpent with a towel before it disappeared down the bowl.
"It was about 11.30pm when Chris went to the bathroom, we had both used it an hour before and there was nothing there so it was a complete shock," Mrs Baines said.
"When he lifted the lid he screamed out "holy s**t, come and look at this" and I said no way, not until you tell me what it is.''
Mrs Baines, who works at a veterinary hospital, called her boss to make sure they had identified it correctly.
"He told us to try to use a hook shaped implement to take it out, but Chris decided to go with a towel and a pair of garden gloves,'' she said.
But the saga did not end there. The python reappeared early the following morning when Mrs Baines went to the bathroom.
After her husband made another futile effort to grab the snake he tried flushing it before it finally disappeared down the bowl.
It hasn't been seen since, but the Carina couple are still nervous.
"He (Chris) didn't want to call out a snake catcher because of the fee but I made him promise that if it reappeared we would definitely call a snake catcher, it would be money well spent,'' Mrs Baines said.
"I mean I'm happy its gone, but on the other hand I'd like the reassurance that its gone for good and relocated properly and safely."
She said the scare had made the couple very wary about approaching their toilet.
"We've been here for over two and a half years and have never seen a snake, so to find one in the toilet was a huge fright,'' she said.
"There are chickens nearby so maybe that's what he was after.
"I'm familiar enough with snakes from work, but I don't enjoy them.
"I did call a snake catcher afterwards who told us to be careful because he knew a woman who tried to remove a carpet python herself and got bitten.
"They are non-venomous but she had to go through 24 hours of microsurgery on the tendons in her hand because the bite was so strong.
"My advice to anyone who finds a snake in the toilet or anywhere else is to call a snake catcher, don't stuff around."
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