SAN ANTONIO — Over a hundred snakes and several hundred rodents were seized from a San Antonio man's home by animal control on Wednesday. 

The homeowner, whose name has not been released, was served a warrant for the reptiles and rodents because conditions in the home had not improved after previous talks between law enforcement and the man. 

The raid took several hours, as some of the snakes were up to 15 feet in length and weigh so much that it took several people to lift them out of the home in trash cans. All of the snakes were non-venomous and included Ball Pythons and other large pythons, none of which are native to Texas. 

Law enforcement is not clear on the exact permit violations as of the early afternoon, as the number and size of the snakes both violated the laws regulating the types of pets allowed in the city. 

Police also believe the man was selling the snakes, which are native to Asia. 

A local investor, who buys up older homes in the area and flips them, stopped by the house in the middle of the seizure. Eric Florez described what the house looked like when he was previously given a tour, not knowing the owner had snakes until he went inside. 

"Once I walked in the room and I turned around, and I see snakes in glasses, snakes in tupperware and just a lot of snakes," Florez said. "They were actually contained in what looked to be some really expensive cages, like you'd see at a pet shop or something like that, like the zoo."

Although, the rodent situation doesn't sound quite as nice. 

"I guess the biggest thing that nobody's talking about is the rat farm in the back. That's a commercial garage and it was ventilated and you walk in and it kind of choked you out with the ammonia smell of rat urine and things like that," Florez said. "That was probably more disturbing than the snakes."

Florez said he was just coming by to continue his talks with the owner about possibly buying his house, and happened across the raid. 

He said also said that in his line of work, he sees a lot of sad situations regarding homeowners and their property. 

"It's really heartbreaking and disheartening when you see people, and there are usually reasons why they're in the conditions they are, you know, there's usually a background story," Florez said. "I'm sure things like this don't help them any. I'm sure it breaks their heart, makes them feel pretty dejected."

Florez said he's been talking to the owner for about a year, in hopes of buying the property. 

"I kind of empathize a little bit right now, you know, I feel a little bit dejected for him," he said. "But you know he'll be okay. There will hopefully be a cleaner environment the next place he gets onto."