Snake Catching Season Melbourne 2016
The Snake Catching season has once again been a very busy one. All over Melbourne and the outer suburbs snakes have been continuously active. Turning up in various locations, houses, cars, garages, workplaces. I have been Snake Catching and taking calls 24/7. We are getting close now to the end of the active season, as temperatures start to drop snakes will soon start to look for places that are sheltered to spend the winter. Just remember that snakes in Melbourne can come active at any time of the year. If the temperature reaches 17 degrees or so they can become active. So be on the lookout for the safety of your pets and family.
Melbourne Snake Catcher 2016/2017 Season
The warm weather has started to be more consistent and reptile activity has increased. Being a Melbourne Snake Catcher calls have started to flow in. Coming in from all over Melbourne’s eastern suburbs. Many sighting’s of the usual suspects. Tiger Snakes, Eastern Brown Snakes and Copperheads. Including a number of calls of Blue Tongue Lizards. Often misidentified for being Tiger Snakes https://snakecatchermelbourne.com.au/melbourne-snakes-faq/snakes-of-melbourne/tiger-snake/. Just keep on the lookout for snakes when in parkland or close to your house for the safety of family and pets. Keep your dogs on a leash when in bush land parks and reserves. Stay calm and keep your distance. If one is too close for comfort on your property call a licensed experienced snake catcher to come and relocate it to a more suitable environment.
Snake Removals Melbourne Season 2017/2018
Melbourne Temperatures are starting to increase during the tail end of winter. When they reach 17 degrees and higher, snakes will start to become active again. I have started to get calls for Snake Removals from Melbourne suburbs including Warrandyte, Eltham, Diamond Creek, South Morang and another unusual capture of a Python in a factory at Broadmeadows. Tiger Snakes like always are the most common so far this season. One of the Tiger Snakes was in a Kinglake house, it had spent the winter inside a bathroom wall and was nearly stepped on when emerging from it’s winter slumber.
Snakes Across Melbourne
Snakes across Melbourne are starting to emerge from their winter slumber. Once air temperatures across Melbourne start to exceed 18 degrees on consecutive days, snakes will become active and start to feed and move around. Mostly the threat for humans is minimal. Snakes view us as a predator and try to avoid contact with us. Snakes are very nervous creatures and generally try to go undetected and flee if approached.
Sometimes snakes come into contact with us if environmental conditions are suitable. Just by chance, both us and the snake are at the same place at the same time. The environment were we live is usually the main reason snakes come into contact with people and pets. Properties that are adjacent and in close proximity to streams and bush land parks and reserves are one of the most common places where and interaction occurs.
In Melbourne wildlife corridors particularly streams such as the Yarra River, Merri Creek, Plenty River, Mullum Mullum and Diamond Creeks are all suitable environments for wildlife including snakes to prosper. http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/yarra-valley-parklands-com
https://www.visitvictoria.com/things-to-do/nature-and-wildlife/lakes-and-waterways
The most likely reason a snake visits your property is for food or shelter. If these factors are present try your best to minimize them. Snakes like to live close to the ground. Under rocks, under wood or tin, behind retaining walls. Ensure these are kept to a minimum. Also control rodents on your property as most larger snakes eat mice and rats.
