Reptile Relocation Sydney

02/12/2024

One of today's fun ones. Today we were called to a storage facility in Penrith to remove a red-bellied black snake that a customer had sighted behind some gym equipment. As you can see in the video, this snake was not happy with my presence and let me know by flattening its neck and making a few mock strikes. So, out came the snake hook to move it into a position to safely grab its tail. The correct way to grab a snake's tail is a fair bit up from the tip; if you grab the very tip, you will only hurt or p**s the snake off If you need a reliable 24/7 snake catching service, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
🐍Red bellied black snake
📞Cory 0455 570 000

01/12/2024

This was an interesting one! We were called to attend a house in Casula to remove a red-bellied black snake.
Our client had gone to the bathroom, and as she was leaving, she noticed something move near her feet. She realized it was a snake, so she stayed completely still, and it made its way into the shower. Being brave, she quickly shut the door, ran out of the bathroom, and called to get us on the way. When we arrived, I was surprised to be directed up to the second floor. Then, when I opened the bathroom door, we found the snake had tried going down the drain but had gotten itself stuck. I tried to slowly pull it out, but the drain cap let go, and, safe to say, I soiled myself a little. As you can see, it was stuck in the most awkward way, so I stopped filming to concentrate on the task at hand, which was getting this snake out quickly and safely. It took about 10 minutes to slowly maneuver the snake back out. The snake was undamaged, but my un**es may have been a little damaged after that fright. There are only a couple of ways that snake made it up to the second story inside: either it climbed a lot of stairs, or our client had put a bag down somewhere (or clothing, etc.) and the snake hitched a ride in.

🐍Red bellied black snake
📞Cory 0455 570 000
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01/12/2024

Tonight will be a fun one.
If you have any questions, make sure you go on the original post and put your questions in. Make sure to give them a like and have a listen!

We are sitting down with Cory Kerewaro on Sunday. With the warm weather and the huge amount of call outs Reptile Relocation Sydney has received, Cory was wanting to share not only his life as a snake catcher, but give some assistance on what to do if you have an unwanted (scaly) visitor. This episode is an extra episode and will be put up as soon as it can be edited.

If there is a question you are wanting to know of our guest, ask your question below and the question will be asked in the interview along with the name of the person who provided the question.

Should you need Cory or want to find out more, Cory can be found here:
https://www.reptilerelocationsydney.com.au/
https://www.facebook.com/corysnakecatcher

Should you need a snake identified or removed, call Cory on:
0455 570 000

30/11/2024

Seeing this bar sided skink that has a belly full made my day 👌

29/11/2024

This little red bellied black snake had a good little hiding spot inside this irrigation box, as you can see, it can be a little tricky with all the debris, water and wires everywhere so best off we take it nice and easy. The job we attended after this one was a really tricky situation and hard to get the snake out, so make sure you keep you eyes out for that video next!

🐍Red Bellied Black Snake
📞Cory 0455 570 000

28/11/2024

Im sharing this post that our colleague The Reptile Bloke put together to raise some awareness and i honestly couldnt have put it together any better.

"Tragically today news has come out that a 16 year old boy, Beau Horan, in Gladstone QLD was bitten by an Eastern Brown Snake on Monday and sadly passed away yesterday when his life support was turned off.

Most often when people get bitten by snakes it’s because the person was doing something silly with the snake, but in this case Beau was bitten on the foot and wasn’t aware that he had even been bitten.

Something that people might be surprised to learn is that Eastern Brown Snake bites are painless and there have been cases when people have been bitten but thought it was just a scratch from a stick. Consequently the person brushes it off and keeps walking along completely unaware of the situation.
Brown Snake venom can take effect very quickly so before long the bitten person begins to feel unwell and collapses. This seems to be what has happened in this particular incident.

Now, it’s no secret that I love snakes and I’m forever trying to show people that they don’t need to be afraid of them. Snakes don’t want to hurt us, they aren’t aggressive or malicious, but in the case of Eastern Brown Snakes, they are highly defensive and extremely nervous around people and will bite repeatedly if they feel threatened. For this reason they should always be treated with the utmost respect.

