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Old 23-05-2017, 05:21 PM
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Snake in the Cupboard

HI Guys, some of you probably know we are house sitting in Yeppoon QLD, we love it here.

However that is not the reason for this thread.

My dear Alice saw a snake last week and i did post about it here.

Today we went to the garden shed and i said in fun maybe there is one in her Darl and pulled open a draw on the Cupboard.

Na, nothing in here i said, then pulled out the second draw and look what we found.

Alice bolted and i took his/her photo.

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Old 23-05-2017, 05:24 PM
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Is it a python ie. non venomous?
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Old 23-05-2017, 05:36 PM
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Well that one looks pretty snug in there, hope you just closed the drawer and left.
That's a different one to the last one, not a python but doesn't look like a dangerous snake, the bad ones tend to react pretty quick and either defend or leg it.
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Old 23-05-2017, 05:49 PM
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Another beautiful specimen!

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Old 23-05-2017, 05:56 PM
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Hi Leon,

Try this Facebook group if you want an ID. It's for Mackay, but Yeppoon should be similar.

http://https://m.facebook.com/groups/149765882143636/

Regards, David.
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Old 23-05-2017, 07:43 PM
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Thank you all, yes H it is another beautiful creature, I slowly closed the draw and will let it be until such time it wants to leave.

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Not something I have to worry about.
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Old 23-05-2017, 08:19 PM
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snake

not the sort of lead I would be expecting!!
Thank Dog the culture shock of moving from the UK to Tas was gentle, just big huntsmen and cold beer.
Nothing like that bugger in your drawers!!
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Old 23-05-2017, 08:31 PM
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https://www.ehp.qld.gov.au/wildlife/...ueensland.html

Hrm, I think I'd be very cautious - looks very similar to the eastern brown snake.
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Old 23-05-2017, 09:00 PM
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Agree - that's a brown. Have it removed quick smart.

You are darned lucky it didn't lunge as they tend to. Savage bastiges.

It may even be a Taipan.
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Old 23-05-2017, 09:29 PM
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Very high chance of dying after a bite from one of the more dangerous Australian snakes, even with medical treatment. Anti-venom offers a false sense of safety.

When I lived on the farm we killed any tiger snakes around the house - just too dangerous for kids and pets. Apparently black snakes keep other more dangerous species away.
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Slim neck and buggy eyes, looks more like a brown tree snake.
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I don't think its an Eastern Brown as they don't seem to have a yellow belly. My guess is, its a Tiger snake (still very dangerous), or a Brown tree snake (not dangerous) if it has yellow eyes.
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Old 24-05-2017, 12:30 AM
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I think it is a king brown. We get them here too. Could be eastern brown though.
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Old 24-05-2017, 07:35 AM
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I don't think its an Eastern Brown as they don't seem to have a yellow belly. My guess is, its a Tiger snake (still very dangerous), or a Brown tree snake (not dangerous) if it has yellow eyes.
If you look at the image closely, it does not appear to have yellow eyes. Also, the belly does have a yellow tinge (look at the exposed belly bits). Finally look at the skin pattern and compare it to the image from the website I linked.

Anyway, get a professional in to remove it, I reckon.
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Old 24-05-2017, 09:53 AM
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Some good pics of the more common qld snakes here.

http://www.sunshinecoastsnakecatcher...u/snake-id.php
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Old 24-05-2017, 10:17 AM
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Bloody hell, a brown you reckon, or a tiger, I'm not up with Snakes much, might get some one to move it on.

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Old 24-05-2017, 10:26 AM
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It's not something you want in the electrical leads drawer

Maybe the home owners fled for a reason LOL
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Old 24-05-2017, 10:27 AM
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not the sort of lead I would be expecting!!
Quite. Just don't try plugging it into a wall socket.

Leon, I used to think house sitting sounded like a good lark; sit around in some swish place, feed to pooches and budgies and occasionally mow the lawn. You're making me reconsider.
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Old 24-05-2017, 10:48 AM
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David do it mate, this place is unreal over looking the Kepple Islands, high on a hill.
It is huge, three levels and two massive sheds, a low maintenance garden, however a bit steep for my older legs, but i manage.
Their 40ft Catamaran awaits their return in Roslyn Bay Marina.
We pay nothing to be here and are encouraged to drive the second car with fuel supplied and use all food in the freezer, until their return.

It certainly was a lucky House Sit but we do have plenty of excellent references, from all over the Country.

Now about this bloody Snake, what to do with it.

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