Snakes

Hi
As u probaly quessed from my few posts I have not as yet moved to Thailand ( still working in Sing) but my wife and I are having a house built abt 30 mins outside Bandung- in a small village very rural- Thing is I hate snakes and the idea of a snake in the house or garden is not a pleasant one - Im not so stupid as to think it wont happen but in ur expirences is it a common thing and what sort of measures can be taken to prevent it ??- my wife says its not going to happen as they have all been eaten lol but I have my doupts - she would say that lol

I've only seen one snake in the wild whilst living in Thailand, (admittedly not quite a year yet), and I've spent a few months living in a very rural village, the only snake I saw was crossing the road whilst I was driving. Never even seen one on my TGF's parents vast farm they have, so your lady maybe half correct, in that they have nearly all been eaten to extinction. The Thais don't seem all that conservation concious to me so it wouldn't surprise me, there is big cull on Tookays at the moment as they can sell them to medicine companies, they'll all be but extinct in a few years too...shame really!!!

Thanks mate that going to help me sleep a little better lol

We live outside the city, surrounded by jungle. I'd guess a week doesn't go by that our dogs don't spot a snake......some small, some as fat as the meaty part of a baseball bat and 2+ meters long. A number of years ago a friend along the ring road found a python (or similar) in the drainage ditch alongside his home.....a monster.....the neighbors hauled it off to the temple where it was on display for a week or so then released.
Our dogs got the snake in the photo....we gave it to some neighbors who promptly sliced and diced it up into paht grapao.

Many snakes around in rural Isan, don't let anyone fool you.

I live about 50 km from Ban dung so you won't see the snakes on my farm, otherwise you would relocate yourself

Had many snakes on my farm, around the house too, Spitting Cobras, Kraits, Pit Vipers, Russel's Viper. These are the venomous ones I encountered. The majority though is harmless, like have been posted by Kopkei (Golden Tree snake)and Parrot (Kukri snake). Rat snakes, Keelbacks, Bronzebacks, Laotian wolfsnakes, they are all abundantly present here.

Advise to the OP: change your fear into knowledge, with help of the thread "venomous snakes of Udon thani" from Michael C. you can learn to recognize snakes, like has been said most snakes flee, some will attack if threatened f.i. by a dog, or when you step on their tail which I did, got bitten and nearly died. I learned to determine what snake it is and in most cases the harmless snake will disappear. Those venomous snakes that come too close to the house will be killed, like I had to do the first year when 7 Spitting Cobras came to the idea to stroll around the (newly built) house.
If your house will be built in rough terrain some snakes will have to move and might come back later...

Live with it, this is Thailand so a country full of snakes...

Good luck

Joe

Eazy-Going wrote:there is big cull on Tookays at the moment as they can sell them to medicine companies, they'll all be but extinct in a few years too...shame really!!!

You're absolutely right, another avoidable extinction by the human race!

At least the Tokay that lives in my living room will die of old age...

Joe

Here's the lucky fellow:



Joe

Even in Udon town you will see snakes sometimes. but, as a general rule, 90% of snakes are harmless and as joe said, snakes will run away given the chance. Just make sure your house is pretty snake proof, and if walking in long grass or bush, consider better footware and even jeans. The only person i know personally who was bitten by a snake was wearing flip flops and walking through grass at night - a little sense will reduce the risk a lot.

Snakes in your home? Check this out...

Unlucky Mouse...

That's a good one Docta, snake comes in through the "MS WINDOWS"

I guess this is a Sunbeam snake and as it has many colours like the wiring in the computer it might have thought to find a cute female snake inside (snakes can't see well)

Anyway, it proves snakes are everywhere in Thailand, a good advice to keep your house snake proof, I can add that I never found one snake inside the house.

Joe

kopkei wrote:so according to the former pictures , the first lesson would be, as you still are building ,look they fix everything vermin , snakes or whatever can not come in the home ( keep the doors closed...) , as i get also snakes, mouse ,kopkei,etc...
but always outside , never inside ......, luckily...... ( i put mouse traps ,and i am catching them on regular base, as in rain season mouse enjoy staying inside...)

Snakes around the house keep mice and rats away, funny enough I have plenty of frogs (tree frogs), toads and lizards around the house, guess they are not on the snake's menu...

More seriously, my house is built higher than the land, a three-step stairs leads to the terrace with the sliding doors (no snakes under the doors) and the back door has also 3 steps before you can get in.
Now snakes have no problem climbing stairs just my logic is: why would they? Plenty of food for them outside the house, on top my two dogs are a nightmare for snakes so that way it keeps the house snake free.

Joe