Snakes

Post by **Norseman** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:44 pm

Norseman

Are you serious !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Catch a snake between two broom sticks

Yes I am.
No big deal as long as I dare not touch a snake with my bare hands.
I can only tell you that I've had more than a dozen close encounters with snakes on my property, and am now pretty fed up of these meetings!!!
The snakes can not get out of the property because of the concrete walls surrounding it. I have no other "weapon" than the broom sticks, and I don't want to kill any living creature, except mossies and other bugs!!
As long as we have a horde of frogs close by, I'm afraid we'll see the snakes as a regulary visitor.
But; I would not even dream about using a broom stick to catch a King Cobra!!

Call the police on 1155 or 032511027 and let them handle it.

Post by **Randy Cornhole** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 2:19 am

I have seen a 7ft snake and it shook me to the bone. But really there not so bad, just give them space and they will be ok. Like most creatures from the snake to the great white shark they will only attack when threatened. And yes i am a suba diver and have met sharks.

Terry · Post by **Terry** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:56 pm

I was once informed that there are 36 different varieties of snake in the Kingdom.

32 of which are venomous.

As has been stated here before - they are more dangerous if startled and more scared of you than, you should be of them.

A little tip - if you have an outhouse or any container in your garden or close to the house, give it a good belt with a broomstick befre opening. That way you wake 'em up and they are ready to run, failure to do so could give you a problem.

Post by **higgy** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 9:45 pm

Hi Terry
Any snakes around your lakes mate?

Terry · Post by **Terry** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 7:12 am

Hi Higgy

We used to see a lot when we started construction, but the lads have instructions to keep the grass down and now we have 4 daft dogs as security and licenced snake catchers!

For sure you will not find any around the edges of the lakes.

W'eve got a few eel in the lakes though!

Post by **PeteC** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 4:31 pm

I just had one of these guys between the back of my house and the back wall. A family of common mayna birds was going crazy back there so I went to investigate (dumb me). He came over the wall from a scrub brush area and just wanted to get out, which he did through a pvc drain pipe/hole in the wall at the far end. He came up at me but didn't spit but I was about 3 meters away, maybe out of range? Anyway, They are out looking for water. Probably more will visit until the rains start. Pete

http://www.siam-info.de/english/snakes_ ... 0siamensis

PS: Scroll down the above site until you see "Naja siamensis (Indochinese Spitting Cobra)"

Post by **Jim** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 4:53 pm

yow, scary. How big is your back wall Pete?

Post by **PeteC** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:39 pm

Jim wrote:yow, scary. How big is your back wall Pete?

1.8 meters, but vegetation is growing up against the back side already this year from the rains we've had. Easy for a snake to come up and over. I think he was really after the mayna bird nest in the roof eves of our laundry room back there. That's why the birds were going balistic as perhaps he was after the fledglings, and perhaps water in here also. It was a good wake up call as I hadn't seen one here in over a year. Pete

Post by **deepee** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:51 pm

One of my neighbours and the wife of my business partner were both bitten by snakes .Coincidently both technically died while under emergency treatment.
Altho they both survived they have permanent problems with vital organ damage, he especially has sight problems and severe headaches very often. They were in known snake areas i.e long grass
My good lady had an intense ten minute battle with a 1+ mtr snake behind our garage . she managed to beat the crap out of it ,popped it in a rice sack and took it to a friend for identification- problem was it was not dead and reared up at both of them when looking in the bag. Moral of the story-
snakes are best left alone!

ozuncle · Post by **ozuncle** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:11 pm

Hi deepee,
was this in WA?
What type of snake?
I must say I am scared of snakes and after reading the last few stories I will make sure that I cut the bushes near the fence!
I am also tomorrow going to start practising with two broomsticks.

Post by **PeteC** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:14 pm

deepee wrote:One of my neighbours and the wife of my business partner were both bitten by snakes .Coincidently both technically died while under emergency treatment.
Altho they both survived they have permanent problems with vital organ damage, he especially has sight problems and severe headaches very often. They were in known snake areas i.e long grass
My good lady had an intense ten minute battle with a 1+ mtr snake behind our garage . she managed to beat the crap out of it ,popped it in a rice sack and took it to a friend for identification- problem was it was not dead and reared up at both of them when looking in the bag. Moral of the story-
snakes are best left alone!

Deepee, you're in Australia and I think you're talking about there, right? Many readers may not see your handle and think it is here. Australia has many problems with poisionous snakes, perhaps more than SE Asia has, on a per capita basis. Your brown snake seems to be the worst offender concerning deaths as it likes houses, garages and is comfortable close to people. Who really taught me about snakes...your Steve Irwin, rest his soul. He did teach many about the wild. Pete

Post by **deepee** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:39 pm

Yep,they were in W.A
The first 2 were most likely tiger snakes.
The one the " boss" tackled we were not able to id -very agressive but.
We do have tigers ,browns, gwardars and vipers hanging around the house- she hates em all and will go after em given half a chance. To date it"s about 8 to nil in her favour .
But we have encountered many in our travels around Thailand.Best to be wary at night especially. An Issan friend's mum died from a night time bite under her house.

Post by **nevets** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 10:21 am

I live out in the plantations of Tha yang and have 4 rie of land and 60mtr by 45mtr fenced garden. I see many snakes when working the land but mostly going away from me , the most common are rat snake and not poisonous and some coloured snakes. If they come into the garden i always kill them because they always return , i have 5 steps up on to the veranda and found one at the bottom of the steps , nearly had a heart attack it was red ,green and black looked on the net but could not find one to identify. Try to keep the land clean of rubbish and this can help to not get vermin and then not to many snakes.

Post by **chelsea** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:27 am

Deepee/Ozuncle, I don't know what part of Perth you are both from but if you walk from Scarborough along to Trigg Island, all the way along that track is constant warnings to watch out for snakes coming out of the fenced sand dunes.

Also applies when walking down the pathway to the beach. There have been numerous reports in the papers and on the radio about mainly brown snakes and dugites being spotted there.
They both happen to be one of the most poisonous snakes around (specially the brown one).

Fingers crossed I have not come across any yet, and hope to god I never do.

I had a close encounter with a small snake in Ao Nang when I was there and found out after watching all the Thai's on the building site killing themselves laughing that it was a very poisonous type of snake and so was lucky it did not go for me.

I was walking back to my hotel one day and this plastic bag was moving across the road (i though the breeze was moving it). I was just about to bend down and put the bag in the bin, when out shot this small silver and black snake.

After blurting out numerous expletives (most of which the buiders understood by the laughing), they proceded to tell me that the snake was very poisonous and can do some serious damage.
That is the one and only time I have come across one and hope to god it is the last.

Post by **lomuamart** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:22 am

Other than the close encounters that I've mentioned on golf courses here, there was another one in Khao Takiab a while ago.
I'd been walking the beach and come up to the main road to get a songthaew back into HH. Sitting on the kerb, waiting and all of a sudden from behind me a snake slithered out of the undergrowth and passed withing a couple of feet of me. It was wanting to cross the road and got halfway over before traffic scared it and it turned round and came back the same way, again passing very close to me.
Think I was fairly numb after a few beers on the beach, so I didn't panic, just watched it go by. No idea if it was poisonous or not.

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