Eastern Brown Snake Update

Well after nearly walking into a brown snake yesterday and having one slither within meters of where we were having breakfast on our verandah this morning, Greg called the snake catcher.  We knew he would not be able to find it but we needed to know some facts and to get a bit of reassurance.  This morning Leo quickly went sniffing near the snake until I called him back so loudly that he instantly turned around and ran back to were we were standing.

We learnt that the snake is scared of us - only a tiny bit reassuring.

We learnt that we must love our goanna - they eat brown snakes!  Getting better.

We learnt that brown snakes prefer to be on the ground, so they will not take up residence in our ceiling (with the goanna) - good news.

We learnt that moving to a 6th floor apartment in Mooloolaba will only help a little as the brown snakes like the sand dunes - very disappointing.

We were told to keep Leo inside - we knew that.

We were told to never "corner" a brown snake as they WILL defend themselves - we knew that.

We were told to make sure all our screen doors are securely closed - that apartment in Mooloolaba is looking very attractive!

He said he loved our property - I told him he was a snake catcher, of course he loves our property!

Greg took this photo this morning, the snake is on a deck that is beside our pond.  The hose it is on is attached to a pond vacuum cleaner as we have been cleaning some weed from the pond.  We were very hopeful the snake catcher would say it was a harmless snake of some sort but no, he was quick to point out that "sorry, that is indeed a brown snake". 

                                                                             

                                                                             
The photos do not show how big this snake is, he is very robust and exceedingly agile.  Seems all we can do is to stay vigilant - I knew that.   : o