The brown snakes are definitelty out and about

[Marschy]

Killing a snake is illegal and also the majority of people that are bitten by snakes are doing just that trying to kill it. Your safest option is to leave it to someone that knows what they are doing.
Tim

If there is a snake in my back yard,call it extinct. My families safety comes before wildllife protection

[Willow Girl]

within the last 3 weeks my mother inlaws dog has been bitten by a snake twice! (nearly $2000) later, and also my sisters dog was bitten also, unfortunately they didnt know about it as she went missing and they just found her body the other day

I am soooo glad our cat is an inside moggie ony!

[Marschy]

Nothing dies to maintain your lifestyle I suppose?

[xcvator]

Only wildlife my cat has brought home is snakes

Sorry Marschy, but if I caught your cat out in the bush it would be extinct a lot quicker than the snakes it brings home to your place.
By letting it roam around wild you are being an irresponsible pet owner, showing a complete lack of respect for our native fauna. Keep it inside or keep it penned.
End of rant

[Marschy]

Sorry Marschy, but if I caught your cat out in the bush it would be extinct a lot quicker than the snakes it brings home to your place.
By letting it roam around wild you are being an irresponsible pet owner, showing a complete lack of respect for our native fauna. Keep it inside or keep it penned.
End of rant

My cat is not wild, the cats I see in the shelter where my daughter volunteers each weekend are wild. I respect our native wildlife, just not cat haters.

[krisandkev]

We are on 61 acres and I have seen more Red Belly Black snakes in the past month then the whole 12 years since we built here.  I don’t mind seeing them in the paddock, as long as they are not near the house.  In fact they are fascinating to watch from the car or tractor.  Just hate coming across them when walking along.  Luckily our Border collie seems to know the dangerous ones and keeps away from them.    Kevin

[xcvator]

My cat is not wild, the cats I see in the shelter where my daughter volunteers each weekend are wild. I respect our native wildlife, just not cat haters.

Suggest you read the post again, and if you don't understand what was said read it again

[Marschy]

Suggest you read the post again, and if you don't understand what was said read it again

Reread your post, still disagree.

[xcvator]

My cat is not wild,

So why is your cat out killing wildlife ?

the cats I see in the shelter where my daughter volunteers each weekend are wild.

So where  do you think they started ? feral, alley, wild cats were ALL domestic once !!!!

I respect our native wildlife,

Refer to question 1

just not cat haters.

Who mentioned cat haters? If you mean me,I'd do the same with a feral dog.

[McGirr]

Have had cats for years. One taken by a python once. Always stayed within an area near the house as there were too many dogs living next door. 

But the subject is brown snakes. Here in Cairns we will start seeing snakes, all colors , on the move soon when the wet season starts.

Mark

[Offroad 4x4 Accessories]

Ok I will try and get this back on track after it seems I have derailed it a bit with my first comments.

There are ways that you can help limit the snakes that want to call your home there home. The 2 major ones will be to limit or get rid of there food source and the second will be to limit or get rid of the area that they would like to live. With the food source keep in mind that they will be looking for small to medium animals lets say mice/birds up to rabbits. If you have a animal keep there area clean especially where you feed them. That should limit the mice rats ect that the snakes are looking for. If you have a lot of hiding spots( piles of wood, bricks,rubbish ect) get rid of these as the less areas they can hide the less they will want to be at your house. Snakes need to regulate there temperature by going from sun to shade so if they have no nice dark quite hiding spot they will move on. Remember it will be hard to keep everyone of them out of your yard but you can help. There is a lot of other thing you can do but that's a good start.

[Marschy]

Good advice

[Desert lover]

We have just returned to Vic from a trip to W.A.  Just on dusk and while camping at a "free" camp site we had a juvenile brown come through the camp.  It was duly sent on its way and shortly after another, shorter by quite a bit, came slithering through..... as we were a couple of hundred Km from medical help we retreated inside at that point. Keep a good look out guys...those slitherers are on the move. 
Cheers,
Desert Lover

[Kit_e_kat9]

I take in feral baby cats and give them a more domestic way of life ... it's very rewarding.  I don't do snakes of any colour, race, or creed however.  They give me the heebie jeebies.

Kit_e

P.S.  Put your differences aside and play nicely please boys.    

