Well, Himself and I thought about it and decided we had to tell my sister and her kids as the snake is resident in a rockery near the swimming pool. In fact, I think the only reason it has moved in is because we have been away for a few days and everything is quiet. Prior to that, the level of daily shrieking and squealing from the pool would be enough to terrify any self respecting snake.
I must say she took it very well. So the kids have not been allowed out the back door since....they're leaving tomorrow anyway :-)
What are we doing about said snake I hear you ask?
Not a lot at present.
Yesterday Himself saw it first and thought it may have disappeared under the back corner of the fence at the rear of the property. He called me over and we stood watching and listening from a safe (twenty feet) distance. No sign.
An hour or so went past and Himself kept going up to the back corner and banging about, trying to get it to move again to no avail. Eventually, Dad (who was here being the Acme Odd Job Man From Heaven) picked up a large stick and moved forward to poke at the leaf and bark litter under the palm and gumtrees in that corner of the garden. As he did, a largish piece of 'bark' dropped from near the base of the palm tree. It unravelled itself at the speed of light and shot off back into the corner again.
I left the scene at similar astonishing speed squealing something about calling the 'snake lady'.
The upshot was that the snake lady asked if we could 'see it' at that moment and because we couldn't, suggested we call back in an hour. Of course we haven't seen the ****** thing again but I just KNOW it is out there. I have been keeping the cats in, especially the little one whose latest trick is to bring live geckos inside and play with them in the hallway. Should she survive the encounter with the snake (50:50 with cats) she would undoubtedly bring it in as a present. *shudder*
Ah well. Just another day in Paradise.
Now to call the Jeep dealer and discover why a 5 year old vehicle whose oil light had only come on ONCE requires a $15,000 engine replacement >:-(
I am not convinced overfilling it could do that much damage, although perhaps driving it back to Adelaide did........????
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As for the jeep, ug. As for the snake, eek! In general I like reptiles, but the venomous types are another story. How poisonous is it?
Ohhhhhhh pretty poisonous. See the link.
We had a black snake in our backyard a couple of weeks ago. Our dogs went for it but luckily we got them away before it could do any damage. We think it disappeared out the back paddock. Hopefully it's long gone!
The upshot was that the snake lady asked if we could 'see it' at that moment and because we couldn't, suggested we call back in an hour. Of course we haven't seen the ****** thing again but I just KNOW it is out there. I have been keeping the cats in, especially the little one whose latest trick is to bring live geckos inside and play with them in the hallway. Should she survive the encounter with the snake (50:50 with cats) she would undoubtedly bring it in as a present. *shudder*
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