{"id":350616,"date":"2017-09-04T14:38:34","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T14:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=350616"},"modified":"2017-11-10T12:32:24","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T12:32:24","slug":"python-found-lurking-in-bathroom-toilet-in-southend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/python-found-lurking-in-bathroom-toilet-in-southend\/","title":{"rendered":"Python found lurking in bathroom toilet in Southend"},"content":{"rendered":"
A five-year-old boy was shocked to discover a python inside his toilet when he lifted up the lid.<\/p>\n
He was “frantic” when he found it in the bathroom at home in Southend, Essex, his mother Laura Cowell said.<\/p>\n
Specialists from pet shop Scales and Fangs came to the rescue, removing the harmless 3ft (91cm) baby royal python.<\/p>\n
“It smelt of bleach and a bit toilet-y,” Ethan Pinion from the store said. The snake “most likely came up the u-bend” and is expected to recover fully.<\/p>\n