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[Rumpig]

here's a few pics of the snake i found at the front gate when i got home this arvo. i relocated it back next door in the jungle / yard where it came from. can't say i've seen it before in the nearly 15 years we've lived here, have only ever seen a small green tree snake in our yard a few years back and that's it.

[oldmate]

Nice looking snake Mal.

[Rumpig]

Nice looking snake Mal.

it certainly hasn't been going hungry by the looks of it

[Marschy]

Nice looking snake Mal.

Is that prison talk?

[oldmate]

No rats at your place, unlike that marschy. 

[muzza01]

Is that prison talk?

[scarps]

Nice python

[Rumpig]

Is that prison talk?

[Jeepers Creepers]

Quite handsome, isn't he.

[oldmate]

Quite handsome, isn't he.

Now that's got to be prison talk. 

[Clouty]

Didn't you clean out under your house the other day.. Might have been under there just chilling out..

[Rumpig]

Didn't you clean out under your house the other day.. Might have been under there just chilling out..

been a few times i've heard noises in the roof space and wondered if a snake was up there...could very well have been...lol.
when i got home it's tail was still sticking through the fence, so you could tell it came from next door (their yard is a jungle..used to be gardens but well and truely overgrown and out of control these days). the thing wasn't moving and just laid in the one spot for nearly an hour before i moved it on back next door again. i wonder what the neighbour will say when i show her the pic of it....lol...i'll tell her to keep an eye on her cat (but only because she's responsible enough to have a cat run bolted to the sides of her house and not the type to let it go into neighbours properties). hopefully it'll get the cat from behind our place instead and stop it crapping in my backyard, maybe i should have just moved the snake to the backyard to lay in wait...lol

funnily enough.... when i mentioned the snake to my brother this arvo, he said he has a similar sized one under next doors house at the moment. it's laying there digesting a possum it caught in a tree in his front yard the night previous.

[rockman]

harmless python , i hope you dont take to it with a shovel , he's harmless , once he gets rid of his feed he will be on his way ,  the only threat it might be would be towards the cat ... lol what a shame

[Rumpig]

harmless python , i hope you dont take to it with a shovel , he's harmless , once he gets rid of his feed he will be on his way ,  the only threat it might be would be towards the cat ... lol what a shame

no i didn't kill the snake rockman as i know it's harmless. i gave it a gentle prod with a length of timber to move it back through the fence into next doors yard where it came from (in the first pic it's actually making it's way to go back through the fence). the yard next door is an absolute jungle, who knows what the heck is living in there...lol

[liney]

What a beauty.

[Steffo1]

, once he gets rid of his feed he will be on his way ,

Maybe, maybe not.
We have several resident pythons that return for hibernation to the same roof access in the granny flat year after year.
So much for Rooftop Tents being slither proof 

[dooguss]

Jesus that's a big snake

[Snapman007]

Is there an easy way to tell the difference between the friendly and dangerous snakes? I've always thought if their head is wider than their body they're non venomous.

[Steffo1]

Is there an easy way to tell the difference between the friendly and dangerous snakes? I've always thought if their head is wider than their body they're non venomous.

Not true.
Body definitely wider than head 

[Jeepers Creepers]

Now that's got to be prison talk. 

wouldn't you like to know... but as the nice man said, i have the right to remain silent.

[oldmate]

wouldn't you like to know... but as the nice man said, i have the right to remain silent.

  . Now I've met you so I do know. Lol

[markg66]

Got back home from Cunnamulla after the last school hols and found this fella at the front door.

[Rumpig]

looks like our friend is here to stay.....got home this arvo and it was sunning itself in the exact same spot again (must love the afternoon setting sun and besser blocks reflecting the heat), so i raced upstairs and got the kids to come down and look at it which they were excited to do (they weren't home last time to see it, so missed out). after a while of us all checking it out, it decided to move on and went back through the fence again to next door, no coaxing needed this time 

[liney]

Cool mate. Good learning for your kids too.

[bobnrob]

Is there an easy way to tell the difference between the friendly and dangerous snakes? I've always thought if their head is wider than their body they're non venomous.

There's a bloke does traveling snake shows. Part of his spiel is...venomus snakes have 3 tiny dots on the top of their head, but who's going to get close enough to count them?   

The best thing to do is to just leave them alone if you come across one. The majority of snake bites are from people trying to kill them!