Overview
- Rachel Bloor awoke in Brisbane to a 2.5‑metre carpet python on her bed and calmly guided it out through a second‑storey window.
- She believes the non‑venomous snake pushed through plantation shutters to enter her bedroom, and no injuries were reported.
- Ipswich-based catchers report increased snake movement with hot weather and newly hatching eggs, leading to more residential sightings.
- Handlers say urban expansion and gaps in home structures provide shelter and entry points that bring snakes into backyards and houses.
- At a Pine Mountain property, 16 carpet python eggs were collected for incubation, and the injured mother was later euthanised by rescuers.