A KAAPSE ou got a moerse skrik when his neighbours called him to help with a slang in their toilet bowl
When Jason van Rooyen was called to his friends’ home in Parklands, Cape Town, he found a highly-venomous Cape cobra hanging out of the toilet and immediately called a snake handling expert.
He says: “On Sunday, I was called by my neighbours saying that they needed help with a Cape cobra that was in their toilet.
“I went around to the neighbour and saw that the snake was half in the toilet pot and half out. “I then decided not to disturb the snake. I then contacted a snake handler who did an amazing job and did not play around when removing the snake.
“I must admit my adrenaline was rushing through my body when I first saw it because I know how dangerous it is.”
Andrew MacLeod of Snake Relocation didn’t hang slange as he removed the dangerous serpent.
He explains: “We catch about three to four snakes a week.
“On Sunday, someone called me and told me about the situation. And I asked them to put me through to the owner.
“It was also a five-minute job. I took the snake and left it in the bush about two kilometres away from Parklands.
“A Cape cobra is highly venomous and if it bites, your breathing will be affected and you should never look around but just drive to the nearest hospital.”
MacLeod said his company has been busy during the last few months.
He says: “We normally see such snakes in the late spring and summer months; that is when they are active.”
“They come out because of the heat.”
He advised that people take note of their surroundings and keep their yaard skoon.
McLeod warns: “There is nothing anyone can do to repel snakes, except a tidy yard, with no rubble and man-made shelters and artificial water ponds that attract prey like mice and frogs. No chemicals will work, even the off-the-shelf products; we have tested them.”
