I want my own snake thread and more.

[Mr Brown]

Lardivcar has his own snake thread and I'm a bit pissed off because he got his first and also got some pictures. The battery on my wife's cousin's camera is flat and her sisters no where to be found with the charger - or some shite like that.

4 am this morning I heard a strange squaking, screaming blood curdling, oh fuck, I'm dead sound; didn't think much of it as where I am in the sticks right now is in a house with no windows on the edge of the jungle...you don't want to be leaping out of bed to find out whats choking your chickens.

However, Auntie Tong; who's house it is, did leap out of bed. I think this village older folk have an innate sense when something out of the jungle has leapt on her chicken and started killing the poor fucker.

Turns out by the description of the snake it was a Burmese python - deciphered by asking it if it matched the same colour and pattern of one we spotted earlier last year during a trip up the mountains nearby (posted somewhere on this thread from foul mouth Tel http://teakdoor.com/thailands-zoos-a...our-snake.html (Show us your snake.)). Asked how big the fucker was it roughly was the width of the wifes leg and she's got a bit of meat on her, bless. I can't gauge the the length of the snake as the auntie said it was coiled up choking the chicken before it saw her and horrified slithered off one way as the auntie ran the other.

Again, I'm a bit pissed off as I don't have the pictures of my Aunties bush, but I'm telling you it's a deep bush with much foilage and large trees bearing many different fruits agmonst the much fewer bamboo growing around.

Looking at the trail that that fucking snake left it would appear that it was indeed a big one - I still have the evidence to snap so will hopefully add soon.

I have never encountered the wild side of living in the sticks before so have a couple of questions as I once watched anaconda the movie - my 16 month old son will be OK won't he? It's not like he'll be wondering around my auntie's bush at 4 am in the morning is it. Where do these fuckers live? the evidence surrounding suggests the snake headed for a quite dense bit of bamboo; do pythons live in trees and drop on there prey? Or do they just relax in the comfort of the cool night until some dumb bird strolls in their path to be gobbled up?

Should someone or I catch this menace to the chickens to relocate or just plainly kill the fucker and throw it in a nice curry i.e send it to JJ's for the family?

Oh, and whats a good marinade for the chicken? The snake left it's kill and our friendly drunk neighbour chopped it's head off skinned it for our dinner. I let him keep the feet, they like that shit, I don't.

The more bit is finding a fucking Takrab in my fucking bedroom this moring in the bowl we use to wash the baby's bottles with at 9 am this morning. I dutifully chopped the 'orrible cnuting things head off and body in half and fed it to the ants outside (which is quite useful as they carry the body to the nest centre so if you hang around long enough you know wher to pour the boiling hot soapy water). My concern is......WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT DOING IN MY ROOM!!! It was a baby takarb .... BUT WTF!!! I don't like it. <---full stop

Last bit was taking the bike out after all the above and riding approx 50km up the Chiang Mai jungle on the wife's uncle bike - got to some elephant farm and forgot to reattach the key to the bike (I always forget they fall out on these older bikes). Wasn't until I got back home I realised that the key had fallen out somewhere on my trek, I did find them approx 20 km back in some pothole however. Maybe I should get in jail again and remember to recharge the batterys of that camera, had some great photos of a very untravelled area.

How do some of you posters manage in the sticks?

[jandajoy]

Originally Posted by Mr Brown

How do some of you posters manage in the sticks?

No major problems if you make good use of local info.

You might consider moving.

But you'll get used to it after a while.

[Mr Brown]

Originally Posted by jandajoy

No major problems if you make good use of local info.

Thats the fun part.

Originally Posted by jandajoy

You might consider moving.

Already, given other circumstances at mo

Originally Posted by jandajoy

But you'll get used to it after a while.

I am, just worried about my son

[jandajoy]

Thing is, Mr Brown, most of the creepy crawlies are more interested in keeping the fok out of the way of clomping bipeds like us humans. The occasional meeting is inevitable but generally speaking they'll be on their way given half a chance. IMHO.

[dirtydog]

This thread is doomed without pictures of snakes being beheaded or violently deaded, next time use your bare hands to rip its head off then charge up your battery for the pictures.

[Mr Brown]

The thread is doomed

That Takarb was well and truly chopped up too; I was fascinated by how far the ants carried it after assualted its still squriming body. They took the head first like some trophy.

Originally Posted by jandajoy

Thing is, Mr Brown, most of the creepy crawlies are more interested in keeping the fok out of the way of clomping bipeds like us humans. The occasional meeting is inevitable but generally speaking they'll be on their way given half a chance. IMHO.

I have found that to be the case; but late at night I always turn the light on on the way to bathroom and say to myself that'll see that huge fucking spider again, and I do.

What do I do about the snake anyway?

[Loy Toy]

WTF you doing in a village in the sticks fighting with anacondas mate?

I thought you were fighting with the venomous ones in Kao San Rd.

[Mr Brown]

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

I thought you were fighting with the venomous ones in Kao San Rd.

I have...my Thai co-partner, He is also some species of snake

[jandajoy]

Originally Posted by Mr Brown

I have found that to be the case; but late at night I always turn the light on on the way to bathroom and say to myself that'll see that huge fucking spider again, and I do.

