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Lianne Cook Australia (Verified User) Posts 13438 Dogs 100 / Races 97 22 Dec 2008 00:37
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Have just discovered an half eaten TIGER SNAKE and a smiling brood bitch in the yard. OMIGOD.
Brood appears to have killed the snake immediately before it had a chance to strike her, as I've checked all over for any marks, plus her eyes and gums are pretty good.
I was only gone up the street with my dad for half an hour this morning, found the dead snake in the yard when I got back.
Thank god the bitch was smart enough to kill it! Good Mary!
The only good snake is a dead snake, IMO.
Rob Tyler Australia (Verified User) Posts 5176 Dogs 64 / Races 113 22 Dec 2008 00:50
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They are mongrels of things...I (sorry, for the do-gooders I meant one of my dogs) got a brown snake yesterday and he wasn't a happy camper when he saw me! Wasn't that big (probably around 4 feet) but they still do damage. Actually, there is a post...what tips does everyone have to keep snakes at bay? Our guard dog Kelly is a genius at getting them but I worry that her luck will run out one day.
Jamie Gawne Australia (Verified User) Posts 858 Dogs 58 / Races 321 22 Dec 2008 00:58
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It was about this time last year I lost Odessa Flame in PUP, from a brown snake bite. I have slashed the grass every where I can this year and hopefully the kookaburras can pick off any strays that come onto the property.
Carole Brown Australia (Verified User) Posts 32355 Dogs 185 / Races 2 22 Dec 2008 01:03
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We got a copperhead already earlier this year and I have heard our Border Collie give a warning bark a few times. It is different to his usual one and I think he was warning us of a snake around, as he has done it before.
Jeff Holland Australia (Verified User) Posts 4831 Dogs 145 / Races 12 22 Dec 2008 01:25
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Jamie, one of my pups killed a 5ft brown 4 weeks ago, and the snake must have crossed either 110m of mowed ground or 20m of mowed ground.
Asked my brother, and he said the mowing stops you from treading on them by mistake, but they will cross open ground(like the story about the kooka's, an old wives tale). His advice is dont whipper snipper along fences, as this gives the snake somewhere to hide( it doesnt want to have to bite the dog trying to save its own life), and to have a couple of old tubs with water away from the dog yards, so snakes dont have to come near dog yards looking for water.
His main advice though is to bait heavily and often to kill all mice. No mice, no snakes.
cheers, jeff
Howard Gray Australia (Verified User) Posts 2280 Dogs 274 / Races 200 22 Dec 2008 01:33
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If you can afford it it pays to run "budgie" wire around all of your dog runs,snakes find it almost impossible to penetrate, or as one leading breeder in the Shepparton area does run plastic netting around the yards, the same material as orchadists use to keep birds from their fruit.
John Adlam Australia (Verified User) Posts 98 Dogs 0 / Races 0 22 Dec 2008 03:09
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Had a couple of copperheads already recently and just missed another one last week 10 metres from the pups runs.
Rob Tyler Australia (Verified User) Posts 5176 Dogs 64 / Races 113 22 Dec 2008 03:18
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Howard Gray wrote:
If you can afford it it pays to run "budgie" wire around all of your dog runs,snakes find it almost impossible to penetrate, or as one leading breeder in the Shepparton area does run plastic netting around the yards, the same material as orchadists use to keep birds from their fruit.
We have all of our "puppy" yards fenced along the botton with chicken wire attached over the chainwire and touch wood, have been lucky to date. The younger pups just wouldn't stand a chance with the copperheads or brownies. Our problem is where the dams and creeks are...they seem to make that their "meeting" place.
we lost 2 rob only a fortnight ago to a brown, a bloke up the road also lost 2 or 3 very recently. Both litters were around 6 months old so was a big shame.
Rob Tyler Australia (Verified User) Posts 5176 Dogs 64 / Races 113 22 Dec 2008 04:33
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That is shocking Shayne...pity there is no way we can eradicate these snakes like vermin! Merry Christmas to you and your family and pass on my regards to Greg. He knows he only has to call me if he wants a dog.
Dan Hollywood Australia (Verified User) Posts 6026 Dogs 28 / Races 32 22 Dec 2008 04:41
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A young guy in Queensland here got bitten by a Taipan a few days back, was convulsing within minutes. They took him to the local hospital where they gave anti venim, but he need more so had some sent from elsewhere. Then flew to Brisbane and spent a couple of days in the hospital there. I think it the 2nd or 3rd time he has been struck by a Taipan. When will they learn.
Lianne Cook Australia (Verified User) Posts 13438 Dogs 100 / Races 97 22 Dec 2008 04:55
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Lucky Irish, I hear they don't have any snakes in Ireland??
Unfortunately in my area, because the property backs onto a river, tiger snakes are prevalent around here. I've been told it's a regular occurance in the summer months to see a tiger snake in the laundry, also around the goldfish pond here.
I've also heard about the bird netting, apparently it's supposed to work a treat in keeping snakes out of puppy yards. Will have to get some in now that the summer is here.
Carole Brown Australia (Verified User) Posts 32355 Dogs 185 / Races 2 22 Dec 2008 04:57
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Lianne, we have creek drains just near us and we see some copperheads every year. Luckily, we haven't seen any other kind here.
Briana Guy Australia (Verified User) Posts 644 Dogs 38 / Races 11 22 Dec 2008 06:02
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Here is a new product which is extremely good repelling snakes!
Same to you Rob, I think greg only has 1 in the kennels and he is enjoying it lol i think the days of him training 10-15 dogs are over tho the prize money rise might put some spark into him lol
briana do you know someone who has used the repeller,was reading about them the other day,haven't seen a snake yet this season,but i know they're there,by the snake sh--t they leave behind,
Francesca de Stefani United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 320 Dogs 70 / Races 0 22 Dec 2008 12:10
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Hi,
I know that in rural South-East Asia people would keep chickens just keep away the snakes, they told me that the chicken shit irritates the snakes' skin, so they stay awa.
Maybe you guys can get hold of chicken shit and spread it around the outside of the paddocks?
It would be interesting to know what substance contained in the cs is irritating so you may be able to find it in a handier version that the "organic" one.
I hope this can be of any help.
Peter Sparsis Australia (Verified User) Posts 1256 Dogs 10 / Races 26 22 Dec 2008 12:22
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I don't know about anyone else but I'm not about to start spreading chicken shit around the 9 acre paddock my dogs are in. I don't think the neighbours would be real impressed with the smell either
Carole Brown Australia (Verified User) Posts 32355 Dogs 185 / Races 2 22 Dec 2008 12:25
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Peter, we used Dynamic Lifter chicken manure fertiliser in our paddocks several years ago and the smell was awful. Did the grass good, though. Thanks for the suggestion anyway, Francesca.
Pia Alexander United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 4001 Dogs 0 / Races 0 22 Dec 2008 17:23
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lol I am so so so pleased we do not have snakes in the UK If i lived in OZ I would never come out of the house as have a phobia of snakes big time
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