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Originally Posted by Outback Porsche
ooh, ooh, someones found a whip snake in the compound...could easily be baby brown snake too (easily confused). Both 'll kill you though...
I've got to go walking in the vicinity it was last sighted shortly - hope it's moved on  |
This ties into the what do you do for a living bit.
I'm a machinist.
And snakes coming in during the winter is not uncommon. We have some old aquariums laying around, drop 'em in for visitors to see. If its still not yet a steady freeze out we'll put 'em back out in a day or so.
Not so with this guy, I've kept him over the winter, we feed him whatever mice we find. He doesn't eat lizards, so over time, the lizards stop being wary, and will ride around on him. He's about 5foot long all stretched out. For the last few months, real mice haven't been turning up in traps, so given the freeze, I've been buying mice to feed him/her. I never understood people who kept reptiles until now, maybe I still don't, but the movement is fascinating.
