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22-Dec-07, 08:18 PM
|  | Sponsor | Join Date: May-04 Location: Pilbara Region W.A. | | |
Just when I thought everything was going along fine in one of our outdoor lizard pits, this morning we discovered a black-headed python shed lying in the bottom.
As these pythons absolutely thrive on things like blue tongues and spiny-tailed monitors etc, we had to assume that this python may still be in there, could have taken up residence and already had itself a meal. Sure enough we located him using the torch beam underneath a concrete tunnel and he was coiled up right underneath a big pile of dirt and rocks.
I had no choice but to pull apart the pit and dig him out. I hope you enjoy the pics. |
22-Dec-07, 08:24 PM
|  | Q Dog Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-06 Location: Redlands, SE Qld Gender:  | | | | Looks like he had just made himself comfortable before you came along.
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22-Dec-07, 08:27 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: Gosford, NSW Gender: | | | | Good pics. Have you still got all the lizards?? |
22-Dec-07, 08:28 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-05 Location: Goulburn Valley Gender: | | | Cheeky little bugger  |
22-Dec-07, 08:30 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Gold Coast Gender:  | | | | He looks like he was only half way through his shed, hope he didnt harm any of your lizards..He must have thought your enclosures look great, Ive heard of Herps escaping their enclosures, not putting themselves in one..LOL |
22-Dec-07, 08:36 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: victoria | | | wow he looks big  hope he didnt eat to many of ya blueys |
22-Dec-07, 08:41 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: Land before time | | | | I hope you didnt lose too many if any lizards! lol
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22-Dec-07, 08:44 PM
| | Sponsor | Join Date: May-04 Location: Pilbara Region W.A. | | | | As for any missing lizards, it is very hard to stock take when you have a complicated pit with heaps of underground burrows etc. I didn't notice any bulge in his belly but I don't really know how long he has actually been in there to know for sure. I only became suspicious after finding part of his shed. I did find quite a few empty spiny-tailed monitor eggs while partially digging it up, so I have to wonder where the young went, they probably ended up as blue tongue food hence the problems of having a communal pit. Not highly recommended. |
23-Dec-07, 09:04 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-05 Location: North Queensland | | | Classic; so that's how you collect BHP's these days  
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23-Dec-07, 09:08 AM
|  | water wings Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: central coast, nsw | | | | are you allowed to keep him? |
23-Dec-07, 09:58 AM
| | Sponsor | Join Date: May-04 Location: Pilbara Region W.A. | | | | blurb
No we are not allowed to keep it.
Indicus
Yeah who would of thought I would ever consider these as being pest species. |
23-Dec-07, 11:39 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Fleet Street | | | expensive snake trap!
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