Yesterday afternoon our neighbour called my wife and told her he just saw a very big king cobra come through our side fence, I grabbed the snake catcher and the big spear and went over to the area he was standing near with a very long pole. I searched the area and found nothing so it must have gone back  out through our back fence into the vacant land behind us.  Our worker showed up and the neighbour said the snake was longer than the width of the road so at least 5 metres and he said it only just fit through the 10cm/4" mesh fence. Our worker has also seen a very big king cobra crossing our other land not far away so maybe the same one, the land behind us is not taken care of and the grass etc is very tall, we have the worker brush cut 2 plus metres besides our land  as a buffer, when the owner first bought it he said he was chased by a very large cobra  so again maybe the same one. Unfortunately I will have no choice but to try to kill it if it cames back as my wife & daughter plus our dogs are my first priority, I do have 2cm mesh along all but 6 metres of the back fence(this is where it would have gone out) so I will now finish the back and do the outside of the side fence as well with the small mesh to stop any fom getting through. The area it came from is vacant land across from the back of the side fence, there is around  4 metres of it opposite our side fence directly behind the neighbours land that is well maintained that the owner also never takes care of(actually never seen them near it in 4 years) plus it is lower so with all the rain has water in most of it, in the west land owners are required to keep their land near other houses clean with grass etc cut regularly, here in Thailand they just dont care making it hard for anyone living next to them.  I did see a snake trail across the road further down in the sand last year and it was from a large snake and from the same block of land so again maybe the same cobra, will not be going anywhere outside the fence line without the spear now, we have several vacant blocks plus a palm oil/rubber trees growing near us and have had to  kill a few snakes since building here, just one of the parts of living here but even at our other house in town we had to kill several cobras bailed up by our dogs over the years but not big ones like here.

32 minutes ago, seajae said:

Yesterday afternoon our neighbour called my wife and told her he just saw a very big king cobra come through our side fence, I grabbed the snake catcher and the big spear and went over to the area he was standing near with a very long pole.

 

How did your wife react when you grabbed her?

 

 

44 minutes ago, seajae said:

Yesterday afternoon our neighbour called my wife and told her he just saw a very big king cobra come through our side fence, I grabbed the snake catcher and the big spear and went over to the area he was standing near with a very long pole. I searched the area and found nothing so it must have gone back  out through our back fence into the vacant land behind us.  Our worker showed up and the neighbour said the snake was longer than the width of the road so at least 5 metres and he said it only just fit through the 10cm/4" mesh fence. Our worker has also seen a very big king cobra crossing our other land not far away so maybe the same one, the land behind us is not taken care of and the grass etc is very tall, we have the worker brush cut 2 plus metres besides our land  as a buffer, when the owner first bought it he said he was chased by a very large cobra  so again maybe the same one. Unfortunately I will have no choice but to try to kill it if it cames back as my wife & daughter plus our dogs are my first priority, I do have 2cm mesh along all but 6 metres of the back fence(this is where it would have gone out) so I will now finish the back and do the outside of the side fence as well with the small mesh to stop any fom getting through. The area it came from is vacant land across from the back of the side fence, there is around  4 metres of it opposite our side fence directly behind the neighbours land that is well maintained that the owner also never takes care of(actually never seen them near it in 4 years) plus it is lower so with all the rain has water in most of it, in the west land owners are required to keep their land near other houses clean with grass etc cut regularly, here in Thailand they just dont care making it hard for anyone living next to them.  I did see a snake trail across the road further down in the sand last year and it was from a large snake and from the same block of land so again maybe the same cobra, will not be going anywhere outside the fence line without the spear now, we have several vacant blocks plus a palm oil/rubber trees growing near us and have had to  kill a few snakes since building here, just one of the parts of living here but even at our other house in town we had to kill several cobras bailed up by our dogs over the years but not big ones like here.

You didn't "have" to the cobra. You chose to. Which some people might consider unnecessary and even despicable.

55 minutes ago, seajae said:

Very big snake

At times in the short time room above the beer bars, the girls tell me that I have an Anoconda. 

 

48 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

At times in the short time room above the beer bars, the girls tell me that I have an Anoconda. 

 

I think that's more a function of the thickness of your wallet than the size of your pant snake.

 

1 hour ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

At times in the short time room above the beer bars, the girls tell me that I have an Anoconda. 

If you can't even spell 'Anaconda', then it's a sure bet you don't have one. 'Worm' only has four letters, perhaps that would suit you better. 

 

How does he kill a cobra with a spear?

Sounds rather a hit or miss proposition, to me.

 

4 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

How does he kill a cobra with a spear?

 

He didn't.

6 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

 

He didn't.

 

Then.....

 

Why carry a spear to a snake fight?

 

 

1 minute ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Then.....

 

Why carry a spear to a snake fight?

 

 

 

Why are you asking me ?

1 hour ago, ColeBOzbourne said:

If you can't even spell 'Anaconda', then it's a sure bet you don't have one. 'Worm' only has four letters, perhaps that would suit you better. 

 

 

1 hour ago, ColeBOzbourne said:

2 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

At times in the short time room above the beer bars, the girls tell me that I have an Anoconda. 

If you can't even spell 'Anaconda', then it's a sure bet you don't have one. 'Worm' only has four letters, perhaps that would suit you better

Holy f&$# Batman, it's the spelling police on my case. 

 

Colin, you're an Aussie aren't you, no need to be a d*ck, you should know better 

43 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

 

Why are you asking me ?

 

Because...

After reading many of your contributions to TV.....it is apparent to me that you probably know almost...

