A visitor

Posted on April 24, 2014 by KG

snake g Has taken up residence by the back door. Not identified yet, but he’s not very big anyway.

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22 Responses to A visitor

  1. Oswald Bastable says:
    April 24, 2014 at 16:05

    An organic mousetrap :mrgreen:

  2. KG says:
    April 24, 2014 at 16:45

    :lol: And very effective too. I hope the butcher birds leave him alone.

  3. Seneca III says:
    April 24, 2014 at 18:33

    Looks to me like a small Carpet Python (Morelia spilota). Ran into a couple many years ago at Canungra . If it’s a M. s macdowelli it can reach up to 4 metres in length. They are semi-arboreal and for some reason the smaller ones often tend to substitute buildings for trees. As O.B. said they make a good mousetrap but as they get bigger so does their appetite. Have been known to dine on domestic small animals such as dogs. They also eat quite well and taste vaguely like chicken if prepared correctly. Rgds, SIIIhttp://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_bye.gif

    • KG says:
      April 24, 2014 at 18:37

      Good to see you, SIII. :grin: Thanks for the information. We guessed it was some kind of python and there’s only one tree in the garden suitable for the parents, so I’ll have a look.
      We need to keep it to ourselves because the hysterics around here would kill them on sight.
      Gecko thinks he’s beautiful and quite likes the idea of having him around. http://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_smile.gif

      • Seneca III says:
        April 25, 2014 at 16:53

        Yes they are pretty animals although but as they, like most pythons, have nothing more to with their young once they are hatched and the young pythons simply move away to find their own patch you are unlikely to find the parents nearby in any nurturative sense.

        • Seneca III says:
          April 25, 2014 at 16:58

          P.S. They are not poisonous but they will bite if surprised or handled incorrectly and their bites invariably lead to a nasty infection that needs pretty quick treatment. SIIIhttp://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_good.gif

  4. KG says:
    April 24, 2014 at 19:10

    The barking geckos are very quiet tonight, so maybe that’s what he eats.

  5. Mathew says:
    April 24, 2014 at 20:46

    I’d be very uncomfortable with that sort of visitor.

  6. KG says:
    April 24, 2014 at 20:59

    :lol: fair enough, Mathew. They’re not everybody’s favourite animal.

  7. Darin says:
    April 24, 2014 at 21:53

    Cute little fellahttp://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_smile.gif

    Reminds me of the one I found under the kitchen sink in our house on the farm.About a five foot Black Racer(just a baby).I opened the door and he shot out,it was fairly exciting for a few seconds until I figured out he wasn’t a Water Moccasin. :shock: :mrgreen:

  8. HarvardPotatoHead says:
    April 25, 2014 at 01:35

    !!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89VR_lZehw4&feature=kp!!!G’Day fellow persons in our 56-57th Snakes! BlackBerry has axd yours very truly to conduct in-depth queries N2 the various farms and farming techniques down there to determine trending new taxes and dead serious laws needing to be singed with a pen into effect so that no US Person is missed for extra dialing for dollars henceforth a lecture survey tonight US East Coast Daylight Standard Time en la cula you no good mothR!!!OOPPSS!!!that former verbiage was only a “slip of the tongue” yvt did not intend to read the text verbatim Later @O’Keefe’s Feed & Seed Lotte a tasty parasite free buffet is to be offered featuring bar-b-cued snake [skinless] with toothpicks fashioned from snake fangs as learnt by the owner while lost in the ozone godamighty here comes Diplomatic Pouch showcasing her new “live snake” hairdo undt they wigglin all over d place !!!OMG!!!must depart swiftly tata HarvardPotatoHead ps more valuable details later baby 10-4 over and out

  9. Contempt says:
    April 25, 2014 at 01:45

    :shock: Well KG Harvard may have hit on a new vocation for you. Use this song to train your new snake to raise its head and weave it around. Then maybe you could open a snake farm tourist attraction. You will get rich! I ain’t kidding! If you like your snake farm, you can keep your snake farm. Period. For truth, I thought y’all didn’t have snakes down there. :roll:

  10. andy5759 says:
    April 25, 2014 at 06:23

    There was an old lady who swallowed a fly… So, you got mice, you get a snake. You got a snake, along comes a venomous snake, so you get a mongoose. Just so long as the idea of a murderous cat doesn’t crop up.

  11. Alan says:
    April 26, 2014 at 05:45

    All you need now is a honey badger.