A 3-metre-long python was removed from a wall in Padang, Indonesia, after the reptile infiltrated a cage and ate "hundreds" of birds.

Footage from April 27 shows locals removing the snake from a gap in the walls of a bird cage.

The owner became suspicious after the number of his birds kept decreasing.

He said: "I wondered why my pigeons keep decreasing from hundreds of birds, now only 15 are left, when I checked, I saw a large python hanging and I asked local residents to help evacuate it."

Snake rescuer Rian said: "At first the snake disappeared and was found between the hollow walls and finally we destroyed the walls and we evacuated the reptile."

Once removed, the python was handed over to the West Sumatran Animal Management Agency to be quarantined and released into the nearest forest.

A number of residents of the freshwater area of ​​Padang City evacuated a three-meter long python between walls in a pigeon cage Tuesday, April 27, 2021.

The catch of the snake originated from the suspicion of the owner of the house who felt that his peacock was decreasing and finally saw a python coiled in his merpatinya cage.

"I wonder why my pigeons keep decreasing from hundreds of birds, now only 15 are left, when I checked, I saw a large python hanging and I asked local residents to help evacuate it," said the owner of the house, EKA.

Because of eka's report, a number of residents near his house immediately searched for the whereabouts of the snake, which was unknown, and were eventually found between the walls of the pigeon's cage.

snake evacuator, Rian said "at first the snake disappeared and was found between the hollow walls and finally we destroyed the walls and we evacuated".

because it is in a narrow bird cage, Rian Semoat's hands are wrapped around it and must be removed in an open space.

The snake was handed over by the West Sumatran Animal Management Agency to be quarantined and released into the nearest forest.