How do you get rid of unwanted guest

yep get rid of its cover, clear out under the bushes get rid of stuff they can live under

slash grass right down etc

I am interested in this one as well. My neighbour spotted a dugite going into our front yard and we live on a 1/2 acre block with lots of bushy native stuff around as well.

Not too keen on having it around. I have considered burning off the underbrush as it is not the banned fire season yet. Otherwise it will be leaf blower and a rake to clean out all the leaves and under brush I have around.

Of course having chooks in the back yard means we probably have some rodents around and that is what the snake might be looking for.

Arrhg. Enough of the pets.


Serendipity

Hint for the greenie in Canberra: Its got 600 balls and stuff's ducks!

Ring Canberra Connect and stay away from it. We used to get the browns coming in to have a drink. A 2M one was quite common. We also back on to the bush. I mow out the back on a regular basis they stay away. They do not like to cross open area. We also have a bush garden and in a couple of places we cannot even walk in to it. Its been a few years since we have seen one.

Like I said call Canberra Connect.

Phil

Too many people are bitten while trying to move snakes on.
Always leave to an expert.
Police or vets will always have a number to call for a snake handler, whatever part of Oz we live in. I actually have my local bloke's number in my mobile as insurance...and, like insurance, it's worked and I've never had to call him!
A snake handler will come and get a snake from anywhere, even in your yard, because he's a decent bloke who cares about the well-being of animals (in his case, animals of the slithery kind)
Lesson to all in forumland...Please please don't kill a snake just because it's a snake.
...cane toads are a different matter...!

Hi Rich,

Snakes are very active this time of year. I found this one coiled up on a shelf in my shed last week. But its only a brown tree snake so I left it alone. The next day it was gone (but probably still around). They keep down the rodent population and generally will keep to themselves unless provoked. I don't have a problem leaving nature alone. But if you feel you need to remove it I would look in yellow pages or google for a private snake handler in your area who can relocate it safely to another location.
Cheers

Go to your local hardware store Bunnings etc and enquireor rural stock agent. There are electonic devices that send out some sort of signal that keeps snakes away
Speaking to a rural person last summer who always had snakes around said he used it and hadn't seen one around since

Get yoursel an empty beer/softdrink can. Toss in a pebble and pour in some milk then leave it somewhere in the bush. Old mate will stick his head in after a drink and get stuck. You'll hear him flogging around by the rattle of the pebble. He can then be removed/dispatched.

Hi Richard,
Interested in this thread too as we have a similar situation on the northern outskirts of Canberra, but out of town a bit so we are surrounded by paddocks with plenty of grass.

We have had a brown snake(s) come into our big bushy garden for at least the past 10 years. We have removed any water sources since I saw one drinking from the bird bath, but they still come in. Sometimes the alarm calls from the birds let us know when one is around, but they (the snakes that is) are so quick and well camouflaged that they could be there and we would not know.

Like you we have grandkids and we also have a dog.

My thoughts about getting a snake handler (or anyone with other removal methods) in is that by the time someone got here the snake could be miles away.

I would love to see results from some decent trials of those solar powered snake repellers. Im a bit dubious about their effectiveness.

Cheers,

Val.

According to WIRES (Wildlife something Rescue something Service), you need to remove the habitat (ie. where the snake likes to nest), and then the snake will move on and not make his/her home there again. If you don't remove the habitat, even if the snake is relocated the snake will either come back, or another one will come and make its home there.

Remember: most people bitten by a snake were trying to kill or relocate the snake at the time.

Ok on a very serious note, may be.

I was sitting on the dunny reading this thread and heard rustling outside the window. We have a full glass panel right next to the thrown,

Looked down and just out side the window staring at me was a big blue tongue.

At least I was in the right place if it was my local brown:)

We rang Canberra Connect and they will come and get the snake if we know where it
So no joy there.

I think the best is to get rid of the shrubs and ground cover I have around the place.

Rich

Living in the hills east of Perth we normally get dugites and the odd tiger snake.
I put an extra bay on the side of the shed to park the newly acquired caravan. To give me enough room to back it in easily I had to move a 3m x 3m garden shed that I had laid a 50mm concrete floor in. The only way to get rid of the concrete was to break it up into smallish pieces. Anyway I was down to the last couple of square feet or so and when I lifted a piece and saw a tail dissapear out under the wall. There was a small window on that side so I stuck my head out just in time to see the rest of the tail's owner, a 1.5m or so dugite high tailing it up the block. This snake has been living under that slab for however long and the sound if the sledge hammer wasn't going to move it until the last of his cover was gone.
The summer of last year saw the good lady wife and I come home from a shopping trip at about 1.00pm. She walked from the carport towards the front door and I was behind her with more shopping bags. As she rounded the corner to go the front door I heard her give a little startled cry and step back rather quickly. I poked my head around the corner to see a rather flustered snake only about 1.2m long desperately looking for an escape route. We have two mats outside the door, one of which is out on the path so picking up that one and standing well to one side and back ushered Mr (or Mrs) snake towards the garden. All it wanted to do was get away from us. I haven't seen either of these two again but I am sure them or possibly one of their relly's are about.

Cheers
Pop

bird netting from bunning the white thin netting. lay it on the ground and they get caught up in it works great

Wires will come and have a look. Wether they find it or not is a different matter. When I was getting callouts from the Police, half the time I was not able to find it.
Milk is a myth.
Bluetongues is a myth, although I have had some interesting conversations about that.

Those electronic thumpers apparently work, as snakes sence the vibrations through ground. They are deaf.

Other ideas I have heard is a wall about 30cm high around property, as ground dwelling snakes are to lazt to climb that high.

Keep lawns down. Does not so much as stop them, but you can see them.

Remove sources of food and shelter. Not practicle in most cases. When I moved into my current home there were two browns living under the house. Bit hard to move that shelter, so I moved the snakes.



Unless it is endangering human life, or live stock, it is illegal to kill a snake.

on most occasions snakes will only stay in an area if there is an abundant food supply, most snakes are not territorial and will move on as they are a transient lot just looking for a mate or food , taking away the long grasses and thick mulches around plants and trees will help,

pretty sure no sanke catcher will come out unless you know exactly where it is

--- hmm could be an idea maybe try lying a decent sheet of tin in a spot in the corner, check it first thing each morning - just quicklly lift it and put it straight down.

If its cool and you havnt disturbed the blighter it will most likely stay put then get someone to watch the tin to make sure it doesnt leave and call the snake guys

all to often they get called out and no one knows where the snake is ---- its unlikely to be easily found in most cases

We live with dugites on our farm and around the house and they do a lot more good than harm. If the odd one is unusually feisty and a threat we can call in a snake catcher who will catch and re-locate the snake.

Try the hints give above on finding where your nearest catcher is. If not, there are usually people in the community with years of experience and a love of snakes who are willing capture and remove the snake.

Motherhen

Im surprised no one has mentioned try sprinkling granular chlorine around.

Ok...I'll be the one to say it...
Granular chlorine?!?!
What's the theory (practice) behind that one?!

As a long-time snake catcher for a wildlife organisation my advice is leave them alone. More people get into serious strife by trying to kill snakes than by learning to live with them. They mind their own business and try to stay well away from us.

Wildlife rules forbid relocation at any distance from where they are found. We always assured worried property owners that we would be safely 'relocating' their snake. In fact, all we did was take it out of sight and let it go. After releasing a snake, it is almost instantly impossible to find again.

We didn't charge for the service and were NEVER called back to a site to retrieve the same snake. Says it all.