[fuji]

Only good snake is a dead un. My cats and dog comes first and yes my cats roam outside.

[fuji]

I take in feral baby cats and give them a more domestic way of life ... it's very rewarding.  I don't do snakes of any colour, race, or creed however.  They give me the heebie jeebies.

Kit_e

P.S.  Put your differences aside and play nicely please boys.    



As the lady said.
Lets play nice.
It's all about warning people not to be complacent.

Nothing dies to maintain your lifestyle I suppose?

Helps if I actually type some words in. See previous post.

[mrdenn1s]

Never seen one in the Dandenongs where I live

[NatGav]

Has anyone ever snake proofed their dog?

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[Grant209]

In the past month I have started noticing a Gradual increase  in Snake Calls on our CAD System, now up to 6 - 7 Snake Calls a Day within the Sydney Metro area, even with calls within the Inner West around Burwood and closer to the CBD around the Rocks, the Rocks one was a Red/Belly Black I understand.

[D4D]

We only get Tigers where I am, lucky I haven't seen one alive yet...

[Grant209]

I am originally from far NorthWest of NSW, where the Snake are big and like most country people up till about 20 years ago I did believe the only good snake was a dead snake, Python Family the only exception.

I have spent many exercises away with the Army where Snakes just became a common every day . . . even every nightly occurrence and we learned to live with them, even one or two of my mates experienced them in sleeping bags, we learned just to give them space and let them pass us by.     

I have a healthy respect for them and when ever I come across one I am fascinated by them, but can understand peoples concern with them and in a Urban / Metro areas where we have children and Adults who are not Snake Savvy, they are a dangerous issue and need to be managed. 

[Nay-DMAX]

Sorry to hear Nay-D, my thoughts are with you. I hate bloody snakes for this reason alone, That they can take our beloved pets.

Nay Dmax,
Sorry to hear about your dog.............she must have been one tough little bugger.

Regards
Nomad.


Thanks for your thoughts yep a tough little bugger she was, but the most gentle loving soul.  Our pets are our babies here so we miss her so much.

Ok I will try and get this back on track after it seems I have derailed it a bit with my first comments.

There are ways that you can help limit the snakes that want to call your home there home. The 2 major ones will be to limit or get rid of there food source and the second will be to limit or get rid of the area that they would like to live. With the food source keep in mind that they will be looking for small to medium animals lets say mice/birds up to rabbits. If you have a animal keep there area clean especially where you feed them. That should limit the mice rats ect that the snakes are looking for. If you have a lot of hiding spots( piles of wood, bricks,rubbish ect) get rid of these as the less areas they can hide the less they will want to be at your house. Snakes need to regulate there temperature by going from sun to shade so if they have no nice dark quite hiding spot they will move on. Remember it will be hard to keep everyone of them out of your yard but you can help. There is a lot of other thing you can do but that's a good start.

Yes we are on a few acres and have surrounding farms but our lawns were short and the paddocks around the house were also as the horses have been on them.  The hay shed is not right near the house and no wood stacked close to the house either.  We have had even more of a clean up but none of that stuff was near our yard, and I am sorry but I will choose my animals and loved ones lives over a snakes any day of the week.

[Kit_e_kat9]

Has anyone ever snake proofed their dog?

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That's a good idea ... don't you need a snake to do that though?  How would one go about it?

Sorry to hear about you pup Nay-DMAX ... yeah ... my critters are my babies too.  It's hard enough losing them in the first place, but suddenly must really hurt.

Kit_e

[NatGav]

Yep, you do need a snake, and also an electronic collar I think.... I am lucky to have a friend who does it and she can get a hold of a snake. Worth speaking to dog trainers in your area... I'm not keen on the electric collar, but worth it if it saves your dog..... My bulldog went rolling in cow Shit and then got electrocuted on the fence...  she will not do that again I'm sure...

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[Kit_e_kat9]

Thanks ... I'm definitely going to look into this.  We've only encountered Coastal Carpet Python's to date, but the dogs were so keen to see what was making all the noise in the bushes ... I'm so glad we had them tied up at the time.  I've seen the damage they do to the BF's fingers so I guess we'll use Monty and a lead.  I'm sure Monty won't mind once he/she has been fed

Kit_e