A carpet python has been operated on by Gold Coast vets to remove four golf balls from
its intestine.
"People have been putting golf balls under their brooding hens pretending that they are
eggs to make the chickens happy," senior veterinarian at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
Dr Michael Pyne said.
"The snake has got in thinking that he has got a free meal and swallowed up these four
golf balls."
The snake was found by residents at a house at Nobby's Creek near Murwillumbah in
northern New South Wales.
"They knew pretty quickly what was going on so they called us and we sent some wildlife
officers around to pick him up," Dr Pyne said.
"We did the surgery a couple of weeks ago and he's doing quite well.
"During the surgery we could see the name of the golf balls through the intestine because
they were so stretched from these large golf balls being in there."