One of the men allegedly at the centre of a snake-tossing incident inside a Saskatoon Tim Hortons says he would like to get his pet back.

Saskatoon police were called Dec. 8 following a disturbance at the coffee shop.

According to police, there was a dispute about somebody's breakfast sandwich, a garter snake was produced and somebody tossed it behind the counter.

The Tim Hortons restaurant in the 600 block of 22nd Street West where the snake-tossing incident is alleged to have taken place. (David Shield/CBC)

Screams followed, according to a video of the incident posted online.

Two men were charged with mischief and creating a disturbance. Luke Apooch and Christopher Cook, both 20, have been released and will be back in court next month.

Police said the snake was uninjured, has been given a new temporary home and will be released to the wild in the spring.

However, when CBC News called Apooch, he said he wants to get his snake back.

He said he got the snake while working in the oil fields in Alberta.

Apooch named it "Patches O'Houlihan" and kept it in a pizza box. Following the Tim Hortons incident, police renamed it "Outlaw".

Apooch admits he isn't set up to care for "Patches" at the moment, but said if he were to get the snake back, he too would set it free in the spring.