Funny, I hate spiders too. We leave the bathroom light on all night, mainly so we don't tread on the dog, but as far as spiders are concerned I made it clear that either spiders or me could live in our shed. There was a major onslaught on spiders and, touch wood, none have been seen for a long time now.

Originally Posted by Mr Brown

What do I do about the snake anyway?

Let it escape. If you, or the locals think it might have taken up residence get some one to move it out bush. No point in killing it. Good idea to identify though.

[Loy Toy]

Originally Posted by Mr Brown

I have...my Thai co-partner, He is also some species of snake

Sorry to hear that mate and is your position recoverable?

[Mr Brown]

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Sorry to hear that mate and is your position recoverable?

Nope, I will get my share of profit this month and then return to Bangkok to dissect the accounting and see what I can get back from what the fucker has taken away. Certian amounts of money have been re-distrubuted in his own terms without memos or following the original contracts.

Doubt I will see the money again however, the Thai company has a lot of influence and one farang has 1% of success I think in a labour suit against them even with the strong case I have.

[Muadib]

So just rip the head off your Thai partner and take some pics... Don't forget to get at least one of you pointing at the body when the pic is clicked...

[Rigger]

Originally Posted by Mr Brown

How do some of you posters manage in the sticks?

I live on the edge of a small village and have run into many snakes, any found in the area are killed, also dont keep chickens near your house as they will attract them and have a few dogs will keep them away, also lemon grass they say keeps them away also a fence will make it harder for them to get in to your yard in the first place

[tsicar]

Originally Posted by dirtydog

This thread is doomed without pictures of snakes being beheaded or violently deaded, next time use your bare hands to rip its head off then charge up your battery for the pictures.

ok, but this particular snake's only crime, as far as i can see, is that it was caught:"choking the chicken" (fkkn can't believe you guys missed that!)
i hardly think the death penalty would be appropriate!



my mom sed i would go blind but i didn't (yet)

[tsicar]

Originally Posted by Rigger

I live on the edge of a small village and have run into many snakes, any found in the area are killed, also dont keep chickens near your house as they will attract them and have a few dogs will keep them away, also lemon grass they say keeps them away also a fence will make it harder for them to get in to your yard in the first place

a fence will be no deterrent, and a large python will happily consume your dog!
your kids are safe, tho, as long as they don't go crawling through the jungle, acting like small wild pigs or thais.

pythons, which are totally harmless, MAY come after your chickens, but honestly there are enough rats and mice and frogs an lizards around any thai village to attract any kind of snake, never mind harmless pythons.

and i once found a cobra in my lemongrass patch!..... so scratch that one, too!

[Rigger]

Originally Posted by tsicar

a fence will be no deterrent

I had far more snakes in my yard before we had the fence built, when you have thick scrub or Rice fields around the house a fence will help, Snakes dont like dogs and will avoid getting hassled by them as much as possible plus they will warn you when they are around.
Most the Thai style houses near where I live have a small nylon mesh fence about 1 to 2 feet high as it stops the the snakes entering their homes and also traps the snake who normaly twist and tangle themselfs into it so they get a free feed as well.
Eggs and chooks are a food source for snakes so the less food for them around your house the better, Also remove all junk and tin for them to hide under and remove thick ground cover,

[tsicar]

Originally Posted by Rigger

I had far more snakes in my yard before we had the fence built, when you have thick scrub or Rice fields around the house a fence will help, Snakes dont like dogs and will avoid getting hassled by them as much as possible plus they will warn you when they are around.
Most the Thai style houses near where I live have a small nylon mesh fence about 1 to 2 feet high as it stops the the snakes entering their homes and also traps the snake who normaly twist and tangle themselfs into it so they get a free feed as well.
Eggs and chooks are a food source for snakes so the less food for them around your house the better, Also remove all junk and tin for them to hide under and remove thick ground cover,

yes, no shit lying around gives them no place to hide (bits of corrugated iron covered with other shit are idel habitats), and will help a lot. (probably the reason the thais like to remove all the vegetation around their houses, and live in a dustbowl)
the nylon stuff may slow down the smaller stuff , not because they can't scale it, but they will mostly just follow it along until they find a hole, but a 3metre burmese python will easily scale a 2-3m brick wall to get at your chickens. (all they need is a motive!), so yes, no small livestock, no pythons, you are 100% correct.
for my part, i prefer the snakes as company, to that of chickens or thai neighbours, so all reptiles welcome on my property!!!

[Loy Toy]

I am working in Johor Baru at the moment and noted today that around the factory doors and entrances they have placed sulphur rocks and powder.

Apparently the area is infested with snakes and they say the sulphur keeps the snakes away.

I might try this at home in Pattaya.

[Happyman]

^
That indeed works !!

The best to use is rock sulphur pounded to a coarse powder in a pestle & mortar by yourself .
The "refined purified" sulphur powder ( like talcum powder)that you buy not only is not so good but also blows away in the wind !

If you are in a dry area and there are no plants that you like nearby then add a bit of caustic soda (sodafee?) - only do this if there are no kids or animals that you like around as well !