Snakes in garden

[rwill]

18 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Me too I simply can't recognize them as harmless or not.

Asking a (Thai) neighbor for help/advise is probably step 1.

My Thai neighbors all seem to think every snake they see is the most dangerous one in the world.

[Tropposurfer]

18 hours ago, Rimmer said:

We often get golden tree snakes, Black spitting cobras, red necked keelbacks and yesterday a rare Kukri snake in the garden. 

We  use the pool net on a pole to capture them and throw them over the wall, my misses is getting very good at it ????

Hmm spitting cobras huh?! I think I dated a gal who fitted that description once lol????

[jacko45k]

There is a reason to get rid of them... in my case the Mrs is absolute petrified and can't even look at them. I find that type quite easy to catch and relocate them away from the house. Bigger snakes are very rare, my neighbour has had a few cobras and he calls the Sawang Boriboon to come get rid... He once called me and my trusty grabber stick and I accused him of being nuts expecting me to irritate one of those!

[Thingamabob]

Why on earth would you want to get rid of them ? Please do not harm them. They are an asset. They will help you to keep down rodents and other pests.

[sammieuk1]

I have a house rule if you have no legs or a lot of legs you ain't staying end of story my sausage dog walks a thin line ????

[Liverpool Lou]

18 hours ago, n00dle said:

18 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Hey, steady on, I've been awarded badges!  But, anyway, I'm 100% correct, yes? 

A snake is either venomous or it isn't, golden tree snakes are and stating that fact is not pedanticism.  

ignoring intent to overstate fact most certainly is. 

How could you ever know what "my intent" could be, are you inside my head?   To correct you, once again, as you have a tendency to post falsehoods, golden tree snakes are one of the venomous types of snake.

[Tropposurfer]

A good rule of thumb as a gardener working in the garden ... if there are venomous creatures about (I hail from Oz, there we have the most venomous and deadly snakes on the planet x 4!)

Always move slowly, never dive your arms into the garden beds, plants.

When you go to work in an area or prune a tree observe from a few feet back, brush shrubs with your rake or broom or other tools first.

If pruning trees bump the branches a few times with your extension pruner or loppers. Use rakes when bringing leaf fall out of beds not your hands. 

Seeing as you have lots of venomous snakes in your area then get yourself a good snake-bite kit and keep it in prominent place. Learn what to do if bitten. The pool scoop is a good idea.

 

Non venomous snakes are good to have around, and quite timid, they remove cockroaches, mice n rats, and some other snakes too lickety-split.

 

In Oz black and yellow & red belly black snakes kill the very deadly brown snakes n' eat em' so while venomous to us too they serve a purpose in the animal world.

I wasn't a fan of the walled villas and houses I saw when I first began coming here but when building our home I realised that fairly smooth rendered 8 foot high walls all around, no vines or trees close to the walls on the outside for them to slither into the garden was a good thing.

A front door & gate with tight tolerances in the frame and a carefully attached skirt. Tight fitting panel type garage doors instead of cheaper roller types helps to keep any curios slithering friends out.

Oh ... by the way electronic snake deterrence devices are said by many experts to be ineffective. 

[Gandtee]

21 hours ago, Salerno said:

How does the neighbour feel about it? ????

 

Maybe grateful for a possible free lunch.????

[ignore it]

Rimmer,

Wow   I think your wife's ability to take care of snakes is like, Wow!

When it comes to getting rid of the snakes she could give lessons to Chuwit!

[1FinickyOne]

21 hours ago, n00dle said:

why would a non-venomous snake be a concern. They keep the rodent population in check. 

We don't all know which snakes are venomous or not... and we have kids... 

[Rimmer]

10 hours ago, JimmyJ said:

Where do you live?

What area?

 

Up a dirt road on the edge of a golf course surrounded by jungle and a fews bananna trees  ????️‍♂️

[simon43]

On 2/3/2023 at 12:30 PM, Liverpool Lou said:

Some animals are "beautiful animals" but others aren't, including the venomous golden green tree snake?  Isn't that subjective, yet you're deciding which animals he should find beautiful enough, in your opinion, to remain in his garden?

His garden? Perhaps the snake lived on that land before him...

