Owner Linda Cope, from Withington, Greater Manchester, unsuccessfully tried using baby oil to release the four-foot (1.22m) snake named Jim. She then took him in a pillow case to a nearby fire station where staff used a screwdriver to delicately chip away the stone and free the reptile.
One firefighter said they had never carried out a rescue like it. Firefighter Oliver Atkinson, who has his own pet snake, said: "It was really wedged in. He was a bit cold so we took him into the office and got him near the radiator to warm him up and keep him calm.
"One of the guys went to get a screwdriver and pliers from his car and we just chipped away. It took a good hour because we had to be careful not to injure the snake it was so tightly stuck."
Mrs Cope said she was going to bed when she noticed he had got stuck. She called the emergency vets but they could not help her.
"He was wriggling around and couldn't free himself so I was a bit worried. I thought I can't call 999, it's not an emergency, so I took him round in a pillow case and knocked on the fire station window. They were absolutely fantastic - it was like they were doing an operation on him. They kept mopping his brow and we had a laugh about it."
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