Snakes alive! Jeweller removes ring from reptile

FACED with a highly unusual rescue, stumped veterinarians in Blairgowrie had to issue a call for specialist help.

The owners of a snake were stunned to find that their pet had managed to squeeze its body into a piece of jewellery.

Sadly for the reptile, once midway through the tiny ring it found itself stuck fast and facing life with an unwanted accessory.

The pet’s owners took the snake to Blairgowrie Veterinary Surgeons, where staff realised they needed assistance to extricate their patient without causing it any harm.

They took the decision to transport the snake from Castle Street to nearby Allan Street to seek the assistance of staff at a jewellers.

Minutes later, the snake had become surely the most bizarre customer ever to pass through the doors of Victor and Sons.

After the initial shock of the task at hand, vets and jewellers — led by business owner George Kusza — undertook a painstaking procedure that saw the ring carefully cut from around the snake’s body.

The jeweller subsequently posted images of the operation, commenting that it “took a while” but that there had been a “successful result”.

Having finally shed the ring, it is understood the snake was no worse for its ordeal.

It is not the first time the jeweller has been involved in an unusual incident.

In 2013, cufflinks fashioned from the claws of a lion that had gone on the rampage in the town went on display in the window of the business.

The big cat escaped from Chipperfield’s Circus when it visited Blairgowrie in 1905.

It was eventually killed and the claws were presented to people who had helped corner the animal.

The snake stuck in the ring.