by When a python was nicely located inside the toilet, snake catchers had a hard time recently, when the traditional approach failed and they had to go the extra mile to retrieve it.
Drew Godfrey, from Hervey Bay Snake Catchers, told Storyful that he and his colleagues were called for a “coastal carpet python down a toilet”.
At first when trying to pull the reptile out of the bowl, the catchers had to see the hose to flush it out.
“You’re a pain in the ass, snake … You’re in trouble snake. They had to cut off the hose and everything,” says one of the snake catchers when the team finally finds the snake.
However, this was not the end of the trouble for this customer, who had to call the catchers again two days later for another python. Fortunately, the second lodger was easy to dislodge, even though it was much larger. Credit: Hervey Bay Snake Catchers via Storyful
Video transcript
The wife just laid on?
No, that’s all good.
Yes, uh I hope not, man.
Yes, I hope so.
Oh, yes.
Hello, my friend.
And turn this top.
Hello, snake.
You will not find it easy.
Oh, yes?
We need you to come out, if you can.
Probably because his whole body will be involved in that.
Hey, my friend.
Uh oh, don’t do that.
Don’t do that.
It is it is being done.
Yes, it goes away.
What goes down?
You will fall down about a meter.
So I was thinking, Oh, I just hit my head on that tree.
We thought we could do that.
Ah, there’s a cap here.
What if we meet here and he might want to come up from the toilet?
Yes, Or will he want him to come further up this way, though?
Is the other problem also?
You might leave the toilet lit and you might want to come out.
Uh, yeah, I’m thinking that too.
Hey.
Yes?
Yes.
Something else comes right now.
I It’s We don’t go back in.
Is that bothering him enough at all?
Oh, yes.
It is annoying.
I can see something for you.
I hear you guys.
You were all right with that change.
Do you want me to do it?
I will go as soon as I, uh me, me and James are here working together for the good jobs here.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Oh, you are.
Oh, come and grab that coil.
This is enough.
Or is it Does it just tighten itself up?
My hand is too big.
My hand will end up stuck in the toilet.
Maybe he won’t come out if we get to the list, but I don’t know if I’ll scare him, But that toilet paper?
Yes, I think so.
I was probably scared of him again.
probably.
Yes.
I wonder if I should just keep doing this for a minute to see if it comes around here.
These plastic bags?
Oh, no, there’s a hole.
Yes.
Will you find me?
Yes.
He found it there.
Stay tuned.
Cover it in some funky stuff.
Ok, Story seems to be the only choice this week.
I’m doing it this morning, Drew.
Yes, the same actions.
I just want to uh sure I don’t go down to Ah, I have my CEO.
Oh, twice.
It has to be somewhere between here and there.
Then can you say it?
No.
I hope it hasn’t gone that way already.
I see there.
Hey, how’s that going?
Oh, I have it there.
He is entering.
He has a bit of trouble with the band.
Bye.
You want to come out this end or at your end, we’ll start seeing it.
Here.
We can get it that way.
No, I said if I start seeing it this way, I’ll be able to grab it.
That move?
Yes.
This is moving on its own now, Jonesy.
I think the weight of it, I think that is working.
Think he wants to come out?
Yes, well, this moved by itself.
So I think the weight of the snake is coming up this end.
What better Cor down I have with me.
Hmm.
Oh, yeah, I can see it.
You can see that it is right at the S. Out of the loop you go.
It’s not moving back up it looks like it’s coming out.
Yes, all right.
Let it come right out there I guess.
Yes, And all the water is coming out.
So is it coming out?
Are you giving a puke from your end?
Oh, you got it?
Yes.
I don’t know if I can try it.
Hold on to it.
I guess I’ll try.
And vice versa, um uh oh.
Bang on here.
I don’t know if I have anything that I can wake him up, uh, from here, but maybe we can hit him, and that would raise.
It’s up here.
Um oh, yeah.
That might if I can get that in.
Yes, maybe, Like, bloody run away from a lot.
OK, I think I can feel it there.
Yes, so you can’t go back.
I’m going to flush one more time to see if I can get it to move.
Okay, you’re on your way?
Did you come in?
Hang on.
Right up.
Uh huh.
Received.
Hey, Bud Jones here with the hard yards.
Look at you.
You’re not even wearing gloves, uh, germs all around me.
Oh, mate.
Pain in the ass.
You last night.
Oh, right.
You are in trouble.
Frankie had to cut the pipe and everything.
What is it?
Oh, yeah, I think we can bag you because I don’t want you back in that toilet.
Well, I think you have a clue today.
No, I probably just missed a few hints there.
Wash my hands about 50 times.
I’ll be trying to get that tower to go in without touching it.
Pussy.
I had some toilet water coming to me Dinner.
Yes, you sure.
Um you can take that for granted but you went for it and promoted that.
I hope it’s still sticking out and stuff, I think.
Oh, what I meant was to, like, leave it open so it can come out, because then I was hoping I’d be sitting here and it would be a much easier job.
Nah, it’s all good.
It will just be Oh, no, that’s easy.
That’s heaps easier than the other.
I will do it.
i will let you
I’ll let you off the hook.
Or I could let you make your first bald snake.
I was going to put on some gloves.
I have already touched it.
And with gloves, I mean, I can make a plastic bag.
You want to do it?
Almost.
I can almost see your enthusiasm.
As you want to dive in and make the toilet sneak.
But I appreciate the desire you can if you want.
Other than that, I don’t mind.
Let me snake I already removed it.
I should have put the blood on my bag first.
You are much easier than your friend to find out.
It was definitely a well, we took the other one long enough.
It may come back, but it has a completely different pattern than this one.
That was a little easier.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
The last one was right down in the bowl and we had to cut the pipe and everything and kiss it from one end and flush it from this one until they come out.
But, yeah, that’s one gross snake.
This is one for moo.
I want to Pat.
But yeah, that was much easier than what I was expecting was gonna be how the other one was gonna be.
Yeah, it’s not a bad size.
They are usually tree snakes in the dunes.
But you have doubled up on your pip.
And so was the other one more.
So I’d say this is the boy and he’s looking for her, wondering where she’s gone.
All the bags out there trying to find where she’s gone.
The last spot was the toilet that he hangs around, which I think was probably there because, uh, when they cycle through the shed, they often soak themselves in water, and it helps to slop their skin.
So that’s what I was assuming was going on and the other being there.
Whereas the tree snakes enter.
Like they’re like, um, what are you doing?
The tree likes water snakes, and they eat frogs so they can get them into the toilet.
Uh, just go.
You know someone has to touch him anyway, when we release him, maybe we should let him swing first.
You wanted to.
You could have done it if you wanted to.
I thought I’d save you the trouble of going in and covering your hands for that.
perfect
But if you want, don’t let me stop here, son.
okay?
