
13/07/2025
The ugly side of snake catching.
Tonight, at about 6:15pm, I received a call from a man who said that he had a snake in his house. He had called another catcher and was directed to contact me as I was closer than the other catcher.
I gave him some instructions over the phone to help keep his family safe and to keep the snake under supervision until I was able to get to his house. He provided his address and I told him that I was on my way.
The address was about 35-40 minutes from my house, so off I went. I arrived at the address just after 7pm. Got my equipment out of the car and headed to the front door.
Knock knock knock! No answer. Knock again and again. Dung the doorbell and again no answer. So I get my phone out and try calling him. (Number of caller was displayed on my phone when he called originally, and also repeated to me verbally whilst on the call earlier). The phone rang out. Tried calling repeatedly about 15-20 times and nothing.
I went to the neighbours house and asked if there was someone by that name living there, but apparently they kept to themselves, so that was no help.
The original call sounded very genuine, and I could hear children in the background talking and asking questions about the snake and the man relaying my instructions to someone else.
By this stage, I’d already been at the property for over 20 mins with no response from the owner. So not much else to do but to leave and head back towards home. By the time I got home it was 8:30pm. So, 2 hours wasted by a prank caller.
Prank calls are funny, but not when it involves someone dropping everything and wasting time and money to go and help someone that doesn’t exist. Luckily that it’s very quiet this time of year for us so we didn’t have any other call outs to attend to.
Please keep in mind that any time wasted attending prank calls means that we are unavailable to attend other jobs where someone could actually be in immediate danger.
If you do encounter a snake 🐍 on your property, don’t panic! Make sure to remove your pets out of the area to ensure they are safe. Make sure children are removed from the area, and most importantly, make sure that you are safe.
All snake’s that live in our local area are dangerously venomous and should not be interacted with. Leave that to us. We are your trusted team of professional snake catchers, available 24/7. With more than 15 years of experience in safely handling and relocating snakes, we ensure prompt and reliable service for residential, commercial, and rural properties.
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