EVERYTHING

 

3 hours ago, seajae said:

Unfortunately I will have no choice but to try to kill it if it cames back as my wife & daughter plus our dogs are my first priority,

 

I can guarantee that this King Cobra will not 'attack' and eat your wife, daughter and most likely not be interested in your dogs.

Cobras (like most snakes) are not aggressive, rather they are defensive. They will only threaten you if they feel threatened themself.

A big snake like that is easy to see - just give it a wide berth and everyone can co-habit happily.

It is probably benefitting you living there - as King Cobras are known for mainly predating on other snakes.

 

If you feel that the area is not big enough for you all - may I respectfully suggest you contact a local snake-catcher or similar to catch this snake so it can be safely removed and repatriated to a less popiulated area. 

I think a lot of the Thai's are like the Africans. In Africa every snake is a Black Mamba and here in Thailand every snake is a King Cobra. Some Cobra's will be seen but not every snake is one.

19 hours ago, G Rex said:

 

I can guarantee that this King Cobra will not 'attack' and eat your wife, daughter and most likely not be interested in your dogs.

Cobras (like most snakes) are not aggressive, rather they are defensive. They will only threaten you if they feel threatened themself.

A big snake like that is easy to see - just give it a wide berth and everyone can co-habit happily.

It is probably benefitting you living there - as King Cobras are known for mainly predating on other snakes.

 

If you feel that the area is not big enough for you all - may I respectfully suggest you contact a local snake-catcher or similar to catch this snake so it can be safely removed and repatriated to a less popiulated area. 

hopefully it will not come back into our yard area, this is the first time in 4 years since we built the house etc it has done it. We were aware of the sighting of the big king cobra at our other block a short distance away but not here. I have already ordered a smaller galvanized mesh to put on the outside of our current fence so it will not be able to come through the current fence again, unfortunately the factthe  thais that have bought the blocks as investments  do not want keep their vacant blocks cleared doesnt help, spending money on them out of the question although a few other blocks that have been bought are cleared every so often but the 2 in question havent been touched in 4 years, the one behind us was cleared when we first built the house but not since. The area it was in is a smaller area where we have a few trees and vegetables growing  so the dogs are there when they are out of their kennel area, they will be defencive if they see it and I do not want them to be bitten by it, this means my only choice will be to defend them so I am hoping this was a one off incident due to the heavy rain we have recently had that would hve flooded the area it came from

On 4/29/2025 at 1:42 PM, GammaGlobulin said:

How does he kill a cobra with a spear?

Sounds rather a hit or miss proposition, to me.

 

With a spear like the one I made after having two snakes - at different times - come into our house.

If another one comes in I'm ready to welcome it.

7 hours ago, DaddyWarbucks said:

With a spear like the one I made after having two snakes - at different times - come into our house.

If another one comes in I'm ready to welcome it.

 

It looks as if you have your weapon loaded in a HILUX, too....!!!!

33 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

It looks as if you have your weapon loaded in a HILUX, too....!!!!

TIT.

9 hours ago, DaddyWarbucks said:

With a spear like the one I made after having two snakes - at different times - come into our house.

If another one comes in I'm ready to welcome it.

mine is a multi prong head on a long pole, only had to use it once so far but our worker has used it a couple of times. Dogs were going nuts at midnight last night in the area it was in but couldnt see anything, thais have told us it is mating/egg laying season for snakes and as there is a very big bamboo clump maybe 4 metres from the fence it could explain it

44 mag snake shot is righteous for snakes.

9 hours ago, DaddyWarbucks said:

With a spear like the one I made after having two snakes - at different times - come into our house.

If another one comes in I'm ready to welcome it.

You need to put a few more nails on that contraption. Mind you, the snake is a hellava lot faster than you might imagine. Borrow a shotgun from a neighbor and be done with it.

7 hours ago, novacova said:

You need to put a few more nails on that contraption. Mind you, the snake is a hellava lot faster than you might imagine. Borrow a shotgun from a neighbor and be done with it.

Thanks for the suggestion nova.

A shotgun (even a rifle) I think would cause too much collateral damage.

My spear head is not nails, but 5" hardened steel deck screws.

Even though I'm yet to put it to the test I'm sure it would do the job.

Happy hunting.

Just be careful as snakes can move very fast. You do not want to be bitten by a cobra. I have caught a few snakes with a 2.5m pole and lasso and release them back into the wild, cobra's included.

On 4/28/2025 at 9:47 PM, SAFETY FIRST said:

At times in the short time room above the beer bars, the girls tell me that I have an Anoconda. 

 

Followed with "so you pay more!"

 

Big snakes can get over fences .

On 5/2/2025 at 9:08 AM, FlorC said:

Big snakes can get over fences .

Well that's certainly true. A large king cobra can raise itself about two meters off the ground. 

11 minutes ago, garygooner said:

Well that's certainly true. A large king cobra can raise itself about two meters off the ground. 

Or a big , long python.

On 4/29/2025 at 11:39 AM, Magictoad said:

You didn't "have" to the cobra. You chose to. Which some people might consider unnecessary and even despicable.

 Ok, Greta.

On 4/29/2025 at 11:27 AM, impulse said:

 

How did your wife react when you grabbed her?

 

 

 

probably the same way most wives do after they have successfully gotten the part .

On 5/1/2025 at 7:00 AM, GammaGlobulin said:

 

It looks as if you have your weapon loaded in a HILUX, too....!!!!

 

i have a few like that loaded on the back.    helps keeps speeding grab drivers at bay.