Meet my mate Monty

[Batz]

Look at pics 1 and 2... He's trying to tell you that your temps are too high. He likes his lagers crisp and clean..

It's a Flanders Red, been on 23C for several months, only 18 months to go!

 

[MHB]

They are entertaining aren't they, had one about 2.5M long in the horse feed shed, the snake worked really well on rat and mouse control, and after a bit they, well I don't think get friendly is the right term, but perhaps ambivalent about people wandering around.
The cat and the snake however never got on, they would sit and glare at each other for hours, occasionally get into hissing contests. The cat was sudden death for any snakes under about a meter (blacks and browns) but I think they both figured there was a bit too much of the other to try it on.
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[DU99]

be worried if he takes to a fermenter..nice looking snake..

 

[Lincoln2]

Snakes eat bats.

I had one a similar size in my old shed and he'd sleep in the rafters. He was that tame he would hang down at face level to check out the brewing. I had the odd brown undie moment when I'd turn around and he'd be looking me straight in the eye from 6 inches away.

 

[real_beer]

..... I had the odd brown undie moment when I'd turn around and he'd be looking me straight in the eye from 6 inches away.

Did you use napisan to clean and Starsan to sanitise them? Hot caustic soda might have been best because it cleans and STERILSES at the same time. Depending on the soil load of course you might have needed a sturdy shovel and pre-rinse with hot water first :lol:

 

[Batz]

I have just built him a ramp to wiggle up to his daytime place in the rafters, I hope this may stop him knocking stuff off my shelves. Thinking I may even put a shelf up there for him to sleep on.

 

[kaiserben]

"a small truck hit a roo on the quiet road leading to his house, the thing was writhing in agony with its leg shattered and bone sticking through the mangled leg, and the ******* just drove off and left it."

Deserved what the kangaroo got.
But without the euthanasia.

"Accidents happen but I can't stand pricks who are too cowardly to finish what they started however unpleasant it might be."
Totally agree

It's obviously the right thing to do, but (having never been put in that situation) I dunno if I've got it in me to finish the job, so to speak. I'm just a wussy city boy.

(Edit: typo)

 

[Mardoo]

You just swallow your pride and do it. I've done it about 50 times. (Other people's leavings.) After awhile you can feel it as the deep caring it is.

 

[real_beer]

It's obviously the right thing to do, but (having never been put in that situation) I dunno if I've got it in me to finish the job, so to speak. I'm just a wussy city boy.

(Edit: typo)

I've had to do it several times, it's not easy and very unpleasant but I promise you, you feel better later when you realise the creature's suffering is over.

Some things in life you just have to steel yourself for and step up to the plate and do what's needed, this is one of them. Just take a few deep breaths the best aim you can and hit as hard as you can. The wheel brace in your boot is a good go to tool to get the job done cleanly. You can do it!

 

[MHB]

Just looking at it, I suspect its female, in fact I would bet $10 on it.
Mind you I would happily pay $20 to watch someone else lift her tail and check...
M

 

[Weizguy]

Batz, interested in renting her out for possum rodent control?

May take a few months to eradicate all the possums rodents, but certainly more productive than the black snake that was in my house a few months back. Just too small and nowhere near hungry enough.
Never saw the snake again after the wildlife rescue guy came out to relocate it. I assume it let itself out the way it came in.

 

[antiphile]

I'm very impressed with all of you. As for me, it doesn't matter whether it's a bandy bandy, carpet snamte, python or a brown snake: They all scare the bejeepers out of me!

However, the STC-1000 instruction seems essential. Then he/she would appreciate a large reptile heating pad in the rafters.

 

[real_beer]

kaiserben,

I came over a bridge at Mandurah just on daybreak last year and a roo had been hit and lay across two lanes of the road. I thought jeez if a bike rider hits that they'll come a cropper for sure so I parked up and dragged it off the road.

It must have just happened because its tail was still warm and as I was moving it I thought I saw its nostrils twitch. Sure enough it was still alive and I didn't know how bad it was hurt. I phoned the rangers - a recorded message saying call back when they open, I phoned the cops - that's the rangers problem the women said. I said the rangers aren't open for another hour and it'll be your problem if this thing wakes up and freaks out and causes and accident. Ohh I'll see what I can do. I then phoned the missus and had her look for other up other possibilities, then a local Cleanaway driver pulled over and gave a helping hand. The missus called back and said a local wildlife officer was on the way and he arrived 10 minutes later.

The roo meanwhile had come to and was trying to get up, so we then kept it calm by covering it with an old blanket. When the WFO arrived he checked it out and said it was in a bad way got his rifle out and shot it. It was quick, clean and compassionate. As I drove off I thought of the prick that hit it and didn't even check if it was dead, it was a good road with plenty of room to pull over without any danger of stopping on. I shuddered when thinking how many cars or trucks could have run over its legs & tail before a fatal hit finished it off.

 

[Mardoo]

I tend to use the carotid arteries or whatever major arteries are in the neck. Compress them solidly. Unconsciousness in about 30 seconds, if that, and death in a couple minutes. That is if they aren't flailing around. Might not try that with a big red though...

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

I had a carpet snake in my old place living in the shed. She was a monster. nearly 3m long. Actually got to see her mating. The male python is small, prob only 1m. He wraps himself around and does his thing then disappears. No one really knows where they go. The females are more territorial. For a big snake they can move quick

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morelia_spilota_mcdowelli

 

[Lincoln2]

I had a carpet snake in my old place living in the shed. She was a monster. nearly 3m long. Actually got to see her mating. The male python is small, prob only 1m. He wraps himself around and does his thing then disappears. No one really knows where they go. The females are more territorial. For a big snake they can move quick

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morelia_spilota_mcdowelli

If you need me I'll be in my bunk with a box of tissues. Snake **** makes me so Hot!

 

[seamad]

With the school holidays on i take my kids ( 7 and 9) on the morning dog walk. We have a 2.5km track @ the sports ground that goes through some open paddocks and rain forest. This morning the kids both stepped on/over a very small brown snake that was sunning itself on the grass without even seeing it. The dog ( bull terrier of course ) saw it and jumped about a metre backwards, it slid off into the longer grass before the kids could even see it. For the rest of the walk every stick seemed to move a bit.
Get plenty of snakes at home, the last being a nice looking 2m python. It decided the chook house was a good place to live, so moved it away about 10km.

 

[dicko]

Here on the Eyre Peninsula we would be generally happy to have a python or two.

Unfortunately most of the snakes you come across here are King Browns TIger snakes and Death adders.
Those tiger snakes and death adders are no fun....they will have a go at you.
Browns will usually crawl away as long as you dont corner them or try to handle them or chase them.

I have a client who lives on a Station between Whyalla and Kimba and she had a brown snake chase a mouse into a plastic rodent bait station that she had set out on the verandah. Funniest thing she has seen with the snake with the plastic rodent station stuck on its head, crawling around the yard.

 

[Tex N Oz]

It's a Flanders Red, been on 23C for several months, only 18 months to go!

AAHHH My favourite beer of all time!!!

 

[Batz]

I had a carpet snake in my old place living in the shed. She was a monster. nearly 3m long. Actually got to see her mating. The male python is small, prob only 1m. He wraps himself around and does his thing then disappears. No one really knows where they go. The females are more territorial. For a big snake they can move quick

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morelia_spilota_mcdowelli

Seems like just that was happening behind the fridge last night. The head you can see is not Monty's, it's a much smaller python. They seem happy enough.