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One of the two massive carpet snakes that made a home in David Tait's ceiling.
David Tait found the two reptiles, 2.8m and 2.5m long respectively, weighing about 22kg in total, in his Dayboro home on Monday morning.
They had smashed a hole in the fibro ceiling in his kitchen before they slithered their way to a bedroom and the living room.
Mr Tait told Westside News he had occasionally seen snakes basking on his roof on cold mornings, but had never heard movements in his roof before.
Two carpet snakes, weighing a combined 22kg, have smashed a hole in a Dayboro kitchen ceiling.
“We have a lot of bush around here so you do see snakes,’’ Mr Tait said.
“When I came back this morning there was a large slab (of ceiling fibro) on the kitchen table.
“I found one snake in the bedroom and we found one in the lounge room.”
It comes as Tuesday, September 1 marks the official beginning of snake breeding season, according to Steven Brown from Brisbane North Snake Catchers and Relocation.
One of the two massive carpet snakes that made a home in David Tait's ceiling.
Mr Brown said the snakes in Mr Tait’s kitchen roof had been “some of the biggest and fattest” he’d ever seen.
Mr Brown said although carpet snakes could theoretically get up to 4m long, 3m was considered about the largest size in the wild.
He relocated both at a state forest about 1km away.
One of the two massive carpet snakes that made a home in David Tait's ceiling.
- By ELLEN RANSLEY 19 MINUTES AGO SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
David Tait found the two reptiles, 2.8m and 2.5m long respectively, weighing about 22kg in total, in his Dayboro home on Monday morning.
They had smashed a hole in the fibro ceiling in his kitchen before they slithered their way to a bedroom and the living room.
Mr Tait told Westside News he had occasionally seen snakes basking on his roof on cold mornings, but had never heard movements in his roof before.
Two carpet snakes, weighing a combined 22kg, have smashed a hole in a Dayboro kitchen ceiling.
“We have a lot of bush around here so you do see snakes,’’ Mr Tait said.
“When I came back this morning there was a large slab (of ceiling fibro) on the kitchen table.
“I found one snake in the bedroom and we found one in the lounge room.”
It comes as Tuesday, September 1 marks the official beginning of snake breeding season, according to Steven Brown from Brisbane North Snake Catchers and Relocation.
One of the two massive carpet snakes that made a home in David Tait's ceiling.
Mr Brown said the snakes in Mr Tait’s kitchen roof had been “some of the biggest and fattest” he’d ever seen.
Mr Brown said although carpet snakes could theoretically get up to 4m long, 3m was considered about the largest size in the wild.
He relocated both at a state forest about 1km away.
