A Wirral woman got a shock when a vivid orange-coloured snake slithered across a drainpipe at her home.
The North American corn snake was on the loose at a property in Bidston Avenue, Birkenhead, last Saturday (July 2). It's thought he may have been discarded or he may have escaped his enclosure.
Corn snakes are among the North American species of rat snakes that kill their prey by constriction. But they are not venomous or dangerous to humans, although the RSPCA advises anyone finding a snake they believe is non-native, like this corn one, to keep a safe distance.
