Finding a huge snake in your house is enough to make anyone experience a lot of different
emotions.
This kind of thing doesn't happen often, so it's understandable that it can be pretty
scary.
But discovering something unexpected and worrisome in the home like a huge snake with a secret
inside its stomach, that's something else entirely.
And when they figured out what it was, they were even more surprised.
It began as a typical day for this Australian family.
But, it ended up being anything but typical.
Indeed, on that fateful day in February 2016 the lives of the family was changed forever.
There was no way they could have expected an enormous wild carpet python to slither
into their home.
Although it may seem like dangerous animals are everywhere in Australia, this is true
for many other places in the world as well.
Even in Oz, it's unreasonable to assume that you should live with the fear of giant snakes
crawling into your house and eating things.
But that's exactly what this serpent did.
Of course, most people with pets have come to accept that basically, nothing is off limits
when it comes to chewing.
Indeed, anyone who's ever had a dog will be able to tell you how household items quickly
get turned into two toys, but this slippery intruder had taken things to another level.
Now, back to the story.
Thankfully upon discovering the snake, the family, including their pet dog, managed to
escape the house in time before the snake could pose any serious threat to them.
So instead, it turned its attention to something else.
When they realized what was happening, the family quickly took action.
They contacted reptile, relocation and awareness, a company that specializes in all things reptiles.
And it wasn't long before one of its employees, Tony Harrison arrived at the house.
However, this wasn't going to be just another reptile relocation.
Because when the family told Harrison about the surprise waiting in the serpent stomach,
he rushed the creature to the vet lounge a medical facility for cold blooded creatures.
There, the Python was submitted to an x-ray, which soon revealed exactly what it had decided
to chow down on.
And sitting there in its digestive tract was an object, surprisingly, familiar to the family.
Indeed, it turned out that the snake had rudely trespassed in this family's home and eaten
Ted their plush inanimate Teddy bear.
It was particularly fortunate then that Harrison had taken it to the vet lounge.
If not the consequences for the Python could have been disastrous.
In fact, Ted the Teddy bear been left inside the snake, it could have been fatal for the
slithery beast.
According to Harrison, the bear could have caused a block in the intestine, which would
most likely have resulted in death.
After all soft toys aren't usually on the reptilian menu.
“I've seen them eat tea towels, plastic bags, and fake chook eggs.
If it smells good, they'll eat anything.”
Harrison told the daily mail.
But he said that if the bear was left inside the snake, infection would eventually set
in and the snake would die.
In order to save the snake's life then Ted had to be removed, hopefully saving the poor
bear's life in the process too.
And so the specialists at the vet lounge quickly took the Python into emergency surgery.
Cutting open a snake isn't exactly the simplest thing in the world.
But luckily the folks at the vet lounge had the necessary training required to do it safely.
So they got to work on the unwitting Python, which had apparently mistaken Ted for a real
life critter.
First, the vets placed the snake under a protective mat before meticulously clipping open its
belly.
Then they were able to see inside his belly and search for the problematic toy.
And just as the x-ray had shown there under the snake’s skin was Ted.
As the vets pulled Ted from his slippery prison, the family no doubt breathed a collective
sigh of relief.
As would Ted were he a real bear, although if that was the case, the greedy Python may
not have had such a hard time eating him.
Thankfully, under the trained expertise of the staff at the vet lounge, the emergency
surgery went off without a hitch.
Not only was Ted salvage from the innards of the Python, but the reptile was saved too.
Indeed, practice manager Kylie Barba told the daily mail- “retrieving a Teddy bear
from a snake is definitely a first, but our veteran surgeon has removed objects from a
number of animals.”
Of course, it's no surprise that the Teddy bear was looking a little worse for wear after
his ordeal.
After all, he just travelled through the innards of a Python and lived to tell the tale.
But thankfully, and no doubt to the relief of his family.
It wasn't long before Ted was back to normal.
And he's now back safe at home in the care of the family's dog who apparently has a soft
spot for the stuffed toy.
The unfortunate snake meanwhile had to remain under the watchful eye of the vet lounges
expert staff, while it recuperated from its surprise surgery.
Ultimately it will be released back into the wild with a little help from the staff at
vet lounge then, this story thankfully had a happy ending all around.
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