A man in Malaysia was left needing medical treatment after a snake bit him on the backside as he sat on the toilet, he has said.
A Nigerian Air Force Officer, identified as Lance Corporal Bercy has been reportedly killed by a snake in her toilet. The incident occurred in her home in Abuja on Saturday. It was learnt that the snake made its way into her toilet bowl and bit her when she sat on the toilet seat.
This startling headline is not new, but it is becoming more common each summer in Australia. Snakes can not only find their way into your toilet bowl, they can swim through sewers and contort themselves through the s bend of your toilet pan to say hello.
A snake can get into an opening on the connecting pipes, the inspection chamber, septic tank, soak-away pit (like a big crack on the cover slab) and conveniently make its way into the pipe that links the toilet bowl to these structures, then up, into the house.
Keep your toilet lid closed at all times and you can also make use of a flat tile to cover your bathroom filter when you're not in the bathroom so as to stop any further movement of the reptile through the pipes and also ensure that all pipes are well fixed and closed.
Snakes can enter toilets, but not through pipes
There have been many recorded instances of people finding snakes in their toilet bowls, across the world.
A toilet snake is a type of drain snake made specifically for use on toilets. You use a toilet snake the same way that you use a drain snake, but toilet snakes are made specifically so that they don't damage the porcelain of your toilet bowl.
Is it an urban legend, a joke, or a valid concern? According to experts, unfortunately, it can happen. Not only can snakes come up through the toilet, but other critters like rats, squirrels, and tree frogs can too. However, this is not a very common occurrence, so you can breathe a sigh of relief.
A snake catcher from Queensland Wildlife Solutions told the Courier Mail he only retrieves 10 snakes a year from toilets, so it definitely happens but it's not likely that every household in Brisbane or even Australia will experience a snake emerging from their toilet bowl.
According to Ray Mitchell from Mitchell Pest Services, noticing that "toilet paper has been chewed on or shredded" could be a red flag that a snake has made its way into your bathroom—especially if the roll doesn't look like there are usual tear marks on it.
Typically, snake bite victims tend to be young males, between 11 and 19 years old, who are bitten on the hand while trying to pick up the snake. People attempting to take a “selfie” with the snake are at high risk of being bitten.
In the case of a snake bite, we should take the infected person to the hospital. The doctors there give the anti-snake bite injection to the infected person to fight against the action of the snake's poison.
Why did the person with a stick attack the snake? Answer: The person attacked the snake when he saw it lying on the sand. He was driven by his own fear of snakes and their being venomous that led him to attack the snake to either kill it or drive it away.
"Including the brown, tiger, black, taipan, death adder and certain sea snakes and all these snakes are found in Queensland," Mr Farry said. "Most Australian snake bites are associated with minimal local pain and bite marks can be easily missed."
When it gets too hot and dry, they seek places with moisture, as some Australians are quickly learning. Luke Huntley, a snake catcher in Queensland, East Australia, had to remove snakes from people's bathrooms, as the country experiences a record-setting heat wave.
Snake In The Toilet
The phobia or fear of snakes (Ophidiophobia) is real.
A drain toilet snake is a long wire coil with a corkscrew-like tip that you feed into your pipes until it encounters the clog. Even the least expensive toilet snake will clear a toilet.
Any plumbing fixture – tubs, sinks and toilets alike – features a trap. A plumbing trap is a system of bending and curving pipes that block sewer gases from passing through drain pipes back to your home or building.
What method did the snake adopt to avoid getting hurt? Ans. The snake had its gracious moves of his thin long body. Thus, it was able to avoid getting hurt.
I agree with this statement that a snake does not want to bite a man unless it feels that a man is going to kill it. But people are of the opinion that all snakes are poisonous and it is their nature to bite a man. So, they want to kill it.
Ans. The doctor felt like a foolish and weak person when, already in the grip of a frightful snake, he realised that there was no medicine in the room for the snake bite, which was a distinct possibility at that moment. He felt helpless and frightened.
Keep the person calm and at rest, remaining as still as possible to keep venom from spreading. Cover the wound with loose, sterile bandage.
Redness, swelling, bruising, bleeding, or blistering around the bite. Severe pain and tenderness at the site of the bite. Nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea. Labored breathing (in extreme cases, breathing may stop altogether)
Ans. The snake did not strike the doctor although it was so near his face because the doctor remained motionless even when his life was in danger. Displaying great presence of mind, the doctor stayed still like a stone which assured the snake that there was no danger to it.