May 30, 200718 yr I went to open the windows to day and was met by this un wanted visitor, any one know who he is...? whats his name and is he a bad boy ...? Thanks ...
May 30, 200718 yr I went to open the windows to day and was met by this un wanted visitor, any one know who he is...? whats his name and is he a bad boy ...? Thanks ... Dont know who or what Hissing-Sid is, If its any consolation has also happend to me on several occasions. Open a window and in pops a small. looks to be, a small garden snake. Think they like to get up high to escape all the rain. Scares the heck out of me when it happens. But now non-plused. I get a long handled BarBque tongs & pick the thing up, and out the door, into an empty field, after a chase around the house. They're pretty quick and usually have to get them in a corner before I can grab 'em with the tongs. Sometimes they'll return, can see them on my roof. But do not know if it's the same one that was evicted. Ah life in LOS!!
May 30, 200718 yr Dunno, cute though. He doesn't look like any of the poisonous snkaes here http://www.siam-info.de/english/snakes_poisonous.html unfortunately he doesn't look any of the non-poisonous ones either http://www.siam-info.de/english/snakes_non-poisonous.html except maybe, a Painted Bronzeback Treat all as potentially lethal, if you don't have small children leave him alone and he'll leave (looks like he's on the ouside). "I don't want to know why you can't. I want to know how you can!"
May 30, 200718 yr cute little fella, no idea of his genus, good advice crossy, treat em all as deadly, but dont kill them please.
May 30, 200718 yr having looked at crossies link, I reckon it might be a golden tree snake, has good climbing ability, enjoy the meeting, Crikey
May 30, 200718 yr Author Thanks Guy's , here's a second photo of Hissing Sid, Ive just seen him again in the garden but this time with a smaller mate by his side, looks as if there's a family staying here. just told daughter ( aged 9 ) to stay away from the front garden for now . let's hop they move on .... Thanks
May 30, 200718 yr Hope you find a way without killing it..... I recall a posting of a guy who was very proud of killing the snakes and three month later he posted about his big problems with rats.... I grow up near snakes and most children are smarter than the parents believe. It seems children keep away from snakes by instinct..
May 30, 200718 yr Author Well , it looks as for now they are staying with us, just hope they will move on some time, its the nearest ive been to a snake here, and this one's really striking in its green pattern no way will I think about killing it , just let it go on its way .... TL
May 30, 200718 yr Definitely golden tree snake, not poisonous. They don't tend to be very scared of humans either, we had a couple that would hang around the house and eat the lizards and geckos Golden Tree Snake
May 31, 200718 yr Author Well sad new's the smaller one of the Two snakes that paid us a visit made the mistake of poping into the bedroom of my Thai neighbour and you can guess the rest ... and yes it was a Golden tree Snake such a good looking one too . The larger one is I think still in our garden some where . TL
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