Mum's unwelcome visitor after opening doors during heatwave
A mother who had her doors open on the weekend as the temperature soared will think twice before doing so again when her Saturday was interrupted by a venomous visitor.
The Queensland woman, from Samford, in the Moreton Bay region, first spotted an eastern brown in her home on Saturday around lunch time.
She thinks the snake slithered out of a bedroom and headed into the laundry where she had been earlier.
The mother called the snake catcher – who found the reptile seeking refuge in the sink.
“If she hadn’t have seen the snake she would have gone back to do some more laundry,” Steve Brown from Brisbane North Snake Catchers and Relocation told Yahoo7.
Mr Brown said the mum, whose husband had been away on the weekend, does not know how long the snake had been in the home.
But added she had left the doors open in the living area, as she does not have air conditioning in that part of the home.
“It was a bit of a fright for her… She was petrified,” he said.
“She’s not opening [the doors] any more.”
Mr Brown said he bagged the unwanted houseguest, but the following morning at about 10am the same woman called with two more eastern browns looking for somewhere to cool down.
The first and the larger of the two, had been at the front door.
“It was pushing on the glass trying to get in.” Mr Brown explained.
The second one, which was smaller and believed to be a female, was in a courtyard and had been “tapping on the window.”
When Mr Brown arrived he could only find the bigger one, but the smaller snake, which might still be somewhere nearby, could also be to blame for the increased reptile activity.
“If there is an influx of snakes this time of year around your place there’s a possibility there is an ovulating female close by, which the males can smell causing an increase of snakes around your property,” the snake catcher explained.
He is now reminding people to keep their doors and windows shut, and if you go outside to close doors behind you.
“If you spot a snake indoors don’t try to attempt to catch it yourself – call a licensed snake catcher,” Mr Brown advised.
