Black mamba eats pet hamster
The young man was looking after his little sister's pet hamster, while she was away, when he made the discovery.
LOCAL snake catcher, Nick Evans was called to a Glenwood home to remove a snake that found itself caught in a hamster’s cage, today.
He received a call from a young man in the Carrington Heights area (Glenwood) who had gone to check on his younger sister’s pet Russian Dwarf Hamster, as she was away.
Inside the cage was a black mamba and no hamster.
“I’ve caught black mambas in many weird and wonderful places, but never in a hamster cage,” said Evans, who rushed to the scene with fellow snake catcher, Duncan Slabbert.
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“We arrived and saw the mamba checking us out, head raised, looking very nervous. It was a bizarre sight, although very sad for the family I’m sure. What was this guy going to say to his poor sister? That’s an awkward conversation. But he had no hard feelings towards the mamba, which I appreciate,” said Evans.
Slabbert placed the cage on a nearby bed and carefully opened the top of the cage.
Evans reached in with the tongs and soon after had it secured in his hands. He said the snake was about 1.1m long, healthy and had an obvious bulge.
“After digesting it’s meal, it will be released, far from hamsters,” said Evans.
Evans has a show on the People’s Weather Channel (180) on DSTV.
A new episode of Snake Season will air tonight at 6pm, and each evening, until Thursday.
Contact Nick Evans on 072 809 5806.
Caxton Local Media Covid-19 reporting
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