Afraid of snakes ???

I remember these were given a going over on a forum a while ago, don't remember exactly but I don't think they got a wonderful revue.

No use to me, ground's too damned hard to screw them in.

I keep thinking of those giant worms in the 'Dune' series, they were called up by thumping noises, think I'd settle for the snakes.
 
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No, but perhaps I should get one of those just in case a snake
comes into my backyard for the first time since we moved in in 1996.

You can never be too careful.
 

You never know Warri, I remember the shock horror News stories when they found 22 mixed species snakes on a partly vacant derelict factory block in Leichhardt around 15 years ago!

I'd say the locals were dumping unwanted pet ones there, it would be a long hard track dodging traffic on Parramatta Rd for them to have come in from the bush.
 
The worst I've ever had was a blue tongue lizard wintering in the compost heap.
I can't get them to take up permanent residence even though we have snails a plenty.
 
We have lots of snakes around here but mostly the harmless kind. The king snakes I especially like because the eat the venomous kind.The big rat snakes are the most plentiful or at least the most often seen (and stepped on :rolleyes:)
 
Don't care for snakes at all, but I have learned to tolerate.. they seem to take off at high speed in one direction while I take off in another ..:D .. Have only stepped on a snake ONCE.. (years ago) I still remember the 'feeling' ... eek!
 
Boo's Mom said:
Don't care for snakes at all, but I have learned to tolerate.. they seem to take off at high speed in one direction while I take off in another ..:D .. Have only stepped on a snake ONCE.. (years ago) I still remember the 'feeling' ... eek!
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I cared for a whole room of snakes, and the mice they ate, during my Freshman year of college. The snakes were used for dissection in Herpetology and their blood was used for a different class. It was my job to clean their terrariums, breed mice, then feed the mice to the snakes. It was quiet work.

There were two things I did not care for bored snakes and their vomit.

The smell of snake vomit is unique. Bored snakes will sometimes over eat just to pass the time. The larger snakes eat larger mice so a large, bored snake would eat 3 large mice, then go back into the artificial cave in his terrarium where he would coil up , then puke the 3 large mice into the little space created in the center of his coil.

I had to lift the artificial cave, reach into the space with forceps and remove the crushed, but intact, mouse carcasses. I was almost bitten several times because the snakes liked striking at any hands reaching in to remove the carcasses.

Outside of the vomiting problem, I enjoy snakes.
 
I do NOT like snakes of any kind!!! I know there's 'good' ones, and I'm sure we have the same ones as rkunsaw does, and I try to appreciate them, but for the most part, try to avoid them all. The guys take care of the poisonous ones that come up in the yard.
 
MercyL said:
I cared for a whole room of snakes, and the mice they ate, during my Freshman year of college. The snakes were used for dissection in Herpetology and their blood was used for a different class. It was my job to clean their terrariums, breed mice, then feed the mice to the snakes. It was quiet work.

There were two things I did not care for bored snakes and their vomit.

The smell of snake vomit is unique. Bored snakes will sometimes over eat just to pass the time. The larger snakes eat larger mice so a large, bored snake would eat 3 large mice, then go back into the artificial cave in his terrarium where he would coil up , then puke the 3 large mice into the little space created in the center of his coil.

I had to lift the artificial cave, reach into the space with forceps and remove the crushed, but intact, mouse carcasses. I was almost bitten several times because the snakes liked striking at any hands reaching in to remove the carcasses.

Outside of the vomiting problem, I enjoy snakes.
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You're braver than I am Mercy! :eek: We have snakes in our area, and some come into our yard too. I feel better when they're outdoors. I'm not really scared of them, but I let them go on their way. I have killed a couple of rattlesnakes in the past, and my dog was bitten by one in our yard years ago. Usually we just see the big bull snakes and the smaller garden snakes, those I don't mind and just leave them alone, they help control the mice. I'd never want a snake for a pet.
 
No pet ones for me either, they smell really off! They are an excellent mouse repellant though, one in the roof will rid the house of mice in minutes, they smell them and take off. People used to throw shed snakeskins into the ceilings in the 'old' days, worked a treat. I'll take their word for it.
 
Warrigal said:
The worst I've ever had was a blue tongue lizard wintering in the compost heap.
I can't get them to take up permanent residence even though we have snails a plenty.
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Ha! My g'son has a blue tongued skink/lizard, Max. We love the guy, but he would never be my choice of a pet.
 
MercyL said:
I cared for a whole room of snakes, and the mice they ate, during my Freshman year of college. The snakes were used for dissection in Herpetology and their blood was used for a different class. It was my job to clean their terrariums, breed mice, then feed the mice to the snakes. It was quiet work.

There were two things I did not care for bored snakes and their vomit.

The smell of snake vomit is unique. Bored snakes will sometimes over eat just to pass the time. The larger snakes eat larger mice so a large, bored snake would eat 3 large mice, then go back into the artificial cave in his terrarium where he would coil up , then puke the 3 large mice into the little space created in the center of his coil.

I had to lift the artificial cave, reach into the space with forceps and remove the crushed, but intact, mouse carcasses. I was almost bitten several times because the snakes liked striking at any hands reaching in to remove the carcasses.

Outside of the vomiting problem, I enjoy snakes.
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That's interesting, Mercy. Not to the point of wanting to care for them, but I am fascinated by them too, but only the exotic ones. North American snakes don't hold my interest, but bring in something like a Black Mamba or Anaconda and I'm at full attention -- ONLY if they're in a cage and no touching!
 
Living in the country, I see snakes often, just this week I was cleaning out the garage and found a snake skin about 6' long....eek, I was very careful with the rest of the cleaning.
 
Tch, shoulda done it in the winter Jilly. :eek:hwell:
I bought some moulded stripping to line the gaps between the floor and colorbond walls of the shed. It wont stop everything determined getting in but it's a lot better than a long row of holes just begging for snakes to crawl through. Keeps the damp out too, great stuff.
 
I'm steering away from it since the Rats got in and made one hell of a mess, there is poop everywhere and they have chewed through so many bottle of ferilizer etc, winter is when the snakes. would have been tucked up in something in the shed according to wires, help is hard to come by these days
 
We had plenty at our previous place in Strathpine ..... here's the skin of one we watched shedding from the kitchen window:

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Here's one going up onto the roof:

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We rarely saw mice ........... or canaries.
 
I had a "moment" yesterday. I was doing some garden work at my part-time job on a nearby farm.. just pulling a few weeds and as I moved along the edge of the garden, I glanced sideways and there's a nice big Copperhead snake cruising past about 12 inches from my foot.
Naturally, I jumped about 1 metre high off the ground...... the snake took off, startled... and my heart rate doubled to warp speed.

I reckon that the long dry period has brought them closer in search of water..... yep !... need some rain !

some info on the Copperhead: http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/view-image.htm?index=6&gid=11893
 

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