The gran-of-11 misinterpreted the albino stake in her garden, informing her family that she believed it was a branch due to her bad vision.
Gill Peters, 79, remembers remaining in her garden in Truro, Cornwall, when she discovered the white reptile.
She tossed it into the turf and called child Shereen Allen, 51 on January 6, who rushed over with her kid.
The mum-of-five joked that her Gill called her since she discovered what ‘need to be a branch’ since of her vision.
But she was left scared after discovering the reptile huddled in the turf.
Police officers were called, and assisted to discover someplace to re-home the snake, which is now said to be flourishing at a reptile rescue.
Speaking about the occurrence, Shereen said: “We believed ‘there’s no other way there’s a snake’.
“Normally she can’t see for toffee.
“Mum said ‘I chose it up and chucked it in the hedge’.
“It was so charming, we didn’t understand what snake it was at that point.”
She then went on to discuss how they handled to securely store the snake while the cops went to, stating: “We chose it up with a gripper and put it in a box with holes in it.
“The cops were incredible, the RSCPA didn’t respond to the phone and the veterinarians were not really handy.
“Luckily the reptile person took it, he has actually sent great deals of videos of it.
“I didn’t believe it was going to have a happy ending. There was no safe location to keep it.
“It wasn’t the Friday we were anticipating.”
