Galavanting Gifts said:
pops, you can have our snakes if you like our property is riddled in them at the moment. We had a friend come and take a 7 foot carpet snake away that was hanging around our chooks, we believed it was the one responsible for consuming our young guinea fowl we were raising to keep our heavy tick overload down. That was until we found a freshly shedded skin of another carpet snake about 5 foot long a couple of weeks back.
GG,did you know Caboolture means carpet snake place(sic) in the original local lingo? I lived on the outskirts,near a creek(which meant tigers & browns)but our biggest problem was carpet snakes .There was one 7 footer sniffing its way along the front of the house one day,standing 1/2 upright almost,flicking it's tongue around the edge of the windows & doors.I think that's how they smell,or sense moisture or something.And whilst it was amazing to see it up so close(from the safety of our by that time
very well closed up house!) it was also one of the most creepy experiences of my life..
We also had a big fatso take a duckling from the house behind one night,a chook from 4 houses down the next,& came back for a second duckling the night after that!One fat snake couldn't get out the way it came in! They called the wildlife service to come get it & the guy wouldn't
touch it(usually they just pick them up & bag them).Waited for another dude to come & they used a hooked stick thing & got it in the bag.Almost 9 foot,with 3 bulges down it's body.BIG snake. And I learned they're territorial-they have to be moved 60km away or they'll make their way back.
Also,dyu know they reckon the ticks in the area are immune to frontline etc because it's an ingredient used in the pesticides used on strawberry crops? :shock: