Overview
- Video posted to Reddit shows the gardener carefully cutting away mesh with scissors to release the snake from a raised bed.
- The snake was identified in reports as a gopher snake, a species not native to the UK but available from reptile retailers and breeders.
- After the rescue, the gardener said he would reconsider using bird netting as a deterrent around his beds.
- The RSPCA advises that animals freed from constrictive materials should be checked by professionals because injuries can emerge later.
- Reddit users shared similar encounters, including one fatality, and offered rescue tips such as using curved, blunt-ended pruning shears.