Elapid relocation

[richardsc]

nice one with the white lipped snake baz,thats my old ladys house,missed u by 5 mins,i recognise where u let it go to,a few copperheads and tigers there to,also ive seen a brown snake,adult just around the corner at the reserve,many years ago,was dead unfortunatly,but they are down in our neck of the woods

 

[Snake Catcher Victoria]

Your mum is a top lady Richard, and she keeps a snake to. I bet you spent a few hours in "that spot" where I released him to.
Last year i caught a big brown snake in the area to.
Anyway, here is a couple of copperheads I released in Greens Bush.

[video=youtube;IgvcJA1ZNwU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgvcJA1ZNwU[/video]

 

[Poggle]

This big old tiger had it made in the shade till I was called to relocate her.
I wish I could have left her there but I could not talk them into letting her stay.
[video=youtube;o17_chXswYU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o17_chXswYU[/video]

Shizzle Baz that was close Good old tiger not as quick as good old baz

 

[Snake Catcher Victoria]

Nah Pog, this snake didnt get that close, didnt even open its mouth.
Here is some pics of relocated tigers past.

 

[snakerelocation]

good work baz, that bird netting is horrible stuff......
I love the tigers, id love to get them here in brisbane / goldcoast

 

[Snake Catcher Victoria]

I know, the dreaded birdnetting is evil stuff and $2 shops sell tonnes of it to people who use it in the bay to catch fish and the damage it does when adrift in the ocean is just as tragic as what it does on land.
Anyway
A couple o days ago i was called to rescue a bunch of workmen from a young copperhead..
Some video of the rescue...
Colourful language warning here

[video=youtube;GROo8e-Dshc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GROo8e-Dshc[/video]

 

[imported_Varanus]

Wish I was that lucky Baz, I once had a callout for an EB in a stack of steel, 4 metre Rugby League uprights! I was so knackered by the time I found the snake, I could hardly lift it over the rim of the bag!

 

[sacred_DUC]

wow Baz surprised you weren't wearing ppe on union site, great videos none the less always good watch

 

[Snake Catcher Victoria]

[video=youtube;8t5fYkXk4yo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t5fYkXk4yo[/video]


Cheers

 

[Nodrog]

Bloody devastating.....

 

[Snake Catcher Victoria]

@ Sacred Duc,
On the phone they said i should wear long pants and boots, i was anyway, lol.

@Nodrog,
Unfortunatly the video was off when I had a very heated discussion with the agister.
The upshot,
she told me she only wanted a snakecatcher to come and kill the snake, she said she will never ring a catcher and she will always kill any snake she sees.
I left the site feeling very angry and just a bit stabby to.
I have made enquiries as to how I can make her pay...legally

 

[Sezzzzzzzzz]

barry, if they killed it the day before, why did they bother calling you? what DH.

 

[saratoga]

You would think a vet would know the difference between a live and dead snake!

 

[moosenoose]

What a shame. Beautiful big copper. From everything I've seen of them they are generally one of the shyer elapids

 

[Snake Catcher Victoria]

Im sure I wasnt getting the whole story and even the vet was playing coy with me.I dont know how they can call themselves a vet if they only treat one species of animal anyway, whats with that?
The more callouts I do, the more of these type of situations come up and i have to be careful to keep my temper.
i did lose it a bit this day..and its not pretty when that happens.

Anyway..

 

[imported_Varanus]

The more callouts I do, the more of these type of situations come up and i have to be careful to keep my temper.

Same here, Baz, there seem to be deterents and fines for these people in legislation, but where are all the prosecutions?

 

[moosenoose]

Same here, Baz, there seem to be deterents and fines for these people in legislation, but where are all the prosecutions?

There are none. You can blast them (snakes of various species) out of trees from a boat with a shotgun, have your mug spread all over a local paper doing so, have someone complain in writing about it to various authorities...and then be told they were given a slap on the wrist and not to worry about it. I give up.

 

[imported_Varanus]

There are none. You can blast them (snakes of various species) out of trees from a boat with a shotgun, have your mug spread all over a local paper doing so, have someone complain in writing about it to various authorities...and then be told they were given a slap on the wrist and not to worry about it. I give up.

And yet, if it was a cute little furry domestic/feral with a button nose and big round eyes everyone would be up in arms! Go figure.

 

[moosenoose]

I love seeing (well, I didn't really :lol but this woman the other night on the news was CUT TO RIBBONS by a large kangaroo in her backyard. It had almost ripped the calf from her leg and had severely lacerated everywhere else. Yet...these are soft cuddly animals would have been something she would have preferred in the backyard to a snake (all speculation mind you).

I bet she eyes the kangaroo fillets off at her local Coles with an ounce of revenge now :lol: :lol:

 

[imported_Varanus]

Is she single, Moose?!

If so, maybe I could set her up with a fella I met the other day who chases and tails EB's in his stubbies and dosen't see the danger.

Perhaps not....just think of the off spring (and you thought Homer Simpson was thick)!!