Popular Post dick turpin Posted March 8 Popular Post Share Posted March 8 (edited) Had a 15 minute fight to the death with this fella this morning, not going well until I got my Gecko buster out, a long bamboo pole with a fork embedded in the end. Managed to pin him down, then moved in with the rat spray I use on my car engine. Still writhing around, so time to move in for the kill with the garden back hoe Think it was a Cobra, but not sure. Edited March 8 by dick turpin 2 7 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Crossy Posted March 8 Popular Post Share Posted March 8 I'm no expert, but I think he was a Radiated Rat Snake (Coelognathus radiatus) [Thai: งูทางมะพร้าว, ngu taang mapao], completely harmless rodent vacuum. It's always wise to treat any snake as venomous and potentially deadly. But unless he was presenting an immediate danger to you or yours one has to ask, why kill it? 8 1 5 2 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post worgeordie Posted March 8 Popular Post Share Posted March 8 Yes definitely some kind of rat snake (harmless) , maybe you should go on google and take a few minutes to study Snakes of Thailand ,so you know what a Cobra looks like ,,before you go killing all the harmless snakes around you ,some are actually beneficial , you also kill Geckos ! , why ? , regards Worgeordie 7 2 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dolf Posted March 8 Popular Post Share Posted March 8 Most deaths by snake bites happens when human try to kill them. 5 1 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dick turpin Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 6 minutes ago, Crossy said: I'm no expert, but I think he was a Radiated Rat Snake (Coelognathus radiatus) [Thai: งูทางมะพร้าว, ngu taang mapao], completely harmless rodent vacuum. It's always wise to treat any snake as venomous and potentially deadly. But unless he was presenting an immediate danger to you or yours one has to ask, why kill it? Think you just answered your own question, "treat any snake as venomous" Wifey thought, or rather was screaming that it was a cobra. Besides ended up near my SUV and did not want it climbing in my engine bay. 5 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dick turpin Posted March 8 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 8 3 minutes ago, Dolf said: Most deaths by snake bites happens when human try to kill them. Well, I think I just busted that myth 1 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dolf Posted March 8 Popular Post Share Posted March 8 1 minute ago, dick turpin said: Well, I think I just busted that myth Lucky it wasn't a cobra. 1 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post norfolkandchance Posted March 8 Popular Post Share Posted March 8 Proud of it as well. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Crossy Posted March 8 Popular Post Share Posted March 8 @dick turpin by the way, it's also a protected species in Thailand, so it's illegal to kill them. 6 3 2 4 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dick turpin Posted March 8 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 8 8 minutes ago, worgeordie said: Yes definitely some kind of rat snake (harmless) , maybe you should go on google and take a few minutes to study Snakes of Thailand ,so you know what a Cobra looks like ,,before you go killing all the harmless snakes around you ,some are actually beneficial , you also kill Geckos ! , why ? , regards Worgeordie Don't like those big monster Geckos. Next time will pause and check on google if a particular snake is about to kill me. 2 1 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dick turpin Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 5 minutes ago, norfolkandchance said: Proud of it as well. You bet. 2 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Crossy Posted March 8 Popular Post Share Posted March 8 4 minutes ago, dick turpin said: Don't like those big monster Geckos. Next time will pause and check on google if a particular snake is about to kill me. Thing is, 99% of snakes (even cobras) just want to go about their business and if given a way out will take it. They can't eat you and really don't want to waste expensive venom biting you. 4 3 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post EVENKEEL Posted March 8 Popular Post Share Posted March 8 Cleaning up couldn't hurt. 1 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 7 minutes ago, Crossy said: @dick turpin by the way, it's also a protected species in Thailand, so it's illegal to kill them. I wonder what the fine is. And which member will rat him out... In the photo, it looks like 2 snakes, possibly one eating the other? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 1 minute ago, impulse said: In the photo, it looks like 2 snakes, possibly one eating the other? If you look up the radiated rat snake, they actually have a different pattern front to back. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dick turpin Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 2 minutes ago, Crossy said: Thing is, 99% of snakes just want to go about their business and if given a way out will take it. They can't eat you and really don't want to waste expensive venom biting you. If I see a snake in the garden quite happy to let them go about their business, don't like it when they suddenly rear up from behind some boxes or such. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dick turpin Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 5 minutes ago, impulse said: I wonder what the fine is. And which member will rat him out... In the photo, it looks like 2 snakes, possibly one eating the other? Just the one fella, but gives you and idea of its size. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Crossy Posted March 8 Popular Post Share Posted March 8 Just now, dick turpin said: Just the one fella, but gives you and idea of its size. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dick turpin Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 7 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said: Cleaning up couldn't hurt. He's long gone and wife out with liberal dose of Dettol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post n00dle Posted March 8 Popular Post Share Posted March 8 49 minutes ago, dick turpin said: Had a 15 minute fight to the death with this fella this morning, not going well until I got my Gecko buster out, a long bamboo pole with a fork embedded in the end. Managed to pin him down, then moved in with the rat spray I use on my car engine. Still writhing around, so time to move in for the kill with the garden back hoe Think it was a Cobra, but not sure. not sure what i find more idiotic. That you would feel a need to kill a non-venomous snake, have a "gecko buster" in the first place, or that you proudly post pictures up here for others to admire. 2 2 3 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00dle Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 9 minutes ago, impulse said: And which member will rat him out... id happily grass him up if I thought it would cause him genuine grief. 1 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dick turpin Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 4 minutes ago, n00dle said: id happily grass him up if I thought it would cause him genuine grief. Note you have a habit of replying multiple times to the same thread, take a break. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 OK Take note people. <Moderator hat on> This thread has the potential to get venomous, one (mildly) insulting post has been removed. Let's make it the last one, shall we? </Moderator hat on> 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdemundo Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 44 minutes ago, dick turpin said: Well, I think I just busted that myth Huh? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dick turpin Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 9 minutes ago, cdemundo said: Huh? Think that might just have been meant as a joke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChaiyaTH Posted March 8 Popular Post Share Posted March 8 Why would you kill gecko or bother them, or kill a snake like this, absolute pointless. 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dick turpin Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 6 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said: Why would you kill gecko or bother them, or kill a snake like this, absolute pointless. Love having the small gecko around, but don't like the big ones that have a habit of climbing behind my fridge. And for the record, can't recall the last time was in mortal combat with a snake, normally I just see them off the premises.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Zioner Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Is is illegal to kill geckos? I worry about my cat now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Zioner Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 4 minutes ago, dick turpin said: And for the record, can't recall the last time was in mortal combat with a snake, normally I just see them off the premises.. Yeah, just like that poor sod who kicked a doctor... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mfd101 Posted March 8 Popular Post Share Posted March 8 (edited) About a month ago and for the first time ever we had a snake (at most 2m) in the house. When I came downstairs at 0700 to sweep out & make the first double shots of the day, there peeping out from the heavy curtains by the front sliding door was what I first thought was a large gecko head but then realized it was a whole snake. So I shrieked for my knight in shining armour who came galloping up trumpets blowing. I handed him my broom and he carefully escorted the serpent out the door to the garden. He said it was deadly poisonous and I believe him (though he may have been embellishing his own daring-do). Edited March 8 by mfd101 1 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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