kanga66
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Hello everyone, I need some expert advice and assistance. I'm at Tallong near Goulburn NSW. We have red bellies and the odd brown and copperhead pops up in the area, but yesterday I discovered we have two tiger snakes (that I know of) in and around our shed.
A mechanic came to service our ride on mower and as we stood at one roller door talking, a 4ft (approx) snake made it's way from the other side of the shed towards us. I dropped the F bomb and he jumped onto the back of his ute. Snake diverted under a pile of fleeces in bags I had on the floor. I rang wires. Snake went on the move and hid under bales of hay. A few minutes later we saw another (same one?) curled up just outside the roller door looking at us, after about 5 mins it went around the side of the shed and disappeared.
Wires arrived and we took the bales apart and no snake, so presumed the one outside was the original. Standing there chatting to her when wires lady said "it's right behind you and coming towards you" (F bomb again). This one was much fatter and longer - 6ft (measured it as it went past a hay fork lying on the floor). Even the wires lady was gobsmacked by the size of it.
I think the lady was out of her depth. She tried to catch it when it was on the move (it didn't try to strike) but it kept going past her and went under the baleboards of hay. She grabbed it by the tail before it disappeared and asked if I new first aid because snake was now really pi$$ed off and would go her when she got it out. Turns out, snake got some purchase under the baleboards and she let it go.
So now I have a very cranky 6ft tiger in and around the shed; plus a friend (or more?). I breed alpacas and they are naturally inquisitive; a bad, bad combination around poisonous snakes. Red bellies are one thing but tigers!!!
I know why the snakes moved in (mice - though they are all but gone) but we also have a lot of frogs around. We don't have any shrubs around the shed. There is grass, though it's not that long - still, I'm going to hit it with glyphosate so I've got a clearer area.
Are there other recommendations you can make? I would really like to relocate these guys; they're scaring the (you know what) out of me, but think I need someone with some serious expertise. Is there anyone in our area that you may know of that can help?
A mechanic came to service our ride on mower and as we stood at one roller door talking, a 4ft (approx) snake made it's way from the other side of the shed towards us. I dropped the F bomb and he jumped onto the back of his ute. Snake diverted under a pile of fleeces in bags I had on the floor. I rang wires. Snake went on the move and hid under bales of hay. A few minutes later we saw another (same one?) curled up just outside the roller door looking at us, after about 5 mins it went around the side of the shed and disappeared.
Wires arrived and we took the bales apart and no snake, so presumed the one outside was the original. Standing there chatting to her when wires lady said "it's right behind you and coming towards you" (F bomb again). This one was much fatter and longer - 6ft (measured it as it went past a hay fork lying on the floor). Even the wires lady was gobsmacked by the size of it.
I think the lady was out of her depth. She tried to catch it when it was on the move (it didn't try to strike) but it kept going past her and went under the baleboards of hay. She grabbed it by the tail before it disappeared and asked if I new first aid because snake was now really pi$$ed off and would go her when she got it out. Turns out, snake got some purchase under the baleboards and she let it go.
So now I have a very cranky 6ft tiger in and around the shed; plus a friend (or more?). I breed alpacas and they are naturally inquisitive; a bad, bad combination around poisonous snakes. Red bellies are one thing but tigers!!!
I know why the snakes moved in (mice - though they are all but gone) but we also have a lot of frogs around. We don't have any shrubs around the shed. There is grass, though it's not that long - still, I'm going to hit it with glyphosate so I've got a clearer area.
Are there other recommendations you can make? I would really like to relocate these guys; they're scaring the (you know what) out of me, but think I need someone with some serious expertise. Is there anyone in our area that you may know of that can help?