My Snake Thread with Pics

[DrivingForce]

Not being argumentative ST but honestly there is no where in Thailand the rodent problem doesn't exist, and before you ever see them or any evidence of them they're usually already numbers in hundreds if not much more. It's only because of the numbers that occasionally you run into them or the evidence of them but where humans exist they have easy sources of sustenance such as garbage and other goodies so it's unrealistic to think that you don't have them.

I wish I had me a rat snake honestly, if it was the non poisonous kind and maybe not quite that big I'd let it patrol my house.. At least it didn't die in vane, it fed a family as you noted...
I remember during the swampy boom construction being behind completion schedule and as an explanation of the cause of that, one of the ministers was quoted as saying that they had a heavy rodent infestation from the disturbance of the surrounding area and it was gradually being brought under control by the construction workers who were catching and eating them but that they were also doing the same thing with the local Cobra population which is kind of going in circles and shooting themselves in the foot..

[withnallstoke]

Snakes take R&R as well. Maybe the snake was just putting his feet up.

[pescator]

Well, to be fair. Domestic animals are bred for that very reason, no endangerment of extinction here.
Wildlife is not. Biodiversity is important, something many thais have a problem to understand.
Having said that, the rat snake is most likely the most common snake i Thailand.

I remember the first time I saw it. I was in Phetchabun to visit friends and checking out their garden. There was a commotion under some bushes and I went to check it out. There was this very long rat snake (at that time I didnt know it was harmless) with it`s head totally buried inside an empty can. There was obviously some food left inside.
I alerted my friend and he went to see for himself. "Yes, that is our residing Nguu Singh, he`s been here for a number of years"

Oops. Didn`t notice the second page of this thread before posting.

Concerning rodents. My inlaws live in a village in Isan. At night we sleep on the floor under a mossie net and I cannot help to notice that there is this noise of little feet during the night. So I once fired up my Digicam with nightshot and I didnt believe my own eyes. There were dozens of mice all over the place.

Where is a nguu singh when I need one?

[SEA Traveler]

here we go again...

I'm in the pool 30 min into 45 min of doing laps. The wife comes out and says "snake"... I'm out of the water in 2 seconds flat thnking she ment the snake was in the water with me. "Come on" she says "it is in the house". We go into the guest bedroom and there is a little 40cm green snake. I'm told to keep an eye on it while the wife goes and gets the same neighbor who took care of the previous snake (and the large Tookay (spelling?) a while back. I say that I can take care of it but the wife says "I'm getting the neighbor just watch it". OK. No problem.

Anyway, the wife and the neighbor come in the house. The neighbor has his stick with him... because of the large out cry for the snake sympathizes earlier on this submission, I ask if the snake is poisonous or not and he says no. I tell the wife to tell the neighbor not to kill it. So together we usher the snake outside the house and out side the wall to the adjoining field. Still alive.

Now what I'm wondering is that since it was a baby snake..... where is the mother snake?

[tjyflhol]

It's a harmless golden tree snake, one of their main prey items is Tokay geckos so quite useful to have around.

[SEA Traveler]

It's a harmless golden tree snake, one of their main prey items is Tokay geckos so quite useful to have around.

Thanks Tji for the conformation of non-poisonous variety. I did notice a small gecko in the room that we saw the snake in.

[robuzo]

This must be one of if not the most commonly seen snake. They can flatten out and glide. I saw one do it on Koh Pha-ngan due to it being attacked by, of all things, the biggest Tokay I ever saw in my life. Looked like a Gila Monster.

[SEA Traveler]

^ wow... i've heard of flying pigs but flying snakes now that is something I'd enjoy seeing. a flying snake.

[tjyflhol]

Unless it's flying towards you.

[BillyBobThai]

As a young teenager, my brother and I went snake hunting from a boat with a
410 shotgun. Most of what we killed cotton mouth water mocasins. To this day
I still think that the only good snake is a dead snake. They either can hurt me or make me hurt myself getting away. Better safe than sorry. Just kill the bastard.

To the bleeding heart who hates killing snakes, GET A LIFE.

[SEA Traveler]

As a young teenager, my brother and I went snake hunting from a boat with a
410 shotgun. Most of what we killed cotton mouth water mocasins. To this day
I still think that the only good snake is a dead snake. They either can hurt me or make me hurt myself getting away. Better safe than sorry. Just kill the bastard.

To the bleeding heart who hates killing snakes, GET A LIFE.

410? Wow, I learned how to hunt with a 410 bolt action shotgun 50 years ago. Held 3 shells. I still have the shotgut but it is in the States. Now the wife like to shoot it so we usually do at the local hunters and anglers club. Nice gun for a kid or woman. Not much of a kick to it. I also used to get pumpkin balls for it to do deer hunting. Good thing I never saw any deer to shoot at as the gun with pumpkin balls probably would not have killed the deer anyway. Unless it was only 10 or 15 yards away.

[robuzo]

As a young teenager, my brother and I went snake hunting from a boat with a
410 shotgun. Most of what we killed cotton mouth water mocasins. To this day
I still think that the only good snake is a dead snake. They either can hurt me or make me hurt myself getting away. Better safe than sorry. Just kill the bastard.

To the bleeding heart who hates killing snakes, GET A LIFE.

410? Wow, I learned how to hunt with a 410 bolt action shotgun 50 years ago. Held 3 shells. I still have the shotgut but it is in the States. Now the wife like to shoot it so we usually do at the local hunters and anglers club. Nice gun for a kid or woman. Not much of a kick to it. I also used to get pumpkin balls for it to do deer hunting. Good thing I never saw any deer to shoot at as the gun with pumpkin balls probably would not have killed the deer anyway. Unless it was only 10 or 15 yards away.

