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17-Feb-07, 08:45 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: The Well Of Souls (Victoria) Age/Gender: 36  | | |
Hi guys and gals, as some of you know I live in the Frankston area. Last night my gal and I had to catch a tiger snake that decided to investigate our neighbours house. We went this option as a call out from three of the local catchers would have resulted in an inappropriate fee. We now need a location or help to release the little blighter. We judge him at about a year old and would have come through the back fence from the fauna park behind us. Any advise appreciated.
Ash. 
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17-Feb-07, 08:57 AM
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Hi, the best thing you could probably do is call national parks and wildlife and find out what they reccomend. They may suggest just putting him/her back or they may send someone to relocate it somewhere different... Either way Good Luck
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17-Feb-07, 09:00 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-06 Location: Mornington Peninsula Gender: | | | | He must be released within 5k of location I suggest you speak to sssssnakeman on this forum as he is a licenced wildlife controller. He is also local to you guys.
The alternative is to release back into the park further in. |
17-Feb-07, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Inkslinger  I suggest you speak to sssssnakeman on this forum as he is a licenced wildlife controller. He is also local to you guys.
| Definately chat to Bazza (sssnakeman)  He's pretty close by to your area and would jump at the chance of helping you. |
17-Feb-07, 09:50 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: The Well Of Souls (Victoria) Age/Gender: 36 | | | Thanks folks, have sent a PM to ssssnakeman.
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17-Feb-07, 10:06 AM
|  | Regular Member | | | | | I am curious to know what an 'inappropriate fee' is ?
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17-Feb-07, 10:11 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: The Well Of Souls (Victoria) Age/Gender: 36 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Wrasse I am curious to know what an 'inappropriate fee' is ? | A badly worded piece of text  ..... anyway, $160 on a late Friday night, not something everyone has in their back pocket at the moment. I realise professional catchers have expenses, just not something the average person can afford.
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17-Feb-07, 10:44 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-06 Location: Syd | | | | stick it back in the fauna park and fix the fence. easiest way is to place lengths of Hardyplank or similar along the bottom of the fence line. lets face it, if it had been a mammal, amphibian or bird in good health you would put that back over the fence. |
17-Feb-07, 11:19 AM
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The fence is wire, parks and gardens local by-laws state we cannot touch it, we can however build another fence 2 meters back on our own property, but I see where you're coming from. This is not the first and won't be the last to come through seeking shelter, how it got through is not my concern. Relocating it away from my less-than-caring other neighbours is, as they might not have come seeking help, but have dispatching the little guy by other means.
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17-Feb-07, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by DiamondAsh Relocating it away from my less-than-caring other neighbours is, as they might not have come seeking help, but have dispatching the little guy by other means. | Glad they invited you to help out.
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17-Feb-07, 12:17 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Alice Springs Gender: | | | I'm very surprised there is a fee involved at all. In the NT, the council picks up the tab for snakes caught (they pay the snakeman). We pay (you also) council rates, they provide services. Sometimes I can see just how lucky I am living in the Northern Territory
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17-Feb-07, 12:22 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-05 Location: melbourne australia Age: 45 | | | | yeh ash, ill come and get him for you,no charge..normally the landowner pays the cosy of removal in this shire..but ur local and you got the snake in an enclosure so i wont charge you.
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17-Feb-07, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ssssnakeman yeh ash, ill come and get him for you,no charge..normally the landowner pays the cosy of removal in this shire..but ur local and you got the snake in an enclosure so i wont charge you.
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17-Feb-07, 12:29 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Darwin NT Age/Gender: 23 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by spilota_variegata I'm very surprised there is a fee involved at all. In the NT, the council picks up the tab for snakes caught (they pay the snakeman). We pay (you also) council rates, they provide services. Sometimes I can see just how lucky I am living in the Northern Territory |
No that's not how it works up here at all. The only kind of recompense that the snake catchers get is that they are allowed to keep whatever they catch and then sell it.
Edit: SOrry just saw ur in Alice. I assumed you were in the Darwin/Outer Darwin area, and that's how our system works.
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17-Feb-07, 12:59 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: The Well Of Souls (Victoria) Age/Gender: 36 | | | | Thanks all, ssssnakeman is on the job and going to release tigger this arvo.
spilota_variegata, I remember a time when the council would do a lot for their ratepayers, (remove bee/wasp nests etc..) not anymore.
Thanks again for all your help.
Ash.
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