Woman left terrified after finding random snake underneath her sofa

Michelle Mintram, the proprietor of the ARK Wildlife and Dinosaur Park successful Stickney, Lincolnshire, revealed terrified locals volition sometimes telephone them aft spotting snakes successful their homes

A pistillate was near stunned aft discovering a snake hiding nether her sofa.

On the greeting of Sunday, October 6, the ARK Wildlife and Dinosaur Park successful Stickney was alerted by a distressed nonmigratory of Boston, Lincolnshire, who had recovered the slinky reptile cowering nether the furnishings successful her surviving room. The park's owner, Michelle Mintram, said sometimes they volition person calls astir snakes connected the loose, including a boa constrictor recovered by a landlord, and an American cornsnake discovered successful Spilsby conservatory.

Reptile adept Jamie was deployed, equipped with a snake hook and transportation case, to analyse what was happening. When helium arrived, the terrified family-of-four were waiting extracurricular successful their garden, fearing the snake whitethorn person been venomous. But Jamie soon enactment them astatine eastbound erstwhile helium identified the intruder arsenic a harmless Florida Kingsnake.

Using his tools, helium managed to seizure and region the 3ft snake, which was astir apt an escaped pet. It wouldn't person survived agelong retired successful the unfastened successful Lincolnshire owed to being autochthonal to Florida, wherever temperatures are considerably higher.

Michelle shared: "The snake, temporarily named Mickey aft 1 of Florida's astir famous, was taken backmost to the Ark to beryllium warmed up and fixed a wellness check. Apart from a tiny sore spot connected his nose, Mickey appears to beryllium successful bully wellness contempt his ordeal and has already eaten astatine the Ark," reports Lincolnshire Live.

"If anyone has mislaid a Florida Kingsnake successful the section country delight interaction the Ark astatine [email protected]. The Ark squad volition request to spot impervious of ownership. In the mean clip he's harmless and good and if nary proprietor comes guardant he'll enactment the Ark." For much information, you tin scope retired to reptile adept Jamie connected 07546 295977.