Coffs Snake Rescue

13/02/2024

19/10/2023

With Snakes out and about, good time to prepare and refresh on snake bite first aid.

17/10/2023

Congratulations Tig! Exciting times.

14/10/2023

09/10/2023

Just a few more Carpet pythons.

07/10/2023

Red bellied black snake at a friends place.
It’s always nice seeing snakes that I’m not relocating. This black was hunting. Fast tongue flicks, head going into crab holes and lots of head movement as it tried to locate smells.
Very cool to see in action.

06/10/2023

Excuse my thongs. Often I do call-outs while having family time.
Lots of multiple snakes on call-outs at the moment due to mating season. So I keep them together and release all in the one spot.
This lot of four were at a holiday home on the deck making it tricky for them to use the area.

30/09/2023

It’s always good to check the hot plates before lighting your next BBQ.

27/09/2023

Red bellied black snake in netting!

Already this new season the count is up with snakes caught in netting.
This one I caught on my second visit as the first time, a few days earlier, I was unable to locate it.
The owners of the property kept their eyes peeled and as soon as they saw it again, I was able to get out there within half an hour.
I cut the netting off which was also in its mouth while on site before the sun set.

My son took the first two photos. Third photo comes from a local Wires member Jack, who recently delt with that netted snake.

26/09/2023

Almost seems as though this is a really thin and long snake.
There were actually 3 common tree snakes at this place doing some following and chasing.
Photo provided for identification.

14/09/2023

Trying to get in? Or not quiet sure what is blocking it’s path from one place to the next.
Even a big snake will still travel the safest route. Often that is at the base of the house. Sometimes confusion may set in when there is glass as it seems as though the barrier can be travelled through.
There is nothing in most of our homes for a snake to want to come inside.

Photo sent to me of a Red Bellied black snake on the move. It did end up continuing through.

13/09/2023

Very rarely do snakes enter our homes. Although these two Brown Tree snakes were inside within the air conditioning unit, they were still not out and about moving around.
Under the cover accessed from the back of the unit via a hole leading to the outside, the warmth provided was simply too good to refuse as a sleeping spot.

I took photo after the plastic housing of air con was taken off.

04/09/2023

It’s a big scary world for baby snakes just hours old. No parental guidance, reliance on instinct to find food and shelter, and small enough to be considered a meal by so many other animals.

If you are ever lucky enough to see these miniature replicas of a bigger snakes, consider it a good omen as not many of them would make it past their first birthday.

Photo taken at a callout of several hatchling tree snakes emerging from the brickwork of a house.

30/08/2023

Can venomous snakes climb? This photos says yes!
Although heavier bodied snakes like Red Bellied Black snakes aren’t specialist climbers, when needed, they most certainly will, especially when chasing a delicious Green tree frog.

Photo provided from a local callout.

24/08/2023

Noise in your roof space is more likely to be another animal rather then a snake. Rats and mice definitely make sounds when moving about when their activity increases.
Sometimes lizards, like this Pink tongued skink can also be heard.

Photo provided to me for identification.

17/08/2023

Carpet Pythons are our biggest snake in the Coffs Coast area. But they still like to squeeze into small spots to feel safe and secure.

No birds were harmed in the making of this sleeping spot.

17/03/2023

Still impresses me every time I see how beautiful and peaceful they are curled up. Even on the front porch.

08/03/2023

A photo that circulated many years ago still demonstrates how land clearing affects all animals. Keep this in mind when you move into a new estate. Maybe the snake that you have come across has lost its home to your newly built one.
We can find a new homes, most animals can’t.
Photo from the RSPCA website.