Check your wood piles for snakes. - Real Mum story on MoM

Hi moms,

We are starting to see sunny and warmer days starting to appear and spring starts on Tuesday. Warm and hot weather means the emerging of snakes. I was visiting my friend and during this visit she told me that she had seen a large brown snake slither out of a wood pile and old car parts in the car port. Her reaction was to grab her small dog and quickly lock her inside the house for her safety. On returning with hubby and son they spotted the snake slithering under the fence and into the back reserve (which by the way is well kept grass and a few nice trees planted and maintained by the council and is a regular walking path for local walkers and joggers).
Spring sees the danger of swooping magpies but please remember when out and about to keep your wits about you and keep an eye not only on the sky but on the ground as well. And for those of you that have wood piles for indoor fire’s or wood BBQ’s please be careful when retrieving wood or tidying up.
All the very best to you all and enjoy springing into spring.

Posted by cherz, 30th August 2015

18 Comments

- - ChiWren said
  - 02 Oct 2024
    2:41 pm
With the weather warming up again you need to be so on to it. We’ve had sightings of many red belly blacks in our area, not what you want to see!

- - mom94125 said
  - 29 Dec 2015
    5:55 pm
oh yeah, you have to be so careful around these areas. make a lot of noise to scare off the snakes. clearing up the yard prevents snakes from hiding in your backyard.

- - joanne said
  - 05 Sep 2015
    5:27 pm
we always have to be careful

- - Klsmith91 said
  - 03 Sep 2015
    1:32 pm
Argh snakes freak me out!

- - mom81879 said
  - 02 Sep 2015
    7:48 am
Yep, always on alert here for snakes. There seems to be a lot during summer as we are also close to water

- - BellaB said
  - 01 Sep 2015
    1:13 pm
I really, really hate snake season.

- - Naomi said
  - 31 Aug 2015
    10:11 pm
Eek good reminder. We have a wood pile out the back and loves bush walks. Just need to remember to keep a look out and keep calm

- - cherz said
  - 31 Aug 2015
    8:23 pm
Thanks for all the great comments folks ..just remember when out hiking or bush walking to step heavily and make a bit of a noise. Hopefully any snakes around have the opportunity to scat, remember they can here you coming and really just want to get out of your way.

- - EllenG89 said
  - 31 Aug 2015
    6:59 pm
I would have a darn heart attack!

- - curlytops said
  - 31 Aug 2015
    6:34 pm
Good point. Need to be vigilant.

- - mum4107 said
  - 31 Aug 2015
    6:33 pm
Thanks so much for the reminder chez

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 31 Aug 2015
    5:15 pm
Thanks for the warning! I hate snakes even though they are part of nature!

- - mom56312 said
  - 31 Aug 2015
    11:04 am
Thanks for the reminder its a very important thing to remember when you have pets and small kids around.

- - mom90758 said
  - 31 Aug 2015
    10:51 am
You are absolutely right. Always keep the eyes open!

- - mom93821 said
  - 30 Aug 2015
    8:28 pm
The brown snakes are definitely on the move and I have heard of people coming across them! We are super careful when walking and hiking – watch out for the wriggling brown stick!

- - cherz said
  - 30 Aug 2015
    8:17 pm
BEWARE!!!
- mom93821 replied
  
  31 Aug 2015 , 7:14 am
  Good photo CHERZ and a good warning!
  - ashblonde replied
    
    01 Sep 2015 , 3:53 pm
    
    My hubby was chain sawing a hollow log the other day & a red belly was curled up inside!