The most alarming of these incidents was when an 18-month-old boy's mother found him holding a live snake at Helidon, east of Toowoomba;. The toddler was transported to Toowoomba hospital at 3.27pm on Thursday. Less than three hours prior to this, a 13-year-old boy was transported to Nambour hospital in a stable condition after he was bitten by a snake on the leg at Woombye in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. A few hours later, a female in her 30s was bitten near her ankle at Anges Water, north of Bundaberg, and transported in a serious condition to Bundaberg hospital. Between 6.15pm and 6.38pm, a five-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man were both bitten by snakes in different locations, a 16-year-old girl was bitten on the toe by a sea snake and a 60-year-old woman was bitten on the calf by a brown snake.

All four patients were transported in stable conditions to hospitals across Queensland. The final snake bite incident for Thursday occurred at 10.28pm when a 13-year-old girl was bitten by a snake and transported in a stable condition to Mackay hospital. On Wednesday, a man in his 50s was transported to Townsville hospital and a woman in her 40s was transported to Atherton hospital after both were bitten by snakes. On the same day, a two-month-old kitten was eaten by a carpet snake in Rockhampton. CQ Snake Removers were called to the family home after the carpet snake was found wrapped in the exposed beams of a family home, digesting his meal on Wednesday.

The kitten had been missing for a day before the family made the grisly discovery. The snake will stay with a registered carer for a month while it digests its meal and will then be released back into the wild. CQ Snake Removers co-founder Ben Hanson said snakes were entering houses more frequently in order to find shelter and water. "Everything is so dry, everywhere they are chasing water and shelter and the food sources they like to eat are also chasing shelters," Mr Hanson said. "It is that time of year when snakes are out and about and people are as well, that and the combination of the current weather patterns, it's just perfect."

Two snake bite incidents were recorded Friday morning/early afternoon, with two women transported to Bundaberg hospital and Logan hospital in stable conditions. Queensland Ambulance Service said 127 snake bite incidents had been recorded across Queensland since December 1, which averaged at about two cases per day. The area between Brisbane and north of Caboolture, past Kilcoy, recorded the largest amount of snake bite incidents, with 20 recorded cases since December 1. Stay informed. Like Brisbane Times on Facebook