Snakes In The Garden

[ajarnpot]

That time of year again when the snakes come out, I'm getting into the car in the early hours and don't see the buggers.

Where do I find a decent snake repellant? have no idea if they are venemous snakes or not

[Semper]

I'm getting into the car in the early hours and don't see the buggers.

How do you know there are snakes, if you don't see them?

[h90]

I'm getting into the car in the early hours and don't see the buggers.

How do you know there are snakes, if you don't see them?

that is the way when you have a snake-phobia.

They are all hiding in the dark...they only wait for the moment you aren't alert and than they attack.....

[Soutpeel]

I'm getting into the car in the early hours and don't see the buggers.

How do you know there are snakes, if you don't see them?

Because he is an all knowing Ajarn ?

As regards his request for a decent snake repellant....easy its called a big stick and dont forget to buy your anti-venom kit and your night vision goggles so you can see the little buggers in the dark..

[F1fanatic]

There is a yellow powder that is used as a snake deterrent. Unfortunately, I've no idea what it is but if you ask a Thai I'm sure they will be able to tell you.

Just walk slowly and stamp your feet as you go, and the snakes should make a sharp exit. They're as frightened of us as we are of them.

[Soutpeel]

Just walk slowly and stamp your feet as you go, and the snakes should make a sharp exit. They're as frightened of us as we are of them.

Like this you mean ?

[F1fanatic]

Yes - I know I look extremely silly, but in the dark nobody can see and in long grass, I don't care!

[Kan Win]

There is a yellow powder that is used as a snake deterrent. Unfortunately, I've no idea what it is but if you ask a Thai I'm sure they will be able to tell you.

It is sulfur, but went it rains it is washed away. Be very careful how you use it.

Win

[StreetCowboy]

I'm getting into the car in the early hours and don't see the buggers.

How do you know there are snakes, if you don't see them?

that is the way when you have a snake-phobia.

They are all hiding in the dark...they only wait for the moment you aren't alert and than they attack.....

Down the back of the sofa; up beyond the U-bend; in the slats under the mattress; curled up in the refrigerator condenser; sleeping inside your trousers; curled up in the foot of your boot...

It pays to be cautious....

[BuddhistVirus]

Snake - D. H. Lawrence

A snake came to my water-trough

On a hot, hot day, and I in pyjamas for the heat,

To drink there.

In the deep, strange-scented shade of the great dark carob-tree

I came down the steps with my pitcher

And must wait, must stand and wait, for there he was at the trough before

me.

He reached down from a fissure in the earth-wall in the gloom

And trailed his yellow-brown slackness soft-bellied down, over the edge of

the stone trough

And rested his throat upon the stone bottom,

And where the water had dripped the tap, in a small clearness,

He sipped with his straight mouth,

Softly drank through his straight gums, into his slack long body,

Silently.

Someone was before me at my water-trough,

And I, like a second comer, waiting...

& et al & etc.

[canuckamuck]

The only way to get them out is with a naked dance ceremony performed during a full moon.

[Old Croc]

The only way to get them out is with a naked dance ceremony performed during a full moon.

Only recommended for females for obvious reasons.

[Pacificperson]

Play the Greatful Dead all night long on your patio speakers.

[loong]

As F1fanatic says, walk heavily and create vibration, most snakes will get out of your way. Take them by surprise and they may attack, but if they are aware of your presence, they will avoid you. I've come across hundreds of snakes when working in the garden and only ever had one rear up, but that was because it was cornered. Still, it only threatened and when I backed off it moved away.

There are a lot of snakes in Thailand, yet I am unaware of 1 person that has died or even got sick by being bitten by a snake.

If you are prepared to drive on Thailand's roads, why be scared of snake? Guess what you are more likely to die from, a snake bite or road accident?

[StreetCowboy]

As F1fanatic says, walk heavily and create vibration, most snakes will get out of your way. Take them by surprise and they may attack, but if they are aware of your presence, they will avoid you. I've come across hundreds of snakes when working in the garden and only ever had one rear up, but that was because it was cornered. Still, it only threatened and when I backed off it moved away.

There are a lot of snakes in Thailand, yet I am unaware of 1 person that has died or even got sick by being bitten by a snake.

If you are prepared to drive on Thailand's roads, why be scared of snake? Guess what you are more likely to die from, a snake bite or road accident?

So long as you shake your trousers before you put them on...

[loong]

As F1fanatic says, walk heavily and create vibration, most snakes will get out of your way. Take them by surprise and they may attack, but if they are aware of your presence, they will avoid you. I've come across hundreds of snakes when working in the garden and only ever had one rear up, but that was because it was cornered. Still, it only threatened and when I backed off it moved away.

There are a lot of snakes in Thailand, yet I am unaware of 1 person that has died or even got sick by being bitten by a snake.

If you are prepared to drive on Thailand's roads, why be scared of snake? Guess what you are more likely to die from, a snake bite or road accident?

So long as you shake your trousers before you put them on...

Only some women are scared of the farang trouser snake

[Rsquared]

Same Same here.........plenty of snakes.

I just trudge around like a baby chang (elephant) and I am usually full of it too...........chang.

Get a dog........mine lets me know when a snake is about.

[daoyai]

I'm getting into the car in the early hours and don't see the buggers.

How do you know there are snakes, if you don't see them?

You know they are there when you don't see footprints.

[banglay]

I have noticed that when there's no Frogs, Gecko's or lizards in my garden there's usually a snake or 2 lurking around somewhere...in the last 4 year I've removed (never too return) ...................1 King Cobra. 1 Spectacled Cobra, 6 Malayan Pit Viper, 2 Green Pit viper., 4 baby Pythons and I've lost count of the Golden tree snakes ..

I am afraid it's just a fact of life living in Thailand

[mistitikimikis]

Same Same here.........plenty of snakes.

I just trudge around like a baby chang (elephant) and I am usually full of it too...........chang.

Get a dog........mine lets me know when a snake is about.

MY IDIOT Ridgebacks not, even when one of my many visitors was praying at them when I came home one evening. They seems to love animals as much as I do.................

[kennedy]

Something about dogs, have two, one is a snake killer, the other couldn't care less.The one, killed a 4ft. snake a couple months ago.My wife took it to the neighbor who had a fine dinner.

[mistitikimikis]

Something about dogs, have two, one is a snake killer, the other couldn't care less.The one, killed a 4ft. snake a couple months ago.My wife took it to the neighbor who had a fine dinner.

aroi? Python tastes like eel.

[Semper]

Something about dogs, have two, one is a snake killer, the other couldn't care less.The one, killed a 4ft. snake a couple months ago.My wife took it to the neighbor who had a fine dinner.

aroi? Python tastes like eel.

.....more like frog or chicken, but edible for sure.

[Thongkorn]

There are some plants that Snakes don't like, many people die every year in Thailand because of snake bites , treat all snakes as dangerous. I always walk heavy when in the Jungle. (Bing), Leaches are a bigger problem, you cannot hear them when they bite,