Plumber shares her tips on what to do if you find a SNAKE poking its head out from inside your toilet bowl
- Plumber Rebecca Senyard said snake catchers are trained in removing snakes
- She said plumbers are occasionally called by people to get rid of snakes
- The 35-year-old wrote a blog giving tips if a snake is spotted in the bathroom
A plumber has shared helpful tips on what to do if you find a snake poking it's head out of the toilet.
Rebecca Senyard - also known as the Plumbette - urged people to call snake catchers and not plumbers if they spot a snake in their bathroom.
The 35-year-old from Queensland said plumbers are not trained in removing the reptiles and a snake catcher would handle the situation much better.
Plumber Rebecca Senyard suggest trapping the reptile and placing something heavy on top before calling snake catchers. Pictured: A snake inside a toilet bowl in Wynum, Brisbane
'Don't ring a plumber. Plumbers aren't experienced with these kinds of toilet blockages,' she wrote on her blog The Plumbette.
She suggests in the 'unfortunate situation' of finding a snake in the toilet to 'feel free to scream' before trapping it.
'Place the top lid of the toilet down and put something heaving on top,' she said.
'Close the window or door and ring your local snake catcher to retrieve the snake and release it back into the wild.'
She said it's not unusual for snakes to slither into bathrooms but they are mostly found in other places.
'More plumbers have seen snakes under houses or in a roof cavity, than in the toilet,' she told The Courier-Mail.
'It definitely happens but it's not likely that every household in Brisbane or even Australia will experience a snake emerging from their toilet bowl.'
Ms Senyard said there are possibly two different ways for snakes to make their way into homes with one being from the window.
Rebecca Senyard wrote a blog giving advice on what to do when you come across a snake in the bathroom
'A snake can slither through the window, and when it’s hot they can look for water and slide down into the toilet bowl,' she wrote.
'The second way is for the snake to slither into a sewer opening and make it’s way through the s bend of your toilet.
'Sewers will sometimes have rats so it’s only natural for the snake to follow the food trail.'
She suggests to check window screens for any holes and keep rubbish in sealed bags or bins.
If any rats or mice are find, she recommends calling pest control to deal with the situation.
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