I got my first pheasant with a .410 when I was 14, also a bolt action (don't think I've seen another kind of .410, other than a pistol). Also a good gun if you don't want to tear up the animal you are planning to eat, which is the only reason that hunting ever made any sense to me. Pretty weird for a self-parody to be accusing others of not having a life.

[SEA Traveler]

I got my first pheasant with a .410 when I was 14, also a bolt action (don't think I've seen another kind of .410, other than a pistol). Also a good gun if you don't want to tear up the animal you are planning to eat, which is the only reason that hunting ever made any sense to me. Pretty weird for a self-parody to be accusing others of not having a life.

Nothing like eating wild game shot by one's self. And yes, a primary reason for hunting is to eat the catch. It's natural. They were good bonding days with dad. Out in the fress county air during the fall season when the leaves were changing color, hunting together and then enjoying the food that we had gotten at the end of the day. Memorable and cherished times past.

[DrivingForce]

I say that I can take care of it but the wife says "I'm getting the neighbor just watch it". OK. No problem.

City folk.... very obedient and well trained too I might add...

I tell the wife to tell the neighbor not to kill it. So together we usher the snake outside the house and out side the wall to the adjoining field. Still alive.

Good job ST.... Though we may not always like them they all serve purposes of balance in nature something a Buddhist society should be most conscious of..

[DrivingForce]

As a young teenager, my brother and I went snake hunting from a boat with a
410 shotgun. Most of what we killed cotton mouth water mocasins. To this day
I still think that the only good snake is a dead snake. They either can hurt me or make me hurt myself getting away. Better safe than sorry. Just kill the bastard.

To the bleeding heart who hates killing snakes, GET A LIFE.

Billy Bob eh?? Not many Billy Bobs I know that would hurt themselves trying to get away from a harmless snake ......

Most I knew were woodsy folks who could easily identify the dangerous ones and either caught the harmless ones to mess with or keep as pets and only killed the dangerous ones out of self defense or protection of their loved ones..

[DrivingForce]

Pretty weird for a self-parody to be accusing others of not having a life.

I was thinking the same thing ironically.......Or not........

[Whiteshiva]

To this day I still think that the only good snake is a dead snake. They either can hurt me or make me hurt myself getting away. Better safe than sorry. Just kill the bastard.

Funny, that is exactly how I feel about ignorant human scum. They cause far more damage to people, animals and the environment than snakes ever did. Wipe them out!

To the bleeding heart who hates killing snakes, GET A LIFE.

To the vaccuum brained neanderthals who oversimplify everything, and then get upset when others actually exhibit common sense, WILL YOU PLEASE STOP BREATHING - or at the very least stop breeding!

[SEA Traveler]

2 November 2011:

bumped thread as a result of some activity today...

I was headed out to the yard to do some trimming of the jasmine plants and stop as a result of spotting this green snake crawling on the wall. I went in the house and got the camera. After taking a few photos I put my work gloves on and waited until the snake crawled into the cavity of the old solar lamp post. I then got an old rag, covered the cavity hole, lifted the solar lamp and took it up the street to dispose of in the field. 1 less snake at Villa SEA Traveler...

[sabaii sabaii]

Seems a bit of a waste

[Little Chuchok]

The first one looks like a rat snake.They may not be venomous, but they can be very, very aggressive...been known to chase people(Me!) and have a very nasty bite that normally gets infected.

[Davis Knowlton]

One of my first two guns was a .410, the other was a small, single shot .22. Got them both when I was about seven or eight. When Billy Bob writes about shooting cotton mouths, they are the only poisonous snake in the US that is aggressive. The other three (rattlesnake, coral snake, copperhead) will leave you alone unless trapped, or stepped on. Cotton mouths are evil looking, and flat mean - I have had them chase a boat I was fishing in for a long distance on rivers in Florida. Nasty critters.

[SEA Traveler]

Seems a bit of a waste

a nice pair of kicks. hopefully there are not enough snakes on the grounds that I would need to catch to have enough for a nice pair of kicks s those in the picture.

[SEA Traveler]

The first one looks like a rat snake.They may not be venomous, but they can be very, very aggressive...been known to chase people(Me!) and have a very nasty bite that normally gets infected.

I can attest to your saying that they are aggressive. Two weeks ago when I actually managed to capture and dispose of another of the same variety, the snake was attempting to bite an aluminum pole I was using as a capture tool. and it was an aggressive bite at that.

I've always known rat snakes to be black but maybe that is the western rat snakes and the larger ones found here in Thailand. Either way, I don't want to to get close enough to find out about their bites.

[SEA Traveler]

One of my first two guns was a .410, the other was a small, single shot .22. Got them both when I was about seven or eight. When Billy Bob writes about shooting cotton mouths, they are the only poisonous snake in the US that is aggressive. The other three (rattlesnake, coral snake, copperhead) will leave you alone unless trapped, or stepped on. Cotton mouths are evil looking, and flat mean - I have had them chase a boat I was fishing in for a long distance on rivers in Florida. Nasty critters.

my first gun was a .410 bolt action. One in the chamber and 2 in the hold. Trusty little 1st gun and shot many a pheasant, quail and rabbit with it. Family heirloom and I passed on the the son.

[Little Chuchok]

Here is a Rat snake all pissed off.They type of fan their neck (if they have such a thing)vertically.This was before it chased me....

https://teakdoor.com/Gallery/albums/u...475/snake2.jpg