Snake lover demands bigger wheelie bin to dispose of uneaten dead rats

A snake lover is demanding a bigger bin to dump his dead rats in. Danny Thompson-Sullivan claims his wheelie bin is overflowing with the rotting rodents his pet snakes won’t eat. The 36-year-old, who lives in Arlesey, Bedfordshire, has resorted to ditching rancid bin bags full of rubbish in the bathroom of his flat.

He said: “Snakes don’t eat every day so I’m lumbered with dead rats. The bags upstairs have got little pinkies (mice) in them and it absolutely stinks.” Mr Thompson-Sullivan’s four pet serpents, including a boa constrictor called Fritz, usually eat about one or two rats a week each but only when they are feeling peckish. He added: “I just want a bigger bin, I even said I’ll pay for it.



“I could go out the back and dump my rubbish when it’s dark but I’m not like that.” Mr Thompson-Sullivan, who used to weigh around 50 stone, keeps other exotic pets including a centipede, a millipede, 13 tarantulas, a scorpion and a bull frog. Maintaining the beasts’ cages also leads to a lot of mess which needs to be disposed of.

Cllr Budge Wells, deputy executive member for sustainable communities services at Central Bedfordshire Council, said: “An officer from our waste minimisation team has visited Mr Thompson-Sullivan to look into this issue. Following the visit we will be putting in place a number of measures which we hope will resolve the problem.”