Posted on 09/20/2022 8:11:10 AM PDT by Red Badger
Officers with the Eufaula Police Department in Alabama responded to a home to remove a gray rat snake from the resident's toilet. Photo courtesy of the Eufaula Police Department/Facebook Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Police in Alabama responded to a residence to deal with an unusual situation when the homeowner found a snake in their toilet.
The Eufaula Police Department said officers with the day shift responded to help a homeowner who found a snake in their toilet bowl.
"We never know from one day to the next what kind of call we will receive during our shift," the department said in a Facebook post.
The snake, a "harmless" gray rat snake, was released in "a more suitable habitat," the department said.
"In the snakes defense, he was just trying to reach the homeowner about their car's extended warranty," the post quipped.
“Okay...we’ll relocate the snake. But we don’t want any complaints if a rat bites your backside.”
James Carville must be the new Tidybowl man?
Gray RAT snake in the toilet. Was its name Elizabeth War-Hen?
Scary, but in a funny way.
If that happened to me, a Rat Snake in the bowl, I would probably followed this homeowner’s example, spend a few minutes soaping and rinsing the toilet bowl, then a few drops of Pine Sol or Febreeze with lemon scent. Only then, after I had gotten the bowl looking ‘presentable’ and aired the room out, would I call the police or health department.
Now, if I were somewhere in the tropics, and saw an angry Anaconda down there, flashing his fangs, all my vanity about presenting a clean rest room to the public would be put on hold. Too dangerous to matter at that point.
Just another day in Florida.
5.56mm
Anaconda don’t have fangs, they are constrictors...............
"May I suggest Rat Poison?"
The snake was then safely transferred to the Demonicrat voter registration list.
Oh, no fangs on the Anaconda?
Then, I could complete my cleaning routine before inviting the Cops in. I’ll just keep my arms far away from the bowl, so ‘Curly’ the snake doesn’t reach out and try to touch somebody’s hands.
They sneak up on their prey, encircle it, then suddenly constrict and it suffocates......................🤢
Why did the Taxpayers have to pay for this homeowner’s lament?
The homeowners should have called a plumber and paid the bill.
Or Animal Control....or ‘Animal Welfare’......what used to be called ‘Dog Catcher’............
Poor snake... Hope it wasn’t too traumatized by slithering around in... THAT.
It is my experience that snakes will not venture into a home unless they smell rat or mice urine/feces.................
How did Clinton get in there?
A pest control company would be a better choice than a plumber, but the homeowner, probably a taxpayer, may have panicked and called 911 for help, especially if there were children in the home.
My father killed plenty of snakes with a shovel in our yard, but when he found a cottonmouth in his tool cabinet which kept moving from drawer to drawer via the back, he ended up calling for help since he couldn’t shoot it or whack it safely. A deputy arrived and dealt with it somehow. Happily, I was at work and missed out on all the “fun”.
As an owner of a Yellow Anaconda, let me say, they are completely misunderstood.
This happened to my sister one time. Someone left the cap off the outside sewer line clean out. Crawled in and crawled up into the toilet.
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