Kacey-Leigh Moss, 21, was terrified when she found a snake curled up inside the bowl of her toilet but it managed to slither away before the RSPCA officer could safely remove it
A woman has been left too terrified to use her bathroom, after opening the lid and finding a snake waiting inside the bowl of the toilet.
Kacey-Leigh Moss, 21, was answering a call of nature early this morning when she saw the reptile curled up and waiting inside the bowl. She rushed to get her boyfriend, Harvey, who at first did not believe her – until he saw it in there too.
They called the RSPCA for help, but when an officer attempted to hook it out of its smelly home, it slithered back down the u-bend. It has not been seen since.
Kacey-Leigh, from Burnley in Lancashire, said: “I’d never been so scared in my life. As I got closer it was all spiralled inside the toilet, I just completely froze
“I was really shocked, I didn’t know what to do. I ran into the bedroom and told my boyfriend and he didn’t believe me at first until he went to go look.
“He went to go and have a look and everybody was being facetimed. Nobody would believe us. I put it on Facebook and everybody was commenting and reacting to it. He tried to get some close up pictures of it and as he’d gotten close to it, it kind of jumped at him.
“She [the RSPCA worker] came inside and looked at it and tried to use a hook to get it out. As she tried to get it out, it’s stomach was stuck because it had gotten bigger. Its stomach was actually stuck in the pipe.
“She tried to hook it again and it had slithered back down the pipe so we currently don’t actually know where it is. I feel awful that it’s potentially lurking in my pipes still. I’m petrified, I can’t even go for a wee. Luckily I’ve not needed the toilet yet but when I do I don’t know what I’m going to do.”
An RSPCA spokesperson said: “It must have been quite a shock for the householder to see a snake popping their head up in the toilet. The resident who contacted the RSPCA for help told our Animal Rescue Officer (ARO) the toilet hadn’t been flushing very well for a few weeks, so this slithery visitor may have been lurking in the pipes for some time.
“The snake was a harmless corn snake, though unfortunately, it disappeared back around the u-bend before she was able to catch it. She has promised to make a return visit if it reappears.
“Snakes are talented escape artists and will take the opportunity of a gap in an enclosure door, or a loose-fitting lid to make a ‘run’ for it, so the RSPCA advises owners to ensure vivariums are kept secure, and locked if necessary, to prevent accidental escape. Our officers have been called to snakes who have been found in lots of unusual places including in a vacuum cleaner, in an oven and in a kitchen drawer
“It is possible to microchip pet snakes and the RSPCA would recommend that owners ask their vet to do this where possible, so snakes can be easily reunited if lost and found.”