TWO more snakes were recovered from a commercial premises in Orange and a bathroom cabinet in Molong on the weekend, but one of Orange’s serpent experts says the numbers are steady.
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Molong resident Kim Bell said his 23-year-old daughter was in the hallway when she saw the snake cross into the bathroom.
“We live out on a farm so we see them around, we’ve had one in the laundry. I told her to barricade it in there so it couldn’t get out,” he said.
“By the time I got home and called Jake [Hansen, from Orange Snake Service], he was there in 15 minutes.”
Mr Hansen was also called to North Orange Shopping Centre to remove a red-bellied black snake from the former Mexican eatery after shoppers spotted it on the footpath and it retreated inside.
However, Mr Hansen said the number of snake sightings had been steady.
“Every summer seems to be the summer of the snake, but the population is stable,” he said.
“The town is expanding with more housing on the fringes, and the habitat destruction is putting people in closer with where they live.”
Orange Snake Service is free and can be reached by calling 0414 945 124 or via its Facebook page.
