A Cape Flats mother claims this tiny snake slithered out of her tap into her baby’s bath water.
Zaundre Concert, 24, of Newfields, near Hanover Park, says she was running her six-month-old daughter’s bath on Monday when she saw the snake squirming into the water.
The shocked mother of two, who is recovering from gastroenteritis, says she got a moerse skrik when she saw the 20cm slangetjie.
“I thought it’s probably just an insect. But when I tried to kill it using a peg, it stayed alive,” she says.
“It didn’t feel like a worm. It felt rubbery and is smaller than a ruler’s length.”
The family put the snake in a lunchbox and took a video of it.
“It has not died despite our attempts trying to squash it and it swims very fast.
“I don’t know if this is because of the drought that we are finding these things in the water, but I also had gastro last week.
“My mother found a similar insect a few weeks ago, but let it wash down the drain," she says.
CLAIM: The snake found its way into Zaundre's baby's bath water. CREDIT: Supplied
Snake expert Freddie Q says it could be a flowerpot snake, also known as a Brahminy blind snake.
The tiny species only has females and usually stops growing at 20cm.
“It could be a flower pot snake, but is hard to see from a video,” he says.
Earlier this month, plumbers warned mense not to drink tap water as it will give you gastro.
But the City of Cape Town said the warning was a hoax and assured residents that tap water was safe to drink, as it gets tested regularly.
By late yesterday, the City did not respond to Daily Voice queries about the snake.
In November 2015, Bonteheuwel couple Joelene and Emile Booi said a similar slangetjie came out of their kitchen tap on two occasions.
At the time, the City said the snake must have climbed up the tap.
The water is treated before it goes into the system and taps are designed in such a way that nothing that big could pass through, they said.