Snakes in the house and garden

[Dannie Boy]

Scary to say the least!!
https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-1408980

[migrant]

These were at my nieces house in Tha Yang. Not Hua Hin but close. One King Cobra and one ratsnake.

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[PeteC]

Cobra slips into trainer’s pants during school lesson.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... ool-lesson. (Photo & Video)

A spitting cobra slithering up a trainer’s leg is exposed as a colleague carefully lowers the man’s pants during a snake awareness session at a school in Bueng Kan......

(This would qualify for News of the Weird as well).

[Dannie Boy]

I’ve heard of a trouser snake before but that was quite a different story!!

[404cameljockey]

I’ve heard of a trouser snake before but that was quite a different story!!

Masseuse turned out masseur? Oops sorry, wrong forum....

[404cameljockey]

I used to get occasional golden tree snakes and kukris in my garden, and once a baby hooded cobra, but since a new housing resort was built next to ours (low density, could be worse) they've disappeared. I really miss them. Also the bullfrogs are gone, I loved to hear them after heavy rain.

But we get quite a few little tree shrews skipping around now which is nice. I think they're too small to eat snake eggs and bullfrogs, so I guess they're not to blame; it's the destruction of their habitat which caused the disappearance from my garden I think.

[PeteC]

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[hhinner]

This little, but pretty long, snake maintained the photo pose for about half an hour, just warming up in the sun maybe.

Indochinese long-nosed whip snake.
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[pharvey]

^ Now that's a beauty!

[Big Boy]

We had our first ophidian visitor for many months 2 days ago. A Radiated Rat Snake a.k.a Copperhead Racer (Coelognathus radiatus). It wasn't at nervous of me standing there taking a few snaps. I just love to see them. This was actually the first one of these I've seen in the flesh. Great to have around the house for rodent control. This baby is welcome back any time.

I made sure my dogs were kept away from that area to save them harming it.

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[Dannie Boy]

Unfortunately my wife and dogs treat all snakes the same - a dead one is better than a live one!!

[Big Boy]

That was my attitude when I moved to Thailand, but I've educated myself, and love to see them visit. I've even managed to educate my wife, who actually tolerates snakes these days............ once I've confirmed it is non-venomous.

Most snakes that we encounter here are harmless, and even amongst the venomous snakes, IMHO only the Malaysian Pit Viper is dangerous. The rest will just go about their business if left alone.

[Dannie Boy]

You’re correct about the poisonous snakes - at our old house in almost 12 years we only (knowingly) encountered one cobra which was dealt with by the emergency response guys who caught it, bagged it up and took it away for release. We used to get snakes quite often - most were harmless, some were unknown, but the big ones were normally treated as unfriendly!! We’ve been at our new place for 15 months and not knowingly encountered a snake.

[Big Boy]

We have a huge piece of open land in front of house, and visits used to be daily until a huge wall was built. We had a Rotweiller at the time, and she was a brilliant snake killer, and despatched many snakes whilst protecting us. Amongst her victims were several MPVs, but I think her claim to fame was a King Cobra. Of course, she thought she was protecting us, and how do you stop it? I'd have let them all live. Most mornings we'd wake up to another victim. The wall was built, and her favourite pastime was finished. A lovely people dog, but not so lovely if you were a snake.

[joelle]

You’re correct about the

poisonous

snakes - at our old house in almost 12 years we only (knowingly) encountered one cobra which was dealt with by the emergency response guys who caught it, bagged it up and took it away for release. We used to get snakes quite often - most were harmless, some were unknown, but the big ones were normally treated as unfriendly!! We’ve been at our new place for 15 months and not knowingly encountered a snake.

Not being pedantic but if you eat something and you die, it is poisonous; if something bites you and you die, it is venomous.