Last night I was getting ready to go to bed and went into the upstairs bathroom for my bedtime pee. Fortunately I turned on the light. When I lifted the toilet lid, I saw movement... There in the hole under the water was a snake. I could see a coil or two, not the head. Dark, probably black. To my credit I did not screech. I closed the lid, went downstairs, and told my husband there is a snake in the toilet. "Did you try to flush it?" "No, I'm getting my camera first. This is a bloggable event."
So we both traipsed upstairs, lifted the lid again, and took pictures (Mom has my card reader - photo to come later). Still not much visible, but it did move. Definitely creepy. We closed the lid and hit the flush lever. We did not get the happy "glurp" noise that a completed flush makes. Which means we might well have had a now pissed off snake in the toilet. We decided placing a heavy bin on the toilet lid, closing the bathroom door, and blocking the crack under the bathroom door was the best course of action. It was after 10, so I was not going to call my early to bed mother and stepfather (aka landlords). Keep in mind, this is the upstairs bathroom - not the ground level.
This morning I called Mom. My stepdad and one of his employees went to investigate. The snake was not visible in the bowl, but the toilet won't flush right, nearly overflowing. I pointed out that there is a plunger by the toilet. Otherwise, the may have to snake the snake (ew).
The theory is that it came up through the septic system, and got stuck and probably drowned when we tried to flush it.
I am never going to pee without turning on the light in the middle of the night again...
Eep.
