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Tyke	Aug 29 2008, 12:44 AM
Happy in Onkaparinga Hills Posts: 237 Group: Members Member #228 Joined: April 25, 2008	Admin Aug 28 2008, 10:30 PM Tyke Aug 27 2008, 11:34 PM Sounds like you have as many visitors as we do. Spiders are not a prob with me.I squished a huge Wolk spider yesterday that was hiding under some shade cloth I picked up.They always loose the argument with my boot. We had a Brownie in the house a few years ago,fortunately Mrs Tyke remembered to freeze and back off. IN THE HOUSE! OMG! That must have been really shocking. Did she know what it was? I had to get the book out when I first set eyes on it - looking through a set of binoculars. To date that's 2 pythons (both on the deck, one face to face with the cat), 2 red bellied blacks (one on the road and one in the back garden), 1 green (on the deck), 1 yellow faced whip (asleep on the driveway after it slithered off the front steps) and 1 eastern brown (in the front garden). And a tiny snake - not its official name - but something so small I was playing with it with a cardboard kitchen roll tube. It was an agressive thing. Fun, until it disappeared up inside the tube I was holding... Apparently you'll rarely see a snake in this country. and it's good to have a red bellied black around as they're timid (the one I tried to shoo away with a broom handle wasn't and it kept coming back 'for more') because they keep the browns away - they eat the eggs of the browns. Give me spiders any day. And don't get me started on ants! It really was frightening for Mrs Tyke. Very early on we found out we were in snake country.Our neighbours took some glee in warning and telling us. My mission then was to learn about them. I had lots of advice from country folk who were used to them,did my senior first aid certificate paying lots of attention to the bites and stings section.I also had the fortune to meet a snake mad bloke at a show and spent time with him ,including holding a Death Adder!!!!!! If you see a snake - freeze,do not flap your arms about or make loud noises.Try to let the snake make it's own escape,it is more frightened than you and will only bite if it feels threatened. Easy to say I know but Mrs Tyke put it into practice. I was not at home at the time - Mrs Tyke was just walking into a room and it was a young Brownie - it actually rose up to strike. She shut the door and phones me.I told her to grab the dog,leave all the doors open and go to our neighbours ,when I returned we searched thoroughly but Mr Brown had gone. I've had a few occasions similar as well but not in the house - I've actually trodden on one that had it's head under some leaves and must ave thought it was hidden.I had cramp in my legs as I veeeeerrryyy slowly backed away. If it's brown or black and snake shaped - treat with caution I don't think we have any pythons or non poisonous snakes here so all are treated with respect.
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