While assisting to refurbish a house, a tradesperson was dealing with the ceiling when he identified something that “scared the living daylights” out of him: 2 big carpet pythons relaxing simply above the sheetrock.
Unwilling to work any more with 2 huge snakes in your home, the employees gotten in touch with Stuart McKenzie, owner of Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers, for help. McKenzie recorded the whole moving objective, consequently sharing the video with his almost 600,000 fans.
A common reptile moving for McKenzie includes plucking a snake from the flooring, attic, or outside space of a home or business. This one, nevertheless, wasn’t rather so basic, as the carpet pythons were in the ceiling.
“Pythons are amazing at squeezing and hiding in the tightest of spaces,” the snake catcher composed in the caption of his Facebook post. “This can make it difficult for us to catch.”
“Two snakes in a tricky position,” McKenzie said as he ventured to the pythons’ place. “Apparently scared the living daylights out of the electrician or the plumber. He got a bit of a surprise and he needs to keep working. … So we’re gonna head over now and get them out of his hair.”
With much of the ceiling already missing out on, the very first carpet python was fairly simple to reach. Standing on a ladder, McKenzie reached into the ceiling and dragged the snake out, its thick body appearing to extend a minimum of 5 feet.
The 2nd was a bit harder. Not just was the snake packed into a corner, quick asleep, however it was likewise in a less exposed location. To reach it, the snake catcher needed to take down pieces of the ceiling.
After getting the thumbs-up to do so, he started tearing portions away, gradually revealing the body of another substantial snake. “Looks like it’s a decent size,” McKenzie said. “Oh yeah, another healthy snake. Bit thicker than the other one, but similar length.”
Carpet pythons in the ceiling were likely a mated set
Rather than positioning the 2nd snake in its own bag, as he frequently makes with multiples, the snake catcher put the snakes in together.
As one carpet python was a male and the other a female, it was safe to presume they were a mated set. “I’m sure they’re lovers,” McKenzie explained as he dropped the 2nd snake into the bag.
Carpet pythons begin breeding at the end of winter season (June, July, and August for the Southern Hemisphere), indicating their common breeding season is ideal on the horizon. This set was getting a somewhat early start.
In late spring/early summer season, the female will lay anywhere from 10 to 50 eggs. She then breeds them for 10-15 weeks, utilizing muscular contractions to increase their body temperature level and keep the eggs warm.
When the eggs hatch, the infants are on their own. But the mother snake safeguards them increasingly up until that point.
“Can they bite?”
With the snakes securely stashed, the tradesperson lastly asked the huge concern: “Can they bite?”
The response, which the snake catcher provided truthfully, is yes, carpet pythons can bite. Their bite, nevertheless, isn’t almost as bad as their look may recommend.
Despite their challenging size, carpet pythons are a nonvenomous, fairly docile types. They do, obviously, have teeth. But without venom-injecting fangs, they can just do so much damage.
A bite would need cleansing and perhaps bandaging, like any moderate injury, however wouldn’t have anywhere near the deadly results frequently related to snake bites. And, like any snake, a carpet python won’t bite unprovoked. Instead, they utilize bites as a last hope when threatened.
