Thread: SNAKES IN YOUR BACKYARD ANYONE?

Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

I tend to disagree with these experts, not in my backyard thank you.
ABC News - Leaving a snake in your backyard might be safer...

Leaving a snake "alone"' in your back yard might be safer but our cat is unconvinced of the rationality of the argument.

Used to get brown snakes in the yard at Licola when I lived up there, and copper heads on the farm as a kid - I’ve always just let them wander where they like, it’s not like they come into the house. Lost a couple of cats to snake bites but we survived ok.

I've had one cat bitten by a snake (survived at a cost of $2,600 for treatment).

I've caught a brown snake in the house - it got in via the cat door.... I let it go about 100+ mtrs from the house (near a dry creek)

I've seen 3 others on the property... I tend to give them a wide berth - and luckily, they return the favour!

Make enough noise when you are walking around and the snakes will bugger off and you will probably never see them
We live on a farm and our nearest neighbour is miles away and yes we do have the odd snake about the place from time to time, We also have a resident python which is now quite large that just lays there and looks at us from time to time and causes No harm at all except to scare the bejesus out of the Missus.
If you pick up a shovel or a rake and have a go at killing a snake then that is the time you are most likely to get bitten.
If they are outside the house then the best way to deal with them is to leave them alone, if Inside the house then that is a different matter entirely.

I dont know what your all worried about, they arnt like sharks that bite more than once.. Snakes only give a little pinch and then most times go away...

Best thing people could do is learn how to treat snake bite and how to run...

Stay away is best, and what Trout said, when inside then you have a problem...

Originally Posted by grey_ghost

I've had one cat bitten by a snake (survived at a cost of $2,600 for treatment).

Been there, done that and $2500 - $2600 seems to be the standard figure.

It's cats 3, snakes 0 at our house and the wallet is very much lighter as a result. Though 1 cat did go cold turkey, no point administering anti venom. By the time we found it was about 1:30am and it was comatose. Put in a corner of the room thinking I deal with a dead cat in the morning. At 3:0am it was up bouncing off walls like drunk. By the morning it had retired to the linen cupboard and sat in there 4 days before emerging. Had a funny walk and some liver damage but even managed to shake that off after ~12 months. Lived to ripe old age of 18Ys.

The vet says cats are fairly resistant, what would kill a dog in minutes cats can sometimes survive.

The daughter has been jumpy since finding a snakeskin in the backyard at Maleny. I made myself unpopular by wondering if it was living in the roof cavity. She didn't get the joke.
They have two dogs do I assume they would make enough racket to scare the snake away.

Damn,, I thought it was a new movie,,,