Tiger Snake encounter

[CoombellKid]

If you live in the bush knee high gumboots are a good thing for kids, along
with the education. The local bird life will tell when a snake is about too,
Well at least up here on the north coast. We get a varity in our yard,
mostly reb belly blacks, but also the odd king brown, eastern brown which
are quickly liquidated (three strands of #8 fencing wire twisted together).
Like others here I care about my kids, until they are old enough to know
better. But on the whole being a kiwi I used to be **** scared of them
but now I dont mind any of them personally. We have bigass bad snakes,
bigass (lizards up to 2m) and others that look straight out of Jurassic Park.
Love it would have it any other way.

The only time I get paranoid these days if I'm out at the scope and start
to think about them, and I'm still wearing thongs lol

[GrahamL]

No problems there jjj all brown sticks are snakes to me .. a few years back we were clearing 20 or so acres of north facing bush rock to develop some ground for an orchard .. every sizable rock you rolled into the loaders bucket had at least 3/ 4 snakes under it and this went on for weeks .. thankfully it was winter and they were always fairly doey .. never seen so many young snakes ever again and don't want to .. one guy from fiji we had with us was totally freaked by all this .. towards the end of the project he by chance stepped on a longish piece of inch black polly whos end had been folded over in the irrigation layout
the folded end rose up out of the grass in front of his face and .. This monster black snake .. I swear kept him running for a half km

true rob crows have calls for foxes and snakes I have noticed over time .. and when the wedgetails fly every birds manner changes .. they seriously freak out and fly close to the ground.. a loose bundle of one inch hail net staked to the ground where any rats are works a treat near your home.. I don't mind browns out away from home .. like the snake man says get rid of there food source and the snakes will move on

[GeoffW1 (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by stevejack

On a more amusing note, a curled up tiger can look amazingly similar to a cowpat so it's probably best not to step over anything at all when you're in the field lol

@#%&* I never knew that. On a few occasions when I was young I used a cowpat as a pillow.

Cheers

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

When the Kookaburras are staking out your property, that usually means that you have snakes around.
Our cat gets all scaredy cattish when there is one hanging around the house yard. Jumping at the slightest movement. Refusing to go outside until hydraulic pressure forces her to scoot out the door, do her business very quickly then demanding immediate re-entry into the house.

[BerrieK]

Hey I didnt know that jjj! We have a pair of Kookas that regularly hang around on the power line that comes to our house. I thought that they were just being friendly. I disturbed a little eastern brown in our aviary the other day, and come to think of it the Kookas were in their traditional chatting spot.

[markcollier8 (Mark)]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Beware of brown sticks lying in the grass too.
Some disturbingly come to life when you go to pick them up.

I keep my snake around my neck so I know where is at all times!!

[markcollier8 (Mark)]

I saw a funny thing 3wks ago when a Ibis latched onto a 1/2M red Bellied Black it took him 20mins of throwing him in the air & shaking the living S.... out of him but the bird eventually got him down the hatch ..I wish I had my camera on me. The Ibis was wary thou of been bitten as he jumped back a few times who said these birds only eat out of rubbish bins!!

[JimmyH155]

You guys are making me scared to go outside The other day my neighbour showed me a 800 mm long snake skin just on his side of the fence, then blow me down, our son saw a silver coloured snake about same length wriggling in front of the chook pen, with a chook looking on. I aint going out!!!

[AstralTraveller (David)]

Originally Posted by Dennis

Wow Jeanette, I’m glad that the snake just went on its merry way and that Jack responded in the way I assume you’ve taught him to do so.

Last year, whilst camping, a 60cm long red bellied black snake came to within 2 metres of our tent, but we were told by park rangers that they are apparently quite docile compared to the far more aggressive tiger snake.

Cheers

Dennis

A few years ago we were camping at Gibraltar Range NP (northern NSW). I was sitting at a table at the back of the car one night with only the kero lamp for light and got up to get something from the front seat of the car. As was walking something made me stop and look down and there was the tail of an adder sticking out from under the car. One more step and I would have trud on it.

We watched it for about 20 minutes until it went back into the bush. At one point it slithered towards the tent, went under the fly, hit the wall and turned right. It went along that side of the tent, along another and half way along a third before resuming its original course. We've been camping for 30 years and have always had a rule that the tent is closed unless someone is getting in or out. Mostly it just saves us from having flies and mozzies in the tent but this time it really saved us. I don't want to find one of them in my tent!

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Wowee Mark, he's gorgeous!
How much does he weigh?
How much does he eat? Do you breed your own rat's/mice for him?
Does he roam free in the house or does he have his own bedroom?

[markcollier8 (Mark)]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Wowee Mark, he's gorgeous!
How much does he weigh?
How much does he eat? Do you breed your own rat's/mice for him?
Does he roam free in the house or does he have his own bedroom?

I took a cruise down the Coast of Mexico we stopped at a Port somewhere this Mexican wanted to show me his pet, next thing I know I had a 20ft Python wrapped around me & it was heavy...He had a heshan bag he was sleeping on in the shade but when he came out in the sun he started to liven up yer, It was pretty funny my brother thought so .. the guy wanted $5 for letting hold his pet!!!Ps yer they had rats there for him I think he was well feed!!