[Taylor] In here we have Pablo.
Pablo's a large Carpet python that came in to us
after eating an unknown structure in somebody's backyard.
So after some X-rays and some discussions with the finder,
we discovered that he'd actually eaten some dog harnesses and dog leads.
We spent a fair bit of time under anesthesia using an endoscope
to search for this material that we knew was down in his stomach
and had been there for at least a few days.
The beauty of getting it out that way instead of going to surgery means
he can be released quite soon after the procedure. Whereas if he had a surgery,
he would have to stay in for several weeks.
[Taylor] We found it.
- Is that yellow thing part of the leash? [Taylor] Yeah, this is dog lead. All of this.
[Jamie] Is that all bruising?
[Taylor] No, that's the lead I think.
[Jamie] Oh it is too. - Yeah, wow.
[Taylor] We were able to massage it up
and grab it with some specialized instruments.
[Taylor] So it's about 80 centimeters in with the scope.
If I can feed anything down the scope
that will grab, I might be able to grab it.
[Taylor] This is just bubbles.
[Taylor] What can you feel?
[Jamie] So that's where they end there.
[Taylor] Are you sure that's them then?
-Yep. [Taylor] Not long enough.
[Jamie] That's the end of the lead here.
[Taylor] That's so close.
[Jamie] I think you should use
the long grabbers to try and get a piece down in here.
[Taylor] We're not going to get the scope in is going to be the issue.
[Jamie] Is it coming easily?
- I just feel like there's a lot of tension. [Taylor] There's tension.
-look at it!
[Taylor] We need the other pop stick just here.
[Taylor] Hang on, let's just-
(gasping) - Wait there's more down here, look.
[Taylor] There's a bow.
And then more leads.
-It ate two- two harnesses. [Taylor] Oh there's two?
- Yeah, I believe so.
[Taylor] Let's just slow up for a second and give it a massage
down that end. - He worked hard to get this down.
(gasping)
That's one.
But then, is the other one attached?
(gasping)
(cheering) - Oh my gosh!
Well done.
[Jamie] Told you it was a good idea. [Taylor] Thank you Jamie.
Well done.
[Taylor] All right.
Let's put the snake on an Ambu bag.
[Taylor] We managed to get it all back out his mouth
and right here I have the large dog leads, dog harnesses,
and even a poo bag holder that was pulled out of him.
So I'm sure Pablo's a lot more comfortable with these out of him now.
Luckily, there were no dogs attached to the other end of it,
and we've just been checking him each day,
looking in his mouth. There's just a few abrasions in there
from this going in and then having to come back out.
So once we see those healing nicely, we'll be looking at releasing him
within the next week or so and he's even eaten for us, which is a great -
- great step in the right direction.
[Toby] Okay, we’re just in a nice, quiet spot here.
We're just releasing Pablo, the Carpet python who has been in the hospital
for a few weeks after he ate a couple of dog leads and harnesses.
So Renee and I just letting him go today in a nice, quiet spot.
It's actually just around the corner from where he came from, so he knows the area.
Hopefully it's quiet enough, though, that he can-
he'll stay away from dog harnesses and leads.
He's also he's also very dark at the moment
‘cause he's getting ready to shed his skin.
So when we let him go, he'll probably just go and find somewhere nice
and quiet to curl up until he's ready to to shed his skin.
See, he's quite dark.
His eyes are even a little bit milky
Getting to release animals is easily the best part of our job,
especially when they have such a cool story, as Pablo.
They're all different too.
Sometimes they take off really slow, sometimes quite fast, like he did today.
Cool to see him in the water as well.
You can see as you saw today.
Every snake can swim, no matter what kind it is.
And he just took to that water straight away and just took off.
So, a really, really good day.