Shop owner goes to unblock drain only to find three-foot long snake

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Shop owner goes to unblock drain only to find three-foot long snake
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Forget snakes on a plane, we now have snakes on a drain! A business owner in Worcestershire was left stunned when a blockage in his pipes emerged to be a snake in a drain 🐍

A business owner was left stunned when a blockage in his pipes emerged to be a snake in a drain.

Staff at the shop – on Pershore High Street in Worcestershire – previously thought the drain was simply blocked with leaves.In a statement, the company said: ‘We are on call over the festive period and we were called by a local business owner who originally thought they had some kind of issue with their guttering and downpipe.

‘They didn’t know what to do so they called us and we were able to head down and get him safely into the pillow.’After it was rescued, the snake was taken to a vet to see if it had been microchipped. Hinton Pest Control added: ‘We took him to De Montfort Veterinary Surgery in Pershore and discovered he was not microchipped.Pest controllers are trying to reunite the reptile with his owner ‘We are now in the process of trying to reunite him with his owner.’In the latter case, the reptile wasIt was spotted slithering along the carriage of a Southern Rail train by staff at the Selhurst Train Depot in Croydon, south London.

The service had been travelling between London, Kent and Sussex for weeks until the unexpected stowaway was discovered.

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