Very big snake

[seajae]

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.

[impulse]

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?

 

 

[Magictoad]

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.

[SAFETY FIRST]

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. 

 

[impulse]

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.

 

[ColeBOzbourne]

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. 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

How does he kill a cobra with a spear?

Sounds rather a hit or miss proposition, to me.

 

[Ralf001]

4 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

How does he kill a cobra with a spear?

 

He didn't.

[GammaGlobulin]

6 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

 

He didn't.

 

Then.....

 

Why carry a spear to a snake fight?

 

 

[Ralf001]

1 minute ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Then.....

 

Why carry a spear to a snake fight?

 

 

 

Why are you asking me ?

[SAFETY FIRST]

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 

[GammaGlobulin]

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

 

[G Rex]

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. 

[Photoguy21]

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.