Snake

[Vital Spark]

Steve G. - you're ringing some bells. (ding, ding)

I was once also told that the slower the snake, the more dangerous it is. Basically, if he sort of saunters away with a swagger, then best get out of his way. If he looks a bit frantic and slithers away rapidly, then he's probably OK. It sort of confirms your confrontation with the cobra.

I still believe in giving all of them (poisonous or not) a wide berth, and let them find a more relaxing place to hide.

VS

P.S. I have a dog that won't let any snake, dangerous or not, anywhere near the house. He either calls for help (if it's a big one) or kills it (if it's a smaller one). I'd rather he just ignored them, but there's nothing much I can do to stop his innate desire to sort them out.

[STEVE G]

Yes, I think dogs are a good defense against snakes, we have a couple up in Issan and I’ve never seen a snake close around the house but if you go out the village they’re all over the place, particularly in the sugar cane fields.
I can only think that it’s the dogs that keep them away or perhaps the scent of them.

[huahinsimon]

anyone recognize this snake





found in water tank this morning how to remove?

thanks

HHS

[Jim]

looks like a cobra to me...

how to remove? get someone else to do it!

[Norseman]

It might well be a Monocellate Cobra (non spitting Cobra), but it's very difficult to determine the species of snakes with a low res. picture like the one you show.

[Kilbirnie]

Yes, difficult to identify from the photo.

Here's a list of snakes that I have seen in my garden (and house!) over the last 4 years and positively identified.

Painted Bronzeback
Long nosed whip snake
Golden tree snake
Brown Kukri snake
Barron's Kukri snake
Common rat snake ( a monster that I estimated to be around 8' long)
Monocellate cobra
Banded krait

My wife claims to have seen a python and Malayan pit viper at times I have not been at home.

Get yourself a very long bamboo pole and decide yourself whether you want to relocate them or give them the chop. I used to take a very liberal view however after having two friends lose their dogs to snake bites it's something I don't think twice about now especially if you have children running about the place.

rgds

[Vital Spark]

Looks to me like an Indo-Chinese Rat Snake, although it's difficult to truly identify it from a photo. Totally harmless, and probably absolutely petrified being stuck in an empty water tank.

Suggestion: If you can tip the tank on one side, you would then give it the opportunity to escape, it would also be easier to do the long handled broom + long handled dustpan technique (if it decided to stay). You could perhaps even put a piece of wood or something so that it can climb out of the tank. It won't do anything while you're watching it - you have to leave it alone for a bit.

The more it's agitated by attempts of capture (however good your motives), the more likely it is to bite.

I hope there's a happy ending to this...

VS

[huahinsimon]

Looks to me like an Indo-Chinese Rat Snake, although it's difficult to truly identify it from a photo. Totally harmless, and probably absolutely petrified being stuck in an empty water tank.

VS

Its in a huge concrete pool water holding tank. tank is about 2m deep by 1 1/2m wide and 2 1/2m long it holds about 4000liters. The picture looks like the tank in empty but it is not. it has 60 cm of water in it. The snake swims on the surface. It cant climb the walls. It was way back in the corner when I took the picture and had to blow it way up so see it.

I have animals so got to be careful about letting it climb out on a pole.

Horrible thought but I wonder how long it will take to starve in there.

[Vital Spark]

Have you got a net - for your pool?

If you try and fish it out with a net, I'm 99% sure it won't try to escape. It will just freeze, and you can put it in a bucket with a lid and take it somewhere else, outside your garden and away from other problems.

You could, alternatively, just leave it. It might survive a while without food, but I'm no expert.

Up to you...!!

VS

PS. Bit of a Rod Stewart fan are you? (Reason to Believe)

[Randy Cornhole]

I think I recognise it! is it's name Brian?

[huahinsimon]

It was a cobra. It flared its hood.

A Thai friend came over to have a look. "Dangerous to life!! I get my gun!" and off he runs. OMG says my wife, he's gonna shot it in that tank. The bullets will ricochet!
Momentairly he came back with a small "gun." It was what we call a slingshot. A few well aimed pebbles-size of 5baht coin- and our problem was solved, and so, you might say, was the cobra's.

He put it in a plastic bag and took it home. We didn't ask.

HHS

[Kilbirnie]

There was an earlier comment on this thread about dogs being a good defence against snakes.
I would say maybe.
We have three dogs and they all react differently when there's a snake about. The soi rescue dog is probably the best, it barks & whines & dances about in a peculiar way looking in the direction of where the serpent is but never going too close to it. When the dog starts acting like that you know to pick up the 9' long bamboo pole. One of the other dogs has no reaction at all, will look at a snake & ignore it or trot off unconcerned. The third dog has some terrrier genes in it and is a "have a go" merchant. If we lose any dogs to snake bite it'll be that one.

rgds

[Takiap]

Glad you got your tank back...lol.

Not sure if dogs keep snakes away or not as we get plenty of them here and we have two dogs. The Dalmation does nothing more than look if she sees a snake and unless it tries to slither over her, she won't even bother getting up. The Rottweiler seems to be pretty alert as far as snakes are concerned and has, on more than one occasion, alerted us to one in the garden. The problem is though, she tries to have a go at them so I'm afraid she may get bitten. If it happens when I'm around I chase her away and I convince the snake this is not a good place to be by ushering it out or catching it and letting it go elsewhere.

If you tend to have many snakes in and around the home, simply make a snake catcher from some blue PVC water pipe and a bit of rope. It works like a dream.

[Kilbirnie]

HHS said " He put it in a plastic bag and took it home. We didn't ask"

Well, here's the recipe:

First cut the head off, then remove all the skin by peeling back from 'neck' to tail. Chop into manageable sections, say 10-15cm long.

Prepare a marinade as follows:

Lemongrass sliced into threads
garlic cloves
coriander roots
black pepper
galangal
fish sauce

Grind up into a paste, rub over the meat and leave for an hour or two.
Fire up the BBQ and grill turning regularly.

Arawy maak!

The above should be taken with a pinch of salt.

[Randy Cornhole]

On a trip to Chaing Mai once I had the pleasure of sampling a few out of the ordinary cullinary delights the region had to offer. First up there was Mr Ostrich followed a few days later by Mr Crocodile, but by far the tastiest was Mr Snake. With some boiled rice and washed down with a few beers he (or she) was mighty tasty indeed...