January 10, 2012
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Critters in the garden
Critters in the garden
Life as it happens
I had an amusing incident yesterday when our maid got sniff of a small #snake. Cape Town is really warm these days and the lady was cleaning the children's school bags...washing it and putting it in the sun to dry. When she wanted to feel if the bags are still wet inside...she gave a yell and threw the bag to the side. We discovered that a small snake slittered its way into the bag ... probably looking for a cool place to rest. We have not had a snake in our yard before so the visit of the snake created aquiet a stir. I caught the snake and put it in an old fish tank...for the children to enjoy. Off course the snake had to get a name...which is "Brutis". Today I will take Brutis to the nearby game reserve and release it there. Never before was there a snake visiting my house, so this is a highlight. Brutus is about 30cm long and I do not know what type of snake it is either. The fellow does not look poisonous but one never knows...so rather be safe than sorry.
Brutus the snake, visiting my home.
Comments (8)
Your blog about the visit of your snake friend brings up a topic we Miamians are facing. Its an invasion of all kinds of snakes. We have had a flourish of reptiles stores opening up. The problem here is lot of people buy snakes and then these snakes get to big for the owner to handle and then releases them into the wild.
These snakes find their way back to residential areas looking for food. Eventually attacking pets. Just this past week a n 8 foot Boa was found in a swimming pool.
Brutus is a good looking snake. I like snakes. They keep the rodent population under control. I don't see many snakes around my house. I think I've seen 3 in the nine years I've lived here.
I like snakes, but I would probably have had a heart attack if I were your maid. That would be quite a shock! I like the name you gave him. It seems to fit!
We have a lot of snakes in my area due to living by the trace and the lake in the front of our house and swampy area in the back. Sometimes we get poisonous snakes but most of the ones I see are usually harmless. I try to just ignore them unless the poisonous ones come close to the house but a few years ago daddy made the argument that if he and mom were walking around the yard they could get hurt if one was just slithering around just to try to get away. So I tell them about the snakes and let them figure out what to do.
I'm glad you released it back – it's the right thing to do. Out here our main venomous snake is polite enough to announce itself with a rattle. They're everywhere though. All the rest are small and very friendly. I bet you do have snakes in your garden, though – they just know how to avoid the big critters.
@The_Eyes_Of_A_Painter - I can see how snakes like those can be a problem. The snake we caught is apparently mostly friendly and good to have in a yard since they catch rodents. I blogged a bit of background information on him today. Looking at the beauty of the snake I can see how Egyptians connected the snake with wisdom.
@C_L_O_G - He really is. I took a lot of photo's but the one I use was one of the best I could take.
@RavynsEcho - I certainly would also have had a freight...putting my hands in a bad and suddenly feeling a scaly thing moving in there....YIKES!!
@LadyofWaters - I think part of why we fear snakes is the fact that we know so littel about them. I am now in the process of educating myself on snakes in the area.
@dirtbubble - Yes, releasing the snake was a good thing to do. Apparently our area also has Cobra's and I do not think a lay person like me should be messing arround with them.
He's cute, but I don't really like snakes.
@Zeal4living - That's a lot of it.
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