EEK! Toddler Finds Snake Inside Family’s Toilet

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The owner of a 4-foot-long carpet snake may just be in trouble after a family found it inside their toilet on Friday.

Buted Dashdemberel said that her toddler discovered the snake inside their apartment on 143rd Street in Seattle’s Lake City area.

This had been the first time that Dashdemberel saw a snake in person.

“I scream, called my husband and I said, ‘There’s a real snake in there.’ He didn’t believe me,” she said. “I’m still thinking, ‘Is this real? Is it a dream or something?’”

A Lake City family found a snake in their toilet. If it’s yours, please call 206 625-5011. https://t.co/ZBJqr6GmwM pic.twitter.com/vAjY4eM4SN— Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) November 25, 2017

The family had trouble trying to reach rescue workers that could take the reptile, because of the holiday weekend.

They called the apartment managers, who then sent two employees to fish the snake out of the toilet, after consulting with reptile experts.

Carpet snakes are not known to be venomous so this was a dangerous exercise.

Dashdemberel has video footage, which shows two employees struggling to pull the snake out of the toilet due to the snake’s size.

“It’s stuck down in the pipes,” one of the employees says in the video. “I’m pulling it out the toilet and this thing is huge.”

Another employee responds, “I can feel how much force you’re using to try to get it out of the toilet.”

In the video, the employees successfully get the snake out and place it in a large tub.

Seattle police said that the Pacific Northwest Herpetological Society would take the female carpet snake.

Officials with the nonprofit rescue reportedly believe the snake might have been intentionally flushed down the toilet.

The owner of the snake, who also lives at the apartment complex, has been located and might face consequences. The complex does not allow snakes as pets.

Apartment employees said that they believe the snake escaped and the incident remains under investigation.

Carpet snakes are fairly rare in Washington, according to the Herpetological Society — almost as rare as finding a snake in your toilet during the holiday weekend.

“I still cannot go back in the bathroom, and I’m really scared,” Dashdemberel said. “But we saved his life! That’s why I feel OK.”