Overview

• On June 15, Natasha Robinson discovered a 7ft snake inside her three-year-old daughter’s bedroom and promptly moved her children and family cats to safety.
• Unable to find professional help on a Sunday, the family’s Facebook plea was answered by a nearby exotic-pet couple who captured the hissing constrictor after two hours.
• Reporters identified the reptile as a Taiwanese Beauty Rat Snake, a non-venomous constrictor legal to own in Britain without a licence but capable of defensive bites.
• The snake is now being fostered by its rescuers and no owner has come forward to claim it.
• The family suspects the animal entered through an open upstairs window, leaving the snake’s origin uncertain.