how do you fight a snake?

[BananaBandit]

I saw a big, dark-colored snake in my yard.  I was afraid that if I let the thing get too comfortable there, then it will eventually find a way into my house. 

 

So I crept up on it and threw a brick at its head. I think I connected. But the snake just slithered away, apparently no worse for wear (by the way, they can move pretty fast. it's kinda freaky). It seems that throwing a brick was not a good idea. 

 

There was one of those Thai-style machetes nearby.  But I chose not to use it, because they're not very long, so it means I'd have to get very close to a snake.

 

Now I'm wondering if I would've had better luck with the machete.  Or would that just put me in a lot of danger?

 

Might I ask:   If you chop a snake in half, will the front part still attack you?

   

Also, can some of these things spit poison at you?  Or do they actually have to bite you to do any damage?

[Crossy]

By far the best way to deal with an unwanted visitor is to leave it alone and call your local snake / monitor / bee / other creatures wrangler.

 

Your village office will have their number.

 

The vast majority of snakes are not interested in doing you harm unless you try to harm them.

 

[cornishcarlos]

Use the machete next time... Covid doesn't eliminate stupid people ????

[riclag]

Why don't you go on youtube and do a search

[steven100]

I don't think throwing bricks at a snake is a good idea .... 

[cornishcarlos]

4 minutes ago, steven100 said:

I don't think throwing bricks at a snake is a good idea .... 

 

Maybe a ladder ?

[HashBrownHarry]

11 minutes ago, steven100 said:

I don't think throwing bricks at a snake is a good idea .... 

Depends on the size of brick?

[UbonThani]

90% of deaths due to people trying to kill the snake

[faraday]

Speak to it harshly:

 

"Serpent, be gone!"

Or

 

Alternatively, look up Vern Lovic on YouTube, very interesting bloke, & extremely knowledgeable.

[CharlieH]

Some troll and unhelpful comments removed.

[VocalNeal]

Or can research Romulus Whitaker. He know one end of a snake from the other.

[worgeordie]

Put salt on its tail,and it will fall asleep,then you can

remove it,????

More people get bitten trying to kill a snake,and some

people want to kill anything that moves into their space,

most of the snakes you see are good,eating vermin.

regards Worgeordie

[2long]

You don't fight snakes, ever!

If you don't know the species or what you're doing, then stay away and get someone in who does.

[CharlieH]

 

 

[Moonlover]

Try a camera. Photograph it, do an ID check on-line and discover whether it is potentially harmful or not. If it's harmless, as indeed most are, just leave it alone. If it is venomous follow @Crossy's advise above. Do NOT try and tackle it yourself.

 

And ignore most of the rubbish that's been posted above!

[toofarnorth]

' Will it grow a body from just the head, what size brick is best for throwing at a snake ?  LEAVE IT BE !  It will go away.

[petedk]

1 hour ago, Crossy said:

By far the best way to deal with an unwanted visitor is to leave it alone and call your local snake / monitor / bee / other creatures wrangler.

 

Your village office will have their number.

 

The vast majority of snakes are not interested in doing you harm unless you try to harm them.

 

I was thinking the same,but are they all trustworthy?

 

We had a beehive on the compressor of our aircon, so we called a company to remove it. A guy came and sprayed a whole can of "Baigon" on the nest, killing all the bees. He then took the honey and placed it in a little plastic box. I pity the people who bought that.

I can't remember how much we paid but I think it was about 1500 Baht.

[Tarteso]

Few years ago I had in the roof of an old house,  a nest of snakes. One night, one of them falles in to my bedroom and when I woke up way to the bathroom I saw the long snake crawling around the bedroom.. I and wife in panic...

 

I killed “it” without compassion and a lot of adrenaline with a long machete. (So sorry for the Buddhists) after that, I came back to the bed and Sleeped like a child.

 

Cobra snake!

Edited May 15, 2020 by Tarteso

[Lacessit]

Snakes will usually leave you alone if you leave them alone.

They are sensitive to vibration, so bring out a boom box with a Rolling Stones number and the bass turned up to maximum.

[cornishcarlos]

1 hour ago, UbonThani said:

90% of deaths due to people trying to kill the snake

 

Surely only 90% of deaths involving a snake ?? 

[Crossy]

17 minutes ago, petedk said:

I was thinking the same,but are they all trustworthy?

 

We've never had an incident like you describe but we leave bees alone unless very close to the house.

 

The wasp man did indeed use a lot of insecticide but no honey to get contaminated.

[banglay]

To me it depends what type of snake it is... Non venomous snakes can carry on with their business... ....Venomous snakes I kill .

And ANY snake that gets into my home is killed on sight ....no appeal no escape ... That's the only way I can sleep at night when a snake has entered my home..

[Relocated]

You don't fight. You eat them. 

[gerry1953]

If it becomes a repeat problem buy a 48"+ snake catching device from Lazada for about 1,300 baht.  I don't hurt them but place them over the wall into the heavy bush.  Most are harmless, some  are mildly venomous and a few are very venomous.  You can always go online and find cheap plastic pipe types that snare the snake. Check out one of the snake sites from Thailand and maybe you won't be so afraid of them.  If I get a highly venomous one I may want to relocate it to a better area.

[northsouthdevide]

Unless you're a mongoose, you should probably resist the temptation, and eather leave it alone, or ecort it on the end of a long broom handle from your property. 

[sirineou]

9 hours ago, BananaBandit said:

So I crept up on it and threw a brick at its head. I think I connected. But the snake just slithered away,

Only one brick will hardly do the job, unless it is a very very big brick. What you need is to be prepared!

I  wear big cargo pants with all the pockets filled with bricks and other items to throw at snakes,

I suggest you do the same ,

Ohh,  wear a good belt, and make sure to wear underwear also in case the belt fails, a lesson I learned early while my wife had friends visiting.

 

   

[cyril sneer]

i use one of those mosquito electric rackets, you just take off both metal side protectors

 

then, finish it off with a brick

[DaRoadrunner]

I am not letting any of you anywhere near my snake!

[Tropicalevo]

11 hours ago, Crossy said:

By far the best way to deal with an unwanted visitor is to leave it alone and call your local snake / monitor / bee / other creatures wrangler.

 

Your village office will have their number.

 

The vast majority of snakes are not interested in doing you harm unless you try to harm them.

 

This is by far the best advice on the forum.

Over the last 20 years I have had to move a lot of 'visitors'. (No snake catcher where I live.)

If you have to do it yourself, the best weapon is the pool net. Scoop it up and drop the snake somewhere else. This worked with everything except a 4 meter long python, a two meter long monitor lizard and a 3 meter long king cobra. I decided to let them stay until they were bored. Golden Tree snakes (we get lots on Samui) and Wolf snakes. Pick them up and put them somewhere safe.

[NE1]

I  used a Hessian sack taped to the end of a length of pipe. Laid the open end down facing the snake and he went straight for it.

Up the pipe and into the sack.