Snake catching

[glennlcasey]

Hey There

Well thought i'd share some pics of a callout i received last fortnight. I'm a volunteer reptile removal artist with the local wildlife authorities. People ring up when they have a reptile ie snake or lizard that needs to be moved. Here's some pics of the last job i did. Enjoy

I rocked up to the house, and was told there was a snake in the shed. roughly 2inches across and was big, looked grey-green. With that in mind i set off in search of the elusive bugger. After 30mins of searching i found him. He was hiding inside a portable airconditioner



after managing to extract him from the aircon, he made a run back into the shed, hit the back wall and came back towards me, a little encouragement with my stick was enough to get him in my bag


My catch? a 5ft long dugite. Highly agitated, hissing and biting the bag



released him in the bush up in the hills, he immediately went into a defensive striking posture.




Very agitated ready to strike


Hope you enjoyed.

[Brando14100]

I love the last one. Lots of great details.

8-)

[DaveSims]

Not poisonous?

[Mushroom_Farmer]

Beauty! During my tenure in the USAF we would catch the occasional rattlesnake when opening the shop in the morning and put it in a jar, then place the jar on the shop chief's desk.

[glennlcasey]

Extremely poisonous, He'll give you a nasty bite and put you in hospital for several days. Good thing about dugites is they have a small head, so they only can get the extremities like fingers and stuff. A baby one will still make you very very sick

[BigTruck]

How often are you called out to do this type of work?  I would love to get into something like this but the wife won't let me do anything "dangerous" like law enforcement or pest control (yet I am an active duty Marine...don't bother asking, I don't know either)

[glennlcasey]

Depends really truck. I'm home for a week at a time so yeah i get placed on the register when i fly home and ring them. Averaging about 2 calls a week, which isnt bad

[BFMF]

Snakes....i hate snakes.

[Craig.]

excellent shots. If you have any more please post.

[Omag 2.0]

That's a very noble hobby you have there! Sure, the little buggars will be pissed at you, but in the end you save their lives... I like that!  :)

[glennlcasey]

Yeah, i think that was the most pissed off one i've caught. But at least the dugite is not aggressive by nature. We have one called a tiger snake that will actively chase you. First one i caught didnt though so i suppose i was lucky. yes i'll find another couple as well to post up.

thats right omag, we do save their lives. Or else they would be killed by an errant shovel or a car on the road. We also take a special interest especially when there are  young children living there as well.

[MWISimmer]

Rather you than me  :P

[beaky]

Enjoyed this whole series... it's great to hear from someone who appreciates and respects these reptiles. I love snakes.
When I was a kid, any tramp in the woods involved overturning every small log or rotting timber to find garter snakes. We'd catch and inspect them, then turn them loose. Used to see many very large cottonmouths near the ponds in those same woods, but somehow had the sense to not try to catch them.