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Re: Snakes Alive
Originally Posted by Wol
Apropos of nothing in particular IIRC I saw a year or two back that UK domestic cats are thought to kill 80m birds a year. No idea if that's even ballpark though!
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Re: Snakes Alive
Originally Posted by Keebs
Wonder how much fauna, flora & wildlife including snakes is destroyed the AUSTRALIAN introduced CANE TOAD!!!
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Re: Snakes Alive
Originally Posted by moneypen20
I left my baby behind for the same reason, miss her heaps but she is still in her own home spoilt rotten and roaming her natural habitat. Each to his own though.
Sorry couldn't resist :) I thought you had to keep the cat on your property or something though how you do that i'm not sure. The collar looks like a good idea??? Might get one of thos for hubby next time he contemplates waking me in the night Jen |
Re: Snakes Alive
Originally Posted by sel
I was just offering a little perspective ;)
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Re: Snakes Alive
Originally Posted by Louise M
Me too. I left my 2 cats behind but brought the dog. I really didnt want the cats slaughtering everything. They both had 2 bells each on their collars but still managed to kill birds and mice.
Re the snakes: if you put chicken wire flat on the ground they may not cross it as they dont like the feel of it. Also a couple of well placed tin cans with the lids pushed inside is a fairly good trap as they push their heads inside to look for prey and then cant get their heads out. However what you do with them when you find a stuck snake is your problem :D Snakes are a protected species and very beautiful, but shy. If you learn how to behave around a snake, it's unlikely you will ever get bitten. There are snake handling courses throughout Australia, if you should be interested. Educate yourselves, don't kill animals needlessly. |
Re: Snakes Alive
Originally Posted by iPom
Don't use any wire or traps to catch snakes. Many snakes die each year from this barbaric treatment. It cuts into them, they dehydrate, and it's a nasty death. There are better ways of keeping snakes off your property, which you can find here.
Snakes are a protected species and very beautiful, but shy. If you learn how to behave around a snake, it's unlikely you will ever get bitten. There are snake handling courses throughout Australia, if you should be interested. Educate yourselves, don't kill animals needlessly. Ipom do they do any snake handling course in Melbourne??? oooh better make that snake and spider handling or info things cause not too sure I want to handle the spiders ???? Jen |
Re: Snakes Alive
Originally Posted by JenJen
The snake buster saved a snake form a beer can the other day :)
Ipom do they do any snake handling course in Melbourne??? oooh better make that snake and spider handling or info things cause not too sure I want to handle the spiders ???? Jen Do be careful who you choose though. :eek: |
Re: Snakes Alive
Originally Posted by iPom
I'm sure they do. You can usually find one if you look. Local zoos do them. But it's not a play thing,... it's a serious course. A friend of mine has done it and now has snakes as pets (which I don't particularly like as I think they should be free, but hey ho!)
Do be careful who you choose though. :eek: I think snake and spider courses are a good idea anyway, I don't feel fear for snakes (though have seen only 2 in my 28 years and they weren't venemous), however it'd be nice to have someone sit you down and say look your in a different country now, these snakes A, B and C are highly venemous and if found in your garden and house you do this, these ones D,E, and F arent' as venemous but can pack mean bite which will need treatment etc giving you numbers to call or what to do temproraily til someone comes to retrieve it. Now spiders i think i'd need an intesive course, does anywhere in the UK do one??? Cause i am so bloody petrified of spiders full stop, even little ones and I can't help it. Goes back to me being little and was watching bagpuss i think and looked down to see this enourmous harvest sized type spider on my lap (had a skirt on) i went to brush it off and it didnt move initially and when it did it legged it up the front me while I was screaming then while trying to swipe it off it crawled over my arm and was shakling my arm i swear the flipping thing was superglued on, it didn't bite me but I have hated them since in reality it prob only went on for a couple of minutes but it felt like I was fighting this spider off for hours. So ones with big fangs and venemous ones terrify the hell out of me. Not great when your hubby decides you all should go live in a country where there are potentially lethal ones (yes I know no ones died of a spider bite in x number of years but hey ho still huge fear) Any large nasty mean wasps in Australia??? have a few issues with them as they love stinging me in this country, hell i've even let them have my hotdog before and they still chase me, (I didn't mean to throw the hot dog at them) Oh then maybe I should do a great white shark fear course cause I am petrified of them too. Any help and advice warmly welcomed Jen |
