A family home has become a snake hotspot after five carpet pythons were found at the house.
Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers' Stuart McKenzie was called to remove five snakes from a house in Buderim, Queensland in the past week.
Mr McKenzie carefully caught and relocated the pythons in videos posted to the Snake Catchers Facebook page.
The first snakes were male and female carpet pythons, which Mr McKenzie found entangled on the balcony ledge when he first arrived at the house.
"We've got a male and a female, they're on top of the deck and looks like they're about to mate. She's playing hard to get I think," Mr McKenzie said in a video.
"Looks like they've just had dinner and decided to be friends," his colleague commented.
Four hours later, Mr McKenzie was called to the same house as another carpet python was found at the residence.
A male carpet python was lying on outdoor chairs on the deck, just metres away from where the previous snakes were mating.
"I'd say that this is another male thinking that he can get a bit lucky with the female. But unfortunately, buddy, they're already gone," Mr McKenzie said in the clip.
"So he's very active on the search, he's knows that there's been a female here. But unfortunately, she's been shipped off with another bloke. Sorry my friend, we're going to have to get you out of here."
The fourth carpet python was unusually found in the basement of the house slithering on some scaffolding.
"He's a bit cold, he should be out in the sun," Mr McKenzie said.
The fifth and final snake was a "whopper" male carpet python found on the same seating on the deck as the third snake.
"Holy dooley! That is huge. It must be a big male, this is one of the biggest snakes I've ever seen in Buderim. Especially thickest. Maybe not the longest, but it's pretty thick," Mr McKenzie said.
"I don't think it's the Buderim beast from months ago, which we couldn't find. But it's certainly a whopper!"
Mr McKenzie picked up the snake with his hands and placed it into a specialist snake catching bag before releasing the python in the bush.
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The snake catcher said the snakes were likely attracted to the house because "a female came through and potentially left pheromones."
"The other males have come in on her scent, usually that's what happens. But it could have just been pure unlucky. Lucky or unlucky, however you want to look at it," Mr McKenzie told Australian Community Media.
"At this time of year we get plenty of situations where we get two or three snakes at one property, not usually five though."
Mr McKenzie also had some advice for people wishing to reduce the chance of snakes ending up on their property.
"It's a matter of reducing hiding spots, making sure you don't have any rodents around and just maintaining the yard as best as you can," he said.
Mr McKenzie and his colleagues at Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7 currently star on TV show Aussie Snake Wranglers, which airs on National Geographic.
Watch a trailer for Aussie Snake Wranglers here:
Shivé Prema
I am a video journalist and host of the Newcastle Herald TikTok account! I spend most of my days filming and editing videos but also like to write articles as well. I'm new to Newcastle, so I like to spend my spare time exploring this city and its many beaches.
I am a video journalist and host of the Newcastle Herald TikTok account! I spend most of my days filming and editing videos but also like to write articles as well. I'm new to Newcastle, so I like to spend my spare time exploring this city and its many beaches.