[Aussieroaming]

Snakes like places to hide and nest, so keep your yard as debris free and trimmed as possible and plug or screen any access points that you can and keep your lawn mowed frequently as well. Snakes will be looking for food, so get rid of any vermin like rats and mice.

[mrmicbkktxl]

On 2/3/2023 at 6:01 AM, Rimmer said:

 

Here is a picture of my misses holding a Golden Tree Snake before it went over the wall, she wouldn't do that with the cobras though.... 

 

I would shi. in my pants,oh man

[Eddie45]

Though Highly unlikely. If you got bitten by one of the poisonous snakes in Pattaya is there good supply of the Anti-Venom in one of the hopsitals.

[Nong Khai Man]

On 2/3/2023 at 11:45 AM, Salerno said:

How does the neighbour feel about it? ????

 

He'll Be O.K. They're getting FREE Meat for Dinner....

[Salerno]

1 minute ago, Nong Khai Man said:

He'll Be O.K. They're getting FREE Meat for Dinner....

I've never had the chance to try it, allegedly quite tasty (probably comes done to the spices etc. used).

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, simon43 said:

His garden? Perhaps the snake lived on that land before him...

The snake must have sold it to him. 

[bangkok19]

On 2/3/2023 at 3:30 PM, sirineou said:

This first one is free,

You need to get a mongoose!

but advice on how to get rid of the mongoose will cost you 

 

or do as we do, get a bunch of dogs as we did. I pity the fool (snake) that would come into our property.

And as it happens , I have a couple of dogs I would be willing to part with. 

Free!! and I deliver. 

Or you could try, something like this. (but I still like the Mongoose idea)

also look for snake repellent on Lazada. 

I've lost about 5 dogs over the years to snakes.

The smart dogs know which snakes to attack, and which ones to leave alone.

[jacko45k]

14 hours ago, Salerno said:

I've never had the chance to try it, allegedly quite tasty (probably comes done to the spices etc. used).

Got a little jungle food restaurant near me that me and the Mrs have nicknamed 'The Snake and Toad', thankfully they do have more regular items on the menu. 

Edited February 4, 2023 by jacko45k

[swissman53]

I put some Naphthalene Balls around the house and that's enough to keep snakes and other animals away.

[Luuk Chaai]

we get an occasional cobra,,  maybe  2x a year   but frequented by the lovely Malay Pit Viper

i grab them with a 2meter Stainless Steel  gripper and walk them down about 500 meters then drop them in the bush ..  here tell anything they bite is pretty much guaranteed to turn black and fall off  but...........................  I'm more afraid of the  Weaverpu ( i think Latin is  Pickup overloeadus maximus )   they have been clocked at speeds of 130 kph while emitting gobs of black smoke to avoid detection while they weave in and out of traffic to be first at the next traffic light 

[ThailandRyan]

Had a Golden tree snake decide it wanted to play inside of one of the Air Conditioning units compressors today.  It was successfully retrieved by a guy down the street who does snake removals. This one came over the wall using one of the coconut trees on the outside of the wall to go up and then down a coconut tree on the inside of the yard.

Edited February 6, 2023 by ThailandRyan

[sharksy]

Did get trapped in a bungalow with no other way out, other than up the steps.  What a beatiful creature.  Girlfriend was terrified so had to call hotel staff.  I hope they released it safely, made my day!

[Will27]

On 2/5/2023 at 4:39 AM, bangkok19 said:

I've lost about 5 dogs over the years to snakes.

The smart dogs know which snakes to attack, and which ones to leave alone.

My dogs must be dumb then, because they attack every snake they see.

Once has been spat in the eye twice by cobra's.

[PoorSucker]

Plant some lemon grass, both snakes and mosquito avoid it.

[mrwebb8825]

Raise a couple of geese - missus can use the eggs and they like to scare/eat snakes.

[KhunLA]

Damn ... another Malay Viper at the house/garden. 3rd one in 2 months ????

[p414]

On 2/4/2023 at 5:48 AM, simon43 said:

His garden? Perhaps the snake lived on that land before him...

Who lived on YOUR land before you?

 

[KhunLA]

If they weren't venomous, and paranoid about anyone close, thinking we're out to get them, then their day would end a little bit better when we encounter them.

 

Along with not wanting to bite/kill or try to eat my dog.