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    My Cat and....a visiting "King Cobra"

    in General Topics

    Posted · Edited by steffi

    The scales of a King Cobra around the head a different than a Cobra. But the stripes and the underbelly on this guy are a dead give away.

    Look at google images for the difference between Baby Cobra, then look at Baby King Cobra

    Or check out viperkeeper and buzzard.

    Large Snakes in and around house

    in Plants, Pets & Vets in Thailand

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    To this day I think that was staged.

    I have just lost my wee Chilli (Jack Russell) to 2 mtr cobra. I was in the 24 hours vet in 10 minutes only to be told the have run out of antyvenum, I had a fast drive through the city (Suratthani) to by antyvenum at the private hospital. We administered 2 lots of antyvenum put my babby on life support machine her wee hart stopped 8 hours later.next day my own vet told me you need at least 4 or 5 lots of antyvenum and keep injecting it all the time. Most of the vets in Thailand are no good if the ones in Suratthani and Samui are anything to go by. I love my Chilli and miss her so much

    I feel greatly for you at the loss of your beloved dog. I too lost my best friend to a tiger snake in Australia many years ago but still remember the horror rush to the vet and then her death.

    I like to think of a heaven that when I die all my dogs will be waiting to greet me and rush into my arms.

    So now animals are all going to heaven too. Geez Louise. Say hello to Santa Claus for me when you see him. And I sure hope they don't give the last dose of antivenin to a dog only to have a kid with a snake bite need one 10 minutes later. This stuff is not easily produced and is always in short supply as it has a shelf life. Heres and article below that explains it well. As far as the OP ridding himself of snakes first, identify the snake positively. This is especially important in the case of a bite. In fact, if at all possible it is advisable to bring the snake to the hospital with the bite victim for positive confirmation (preferably dead). Then see if a local will come by once a week and hunt them for you. Som Tum Ngoo is popular in some regions. My family in Ubon has promised to take me cobra hunting next visit. Then leave a few tuna cans out until you have the local cats frequenting your garden. The cats will kill the small snakes and probably keep larger ones at bay. The cats will also, more importantly, eliminate the food source of the snakes. Frogs, mice, other snakes all will run from the cats. Worst case scenario, one of the street cats goes down fighting. Pour out a little beer for him and put out a fresh can of tuna. One last thought. If you are so near the zoo, why don't you stop bye and ask them. As you are in the same neighborhood, they may have specific experience in this area.

    http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/med-tech/how-to-make-antivenom-why-the-world-is-running-out#slide-1

    If you think the OP has it bad take a look at this guys cobra infestation

    Swedish found hanged in deserted building

    in Thailand News

    Posted · Edited by steffi

    Over the years there's been quite a few blog posting featuring Sathorn Unique.

    http://www.justonewayticket.com/2012/12/13/exploration-of-an-abandoned-skyscraper-in-bangkok-the-sathorn-unique-building/

    http://desertedplaces.blogspot.com/2014/02/sathorn-unique-bangkoks-ghost-skyscraper.html

    Some photos of inside the building from November of this year:

    http://pantip.com/topic/32882669

    Thanks for that link.

    Old buildings always seem to hold a fascination. Probably something about all the old ghosts (in our sense of memories and past lives, rather than the Thai superstitious sense). I find the gallows humour ("This place needs more decoration") and 'philosophical thoughts' ("You can't get lost if you don't know where you are") scrawled onto these places can be quite interesting sometimes too.

    When I was a teenager my best friend and I used to explore old derelict housing before it got demolished. Of course it's dangerous, but that's part of the thrill for kids. We used to find tatty old letters from some law firm nearly 40 years old and at that age, you felt like you'd found something really special. It was truly stepping back in time to see your home town as it was in a previous era. I remember we'd find sets of cutlery and all sorts of weird nick-knacks that were rubbish to anyone else but to us kids they were something special, the treasures that reward the brave or foolhardy.

    Just a shame it couldn't always be like that, rather than sometimes just being about the dirty old condoms and glue-sniffers' bags. That too though, was part of the danger: whereas for the Thais it might be the spirits of the dead, for us it was a potential meeting with the local riff-raff; or a frightening, mad old tramp usually only ever truly appearing in the imaginings of fourteen year old boys.

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