Re: Snakes Alive
I agree with what you say about snake courses. That's the right way to do it... learn how! I nearly stepped on one the other week, it had come out of the bush to find water. Managed to notice it and it slithered away quite quickly. Snakes are awesome! :)
I don't know about spiders, but I do know I live in a high bush area and we get the odd one or two small (and I mean very small) garden spiders on the washing etc, but the poisonous ones are few and far between. I mean, they're out there, and I sometimes see them crossing the lawn at night if I'm out, but they're out there hunting and I'm in here. They don't, as a rule, get inside your house. They're hole dwellers. If you're really that phobic honey, go see your doc and ask for hypnotism treatment.... or to be referred. It will help. But truly, you become desensitized over time... I squash the small black spiders if they're in my house and I spot one because I know it might give the children a bite. If they're in my teritory, they're toast, but if they're outside, I leave them. There are wasps, European ones, same as in UK. There are some nice Aussie ones too, which are interesting. Haven't come across them really. Leave them alone and they leave you alone. As for sharks, honey,..... DON'T SWIM! :D |
Re: Snakes Alive
Originally Posted by iPom
I agree with what you say about snake courses. That's the right way to do it... learn how! I nearly stepped on one the other week, it had come out of the bush to find water. Managed to notice it and it slithered away quite quickly. Snakes are awesome! :)
I don't know about spiders, but I do know I live in a high bush area and we get the odd one or two small (and I mean very small) garden spiders on the washing etc, but the poisonous ones are few and far between. I mean, they're out there, and I sometimes see them crossing the lawn at night if I'm out, but they're out there hunting and I'm in here. They don't, as a rule, get inside your house. They're hole dwellers. If you're really that phobic honey, go see your doc and ask for hypnotism treatment.... or to be referred. It will help. But truly, you become desensitized over time... I squash the small black spiders if they're in my house and I spot one because I know it might give the children a bite. If they're in my teritory, they're toast, but if they're outside, I leave them. There are wasps, European ones, same as in UK. There are some nice Aussie ones too, which are interesting. Haven't come across them really. Leave them alone and they leave you alone. As for sharks, honey,..... DON'T SWIM! :D Dad has bought me a spider catcher but it'll only do the little ones and when i get tehm in there i'm often to scared to open it outside or into the loo incase it manages to get on me, so hubby often finds them dead in the tube when he gets back from work. I quite like the squishing them idea but not sure the owner of the rental will be too chuffed with a whacking great dead spider on their wall. I think it would be good for us all to do one as the kids will probably try and get them and then get bitten. Oh the joys. We were watching this program on animal planet last night did washing up sat back down adn there was a program on about great white sharks called maneaters and showed hubby and i htink maybe he might put off surfing at least initially lol Jen |
Re: Snakes Alive
Originally Posted by JenJen
I quite like the squishing them idea but not sure the owner of the rental will be too chuffed with a whacking great dead spider on their wall.
I don't see spiders for weeks on end here. It will be the same for you. But yes, go see that doctor. Irrational fear isn't going to help you. Nighty night. x |
Re: Snakes Alive
Originally Posted by iPom
Once squashed, they dessicate quite quickly and can be either vacuumed up, or scraped off with a spatula.
I don't see spiders for weeks on end here. It will be the same for you. But yes, go see that doctor. Irrational fear isn't going to help you. Nighty night. x Night night ipom sleep well Jen |
Re: Snakes Alive
One question, though: what happens when your cat leaps while indoors? I'm not sure if we could cope with a random siren blast every time Carmen wants to hop onto the sofa or jump onto the bed. :o |
Re: Snakes Alive
Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
Fantastic piece of kit - a definite "must buy" for our cat when we arrive. :)
One question, though: what happens when your cat leaps while indoors? I'm not sure if we could cope with a random siren blast every time Carmen wants to hop onto the sofa or jump onto the bed. :o |
Re: Snakes Alive
Originally Posted by The O'Neills
One of the most destructive creatures to be introduced :scared: to Oz is the rabbit!!!!!
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