Elapid relocation

[cement]

Yeah i'm closer, I'm on the central Coast haha....
I'll do it cheap for ya Renee, but you'll have to stand and watch it until I get there so if it moves, I know where it goes!
I'll only be about, ohh 15 hrs!

You just have to see who is around you area and ask them how much they charge.

 

[Snake Catcher Victoria]

If anyone needs a snake catcher they can do an internet search for the nearest one..
just enter "snake catcher" and your postcode..
the local cops have a list of catchers numbers and if you live in se melbourne you could ring me.
Im easy to find.

 

[snakehandler]

Several places you can call, your local wildlife authority is usually the best as they issue the permits, here in Victoria, no matter the area you are in call the DSE on 136 186, they have a list of numbers that they can give you. We also provide a number of catchers around Melbourne and have contacts throughout Victoria, NSW and QLD.

Cost depends on the catcher here in Victoria, typically total cost is less than $200, I have heard some are higher, but not many, we charge a call out of around $120 and then a relocate fee for any reptiles taken off the property.

 

[HypnoticSlither]

lmao you guys are great sales men! hahaha and yer moose i live around the corner from ya... no way in hell with my lil experience of snakes will i wait on cement or snake pimip ill end up sick as a dog hehe

 

[cement]

Several places you can call, your local wildlife authority is usually the best as they issue the permits, here in Victoria, no matter the area you are in call the DSE on 136 186, they have a list of numbers that they can give you. We also provide a number of catchers around Melbourne and have contacts throughout Victoria, NSW and QLD.

Cost depends on the catcher here in Victoria, typically total cost is less than $200, I have heard some are higher, but not many, we charge a call out of around $120 and then a relocate fee for any reptiles taken off the property.

$120 PLUS!!! Melbourne here I come!

 

[HypnoticSlither]

thanx guys !

this actually raises a question.... by having to pay for someone to come and pick up the snake from a property you could see why people find it easier to kill them... i know thats really horrible but it happends.

 

[snakehandler]

Most of the calls we get we pass onto other catchers now due to our staff being too busy to get to them in a reasonable time, we have also put on our site a link to a website for Queensland snake catchers....something people should remember is that you usually cannot make an income out of snake catching, but it can pay for a few more animals, equipment and food for the critters!

 

[Snake Catcher Victoria]

Id appreciate it if you remove the advertisment for your course Sean,

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

thanx guys !

this actually raises a question.... by having to pay for someone to come and pick up the snake from a property you could see why people find it easier to kill them... i know thats really horrible but it happends.

in houses and in factories/workplaces in urban areas where there are many calls,alot of them false alarms,
charging is totally necassary,what service is there out there which come to your house at anytime of the day or night instantly ?
sure you can get someone from a volunteer organisation if you know who to ring then when they ring round all afternoon to see if one of there members who suddenly decides one day that catching snakes would be cool,did a 1 day snake catching coarse,and previously no experience at even touching venomous snakes and cannot positively give you even an id on what snake it is and what are its true habits and behaviors, to come out which is what your most likely to get with a "volunteer" although you do get some that are ok most of the time you do not.
Professional snake catchers are selected from hundreds of applicants,and are extremely keen and experianced at finding, catching,and identifying snakes and offer the best education and advice.

 

[imported_Varanus]

Professional snake catchers are selected from hundreds of applicants,and are extremely keen and experianced at finding, catching,and identifying snakes and offer the best education and advice.

Don't forget me, if you expand up this way, SP!

 

[HypnoticSlither]

in houses and in factories/workplaces in urban areas where there are many calls,alot of them false alarms,
charging is totally necassary,what service is there out there which come to your house at anytime of the day or night instantly ?
sure you can get someone from a volunteer organisation if you know who to ring then when they ring round all afternoon to see if one of there members who suddenly decides one day that catching snakes would be cool,did a 1 day snake catching coarse,and previously no experience at even touching venomous snakes and cannot positively give you even an id on what snake it is and what are its true habits and behaviors, to come out which is what your most likely to get with a "volunteer" although you do get some that are ok most of the time you do not.
Professional snake catchers are selected from hundreds of applicants,and are extremely keen and experianced at finding, catching,and identifying snakes and offer the best education and advice.

i understand that . and i have no problem in paying but there are alot of people that would rather kill the snake then pay to get it removed.... how do we tackle that?

 

[snakehandler]

This can be a problem, however it would make up less than 1% of our callers, most people see it as a service that needs to be paid for, just like pest control, car servicing or calling an electrician, also in Melbourne people are used to this system and therefore are more willing to pay for the service as there is no free service.

 

[ChargerWA]

$120, you guys are too cheap.

I'm a sparkie and I charge more than that to come and have a look at a blown fuse.

 

[HypnoticSlither]

This can be a problem, however it would make up less than 1% of our callers, most people see it as a service that needs to be paid for, just like pest control, car servicing or calling an electrician, also in Melbourne people are used to this system and therefore are more willing to pay for the service as there is no free service.

thats good i have comfort knowing there are a larger number of callers

 

[Firepac]

I only charge $60, I do get a few callers that winge and think it should be free but they are the minority, I also get many who think its cheap and money well spent.

 

[hilly]

I'm not sure how many people know this but Fire & Rescue NSW (formerly the NSW Fire Brigades) have a fair few stations in the Sydney area that are trained by WIRES and respond immediately if they are called (this includes the station I am based at. Unfortunately, it's only if the snake is "inside the house" so the obvious way around it is to tell the operator the snake is inside your house even if it is only in your yard.

We also receive calls from WIRES when they are unable to attend and we attend in their absence.

 

[waruikazi]

I think private individuals having to pay for a removal is ridiculous.

The jobs should be contracted out by the relevant state/territory authority and funded by the tax payer.

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

i get called to jobs often where the firebrigade had been,one in particular had 6 fireman demolish the old ladies garden rockery where the snake was hiding,see the snake but were all too slow and it "disappeared".and left the old lady with a smashed garden and snake still at large.Next day saw it again so got a "volunteer" out who looked around and found nothing.so she called my company sydney snake catchers and got me out there,i looked in what was the most obvious place to me right under there nose and found the snake in a cavity where they had demolished the rockery. It was sloughing and had been there all along but all these "trained" people had no idea what they where doing.
Another job in factory i was called too the firebrigade had been and could not identify the snake,it was a Red bellied black snake.
Fire brigade should stick to fires and leave snake catching to the snake catchers.

 

[snakehandler]

I think private individuals having to pay for a removal is ridiculous.

The jobs should be contracted out by the relevant state/territory authority and funded by the tax payer.

Sounds great in theory, but why should I be paying for something that I wouldn't be concerned about....it's not the governments responsibility to remove animals that are not pets, Te councils do dogs and cats (in some they also do reptiles, but not many in Victoria) but people pay the council a fee for each animal on registration of the pets, would you like to have to register and pay for each individual reptile you own to fund such a program??

 

[waruikazi]

Sounds great in theory, but why should I be paying for something that I wouldn't be concerned about....it's not the governments responsibility to remove animals that are not pets, Te councils do dogs and cats (in some they also do reptiles, but not many in Victoria) but people pay the council a fee for each animal on registration of the pets, would you like to have to register and pay for each individual reptile you own to fund such a program??

You make it sound as though it couldn't work!

It works very well in Katherine and Alice Springs and with a bit of tweaking it will work well in Darwin. This is what happens with dogs, crocodiles, jelly fish and sharks! I don't go swimming, but my tax still pays for surf life saving. So why not snakes?

The tax payer pays for treatment of all snake bites that occur because a catcher wasn't used. We all pay for things that we don't use already, why not extend it to reptiles!