A terrified mum says she has been left unable to sleep after finding a giant snake on the floor of her bathroom.
Kayleigh Ball, 33, described the horrifying incident when her kids called her saying there was a snake in the bathroom and at first she assumed it was a toy.
But the distressed mum-of-four soon realised her mistake when the creature on her bathroom floor began to writhe and squirm.
Kayleigh said she has had trouble sleeping since finding the serpent in her Liverpool council home as it has since disappeared and she has no idea where it is.
The 33-year-old told The ECHO : "It was bedtime and I took the kids up to bed at around half seven when one of them started shouting 'it's a snake in the bathroom'.
"When I saw it I told them it was just a toy. I moved it lightly with my foot and it didn't move.
"When my kid turned on the bathroom light, it started moving and I s*** myself. It's skinny but it's huge,
"You find spiders and flies in your house, not a f*****g snake."
Kayleigh closed the bathroom door and placed down a towel, covering the small gap between the door and the floor, before comforting her children and putting them to bed.
By the time she went back into the bathroom, she saw the snake go behind the back of her toilet.
She continued: "I saw it go behind the toilet and I haven't seen it since. I've since read they are attracted to dark places.
"I had to get a bath and I must have set a new world record for the quickest bath and hair wash ever.
"I was constantly checking the floor and the water to make sure the snake didn't come back."
Kayleigh said she feels "on edge" after finding the snake and she will have trouble sleeping until it is gone.
She said: "I'm going to have to call the council on Tuesday. My palms will be sweating until I know this snake is gone.
"I literally have no idea where it has come from and I don't know if it's venomous."
