A bad case of the twitches
“After searching everywhere I eventually found the snake inside a drawer."
A black mamba was brought to the Ballito Veterinary Hospital on Friday, suffering from a case of ‘the twitches’.
The venomous snake was caught about two years ago at Impact Engineering in Shakaskraal by Crocodile Creek’s Sean LeClus.
“After searching everywhere I eventually found the snake inside a drawer. It was not the nicest catch as I did not have any protection with me,” he said.
The female snake was taken to Crocodile Creek and has been a resident there ever since.
The snake has been healthy and lived in its own cage and with other mambas.
“I do not know whether it was the stress of learning Microsoft word and excel in the Impact offices or staying with the other girls in the cage caused it, but she got the twitches,” LeClus joked.
The mamba was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis and has been prescribed a course of anti-bacterial injections.
The infection caused her to twitch.
“She should make a full recovery. The course of injections should sort her out.”
The snake is around 2.7 metres long and LeClus estimates she is around five-years-old.
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