A mum was shocked to find a snake in her kitchen cupboard while cleaning.
Liz French, was left startled when she opened her cleaning cupboard to find the reptile staring back at her.
The yellow corn snake, called Kobe, belongs to Liz's neighbours but had been missing since June 1 after he escaped from his vivarium.
But just over a month later, Liz found the reptile hiding amongst her cleaning products - leaving the mum-of-three in shock.
Liz, 33, from Ramsgate, Kent, managed to lure the snake into an old Quality Street tin and reunited him with his owners.
The full-time mum, said: "My neighbour sent me a message at the beginning of June to let me know he had lost his snake and asked me to keep an eye out for it.
"I didn't think for one second it would turn up at my house!
"I was doing the usual clean on a Saturday when I went into my cleaning cupboard under the kitchen sink for some floor cleaner when I saw something move.
"I panicked and screamed but then I calmed down and called my dad who lives with my sister who owns snakes.
"He told me corn snakes aren't dangerous and to try and get him into a pot, so I grabbed the nearest thing which was an old Quality Street tin.
"It took a while, but I eventually managed to get him in after having to pick him up!"
Kobe was eventually reunited with his owners after the ordeal.
Liz who came across the snake on August 7, added: "I tried to lure him into the tub, but he wasn't going so my dad told me I would have to pick him up.
"I didn't want to lose him again, so I did it and they're surprisingly strong.
"It tried to fight to get away under the washing machine, but I wanted to catch him to give back to my neighbour because I knew they had been missing him.
"Once I got the tail in, his head would pop out and so on! "It was like a clip out of a comedy show.
"Our neighbour was so excited and grateful that we had found him.
"My three-year-old was really happy that the snake was orange - the same colour as his hair!
"As it's been quite warm, we've had the back door open a lot so we think he could have come in that way, but we might have been living with him in the house for a month!"
