Snakes take over the hisstern! Woman who thought her toilet was broken when it wouldn't flush is horrified to find FOUR tree snakes coiled up inside
- Sofie Pearson found four intruders in her North Queensland bathroom recently
- Four common tree snakes found coiled up inside toilet, which blocked cistern
- Not the first time snakes have managed to sneak inside her home near Ingham
A woman has recalled the terrifying moment she discovered four snakes lurking in her blocked toilet cistern after it refused to flush.
North Queensland woman Sofie Pearson had an eventful trip to the bathroom earlier this month.
She lifted the toilet lid to investigate why the flush wouldn't work and was horrified to find four snakes coiled up inside.
Sofie Pearson (pictured) was shocked to find out why her toilet cistern was blocked
'Was wondering why my toilet was so hard to flush, all are alive and well,' Ms Pearson later captioned the terrifying phcoto to Townsville Snake Catchers Facebook group.
The sneaky intruders turned out to be common tree snakes, ranging from 50cm to one metre in size.
'I went to the toilet and then I went to flush it and I really had to push down on the button to get it to work, so I was a bit confused,' Ms Pearson told Sunrise.
'So I figured I'd just pull the top off and check what the issue was.
'I looked at it for a second and thought, that's not right.'
The unwelcome bathroom intruders turned out to be common tree snakes (pictured)
Ms Pearson then rushed out to her car to grab her phone to take a photo and film the snakes before calling for help to remove the unwelcome guests.
'I called a friend and he came and wrangled them out for me because I was not touching them,' she said.
The reptiles were removed with a stick and released into a nearby cane field unharmed.
It's not the first time snakes have snuck into Ms Pearson's home in Cordelia near Ingham.
'A month or two ago, I had another tree snake that was in the bathroom, not in the toilet, but next to it,' she said.
Sofie Pearson (pictured) took of a photo and video of the snakes before calling a friend
'I live in an old house and I have a few cracks in the floorboards so I assume they get in through there.'
Common tree snakes are non-venomous reptiles found in a variety of habitats in the northern tropics and eastern Australia.
They're harmless to humans but will defend themselves by producing a foul odour and may bite if it feels threatened when approached.
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