Thread: Do you run over snakes?

Originally Posted by BigJon

I never run any animal over on purpose. Having said that, I don't swerve wildly to miss them either. That snake looks more like a speed hump!

Same here, i hate thought of injuring any animal.

Originally Posted by stevo68

Mate re read my post, if you are referring to my post re: big angry shepherds. The first time the brown entered our back yard, like anything, he ( the shepherd) will protect. Secondly, my shepherd that died at Xmas, we live on acreage but being a pup is inquisitive, again the snake would have had to come into the backyard. Thirdly, if you have young children playing in the back yard, your comments don't come into play. You can warn them about snakes, but my family and pets come first. And aside from all that, its not like I am the Pied Piper and can will the black snakes to come eat the browns in my area,

Regards

Stevo

Sorry about that mate i miss read your thread,do you have a wild life rescue organisation around your area? if so give am a ring and they will get a profesional handler to come and remove them for you.As for the last bit of your reply about the black snake i can't quite understand it,so if you can re-write it i will answer it.

Sorry for the miss understanding

and

CHEERS REGARDS TIM...

I would not hesitate to kill a snake, or any animal for that fact, that is threatening the safety of my family. At the end of the day, they are animals and will react instinctively. Therefore, its best to also react instnctively.

Its pretty difficult sometimes to see a snake on a gravel road ( I think they snooze sometimes) especially in corrugations,shade etc. I manage to dodge 99% but if its inevitable that I'm going to run over it then I brake as this generally gives them a quick end. Just running over them makes for a painfull death from squashed innards.

Originally Posted by blitz

love snakes and all animals for that matter except domestic animals gone wild.

I dont even kill the tipans that regularly end up in the tack shed eating the mice just catch and release

Blythe

Good onya mate,thats the way we do it to

Originally Posted by lokka

Red bellies and pythons are ok and usualy will run away ...
... or adder anywere near the camp has 12 gauge written all over it tho in the bush there best left alone ....

Lokka

I have news for you most Australian venomous snakes are "adders". They have fixed fangs and strike with a downwards arc. The other venomous family of snakes which we don't have are "vipers" which have fangs which can be rotated in their sockets so the snake strikes with a forward action. Unfortunately because adders have an inefficient method of striking they have far more toxic venom.

Diana

Quote:
Originally Posted by stevo68
Mate re read my post, if you are referring to my post re: big angry shepherds. The first time the brown entered our back yard, like anything, he ( the shepherd) will protect. Secondly, my shepherd that died at Xmas, we live on acreage but being a pup is inquisitive, again the snake would have had to come into the backyard. Thirdly, if you have young children playing in the back yard, your comments don't come into play. You can warn them about snakes, but my family and pets come first. And aside from all that, its not like I am the Pied Piper and can will the black snakes to come eat the browns in my area,

Regards

Stevo

Sorry about that mate i miss read your thread,do you have a wild life rescue organisation around your area? if so give am a ring and they will get a profesional handler to come and remove them for you.As for the last bit of your reply about the black snake i can't quite understand it,so if you can re-write it i will answer it.

Sorry for the miss understanding

and

CHEERS REGARDS TIM

Thats cool, I was referring to the comment about black snakes eating brown snakes, all well and good but if there not around. As for wild life rescue again all well and good but depends on the circumstances. I don't love snakes, nor do I loath them, but if I had found the one that killed my dog, it would be all over rover for that snake. Simple. I've killed one snake in 20 odd years and as stated before mainly because I have young children. The brown I mentioned in my previous thread, that thing was going straight for my son, I was chucking rocks at it over the fence to try and shu it away, but it kept coming. Out in the bush if I see a snake I keep well clear, we have green tree snakes and pythons around, no problem. All boils down to circumstances. On the farm once I walked over the top of a 2metre+ brownie, it was starting to turn, I literally had one leg either side, my uncles reaction was to blow its head clean off. Obviously as a 10yr old, I was more important

Regards

Stevo

See snake grab shovel and chop snakes bloddy head off!