Photos: North Texas family's home overrun by 24 rattlesnakes, one slithers up toilet

A family in Jones County had 24 rattlesnakes removed from their home in January 2017. A family in Jones County had 24 rattlesnakes removed from their home in January 2017. Photo: Courtesy/Facebook Photo: Courtesy/Facebook Image 1 of / 47 Caption Close Photos: North Texas family's home overrun by 24 rattlesnakes, one slithers up toilet 1 / 47 Back to Gallery

A rattlesnake in a North Texas family's toilet led reptile removal crews to find the serpent's 23 other friends and family members beneath the Jones County home earlier this year.

In a Facebook post Monday, Big Country Snake Removal said they were called to the home near Abilene after a rattlesnake was found hanging out in a family's toilet.

The snake sneaked into the toilet bowl through an opening in a relief pipe, according to the company. Further investigation led inspectors to find found 13 adult rattlesnakes in a storm cellar, and found 10 others, five of them babies, underneath the property, according to the post.

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The 10 rattlesnakes underneath the house were piled up on top of one another in a corner, as seen in the photos. In total, the company removed 24 rattlesnakes from the property.

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"How is this possible? It's actually simple," the snake removal company wrote on their Facebook page. "Rattlesnakes are secretive and can be very cryptic. They rely heavily on their camouflage. This is simply how they survive. Just because you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't there."

Why are snake inspections important? Last week we received a call from a family in Jones county who had an adult... Posted by Big Country Snake Removal on Monday, January 30, 2017

The company's Facebook post of the incident has been shared more than 2,700 times and has more than 600 comments from many who are shocked, declaring they would move away if they found that many snakes in their house.

Annaliese Scoggin, a wildlife biologist with Texas Parks and Wildlife, told KTXS snakes are more commonly found during warm weather and when rodents are present.

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"They'll come out on warm days and then retreat to their hibernaculums when we have cold weather or overnight. So, we may see some snakes during the day, so you have to watch where you're stepping and putting your hands to keep you safe," she said, adding on warm days rattlesnakes tend to rattle.

She also said snakes go wherever rodents, like rats, go. To avoid snakes and rodents in a home, Scoggin said to remove what they like— trash, brush piles and abandoned cars.

The Big Country Snake Removal company did not immediately respond for comment.

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