Some tips to avoid being bitten by Australian venomous snakes:
- Always leave snakes alone. Do not attempt to catch, kill or interfere with a snake in any way.
- Wear enclosed shoes and trousers when in the outdoors.
- Wear gloves and a long sleeve shirt when gardening
- when out in the garden, or in the bush, do not put your hands (or feet) where you can’t see them.
- Always stick to clear paths so you can see where you are stepping.

My heart goes out to this poor family who have lost their son and their brother.
As a person who loves snakes and reptiles it’s always hard to know what to say when a person is killed by a snake bite through no fault of their own.
To Beau’s family, I am truly sorry and I send all my love to you."

Rest in peace Beau

A small donation will help ease this family of the financial burden whilst they mourn, if you can help with a small donation that would be great but even just share the link to help gather some donations would be awesome too.

It is with overwhelming sadness that we share the loss of 16-year-old, Beau H… Shaun Connolly needs your support for The tragic loss of 16 year old Beau Horan

28/11/2024

Some jobs are easy peasy, some are a nightmare.
During the week we had a call to head to thirlmere to get this redbellied black that had been sighted going through the garage then squeezing up under the door frame and then proceeded to climb up the cavity and into the ceiling. We had all the team on this one, even Mercer Roofing Pty Ltd out to help get the sheets off and gain some better access into the real tight areas. Unfortunately this snake has given us the run around with some back and forth and has evaded capture so far.
Well let's hope for 3rd time lucky hey.
🐍Redbellied black snake
📞Cory 0455 570 000

27/11/2024

What a mission of a day, been on the road since 8am yesterday, going from call to call and just as I started to head home, we get another call out to ingleburn, where some factory workers found this poor tree snake stuck on the pallet label, 40 odd degree day and it's been baking in the sun. Now we are about to get some oil to help get this little bu**er free and then hopefully home for bed.... kidding still got 1 more to go🤣
Hopefully we can get this snake freed quickly.

🐍Common tree snake
📞Cory 0455 570 000
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26/11/2024

Dylan out and about this afternoon removing this red bellied black snake from inside a workshop in Douglas park.

🐍Red Bellied Black Snake
📞Cory 0455 570 000

26/11/2024

Yesterday was full on with with some hard to access animals. This one we removed from a mobile home in bringelly. Our customer had noticed the snake slide under the mobile home and not come back out, whilst we were on the way, the snake decided to play peekaboo out of the wheel. After playing peekaboo it was time to play hide n seek in the suspension 😑.
I was able to get my hand on the snake and had to give it a few tickles on the belly to get it to loosen its grip on the spring and then i was finally able to safely get the snake out and in the bag!
Our customer was stoked we could get it out, and I was stoked I didn't have to pull the suspension out 🤣.

🐍Red bellied black snake
📞Cory 0455 570 000

25/11/2024

Shout out to my catchers who are always ready at the drop of a dime to help us keep a consistent quality service you all keep this team running like clock work👌

The family’s cavoodle alerted them to the danger. 📌 MORE: 7news.link/4i3D7Ic

24/11/2024

Today, we were called to Picton to remove a red-bellied black snake from a child’s toy room. The snake had caught the attention of our customers’ dogs, and the dogs’ commotion caught the attention of our customers. They saw the snake slither into the room and then closed the door behind the snake and wedged a towel between the door and the floor. The snake was then locked in the room, making it safe for everyone and the dogs inside the house while we were on the way. One of our catchers was on-site within 15 minutes, and the snake was removed from the shelter of a Barbie pillow and released into a more suitable spot.

Ps no squishmellows were hurt during this relocation.

🐍Red bellied black snake
📞Cory 0455 570 000

23/11/2024

This weekend has been pretty eventful so far, without my catchers on board I wouldn't have been able to watch my daughter represent our Maori heritage in the Oceania cup.
At the start of the year she represented her her indigenous heritage aswell. Super proud of this kid!

Having such a reliable team behind me to make sure we can still be available 24/7 sure does make things run alot easier.

Shout out to everyone who has supported and continues to support our team, big shout out to my catchers for being on board!
And a massive shout out to Statewide Forklifts & Access Rentals for supporting my daughter at these events. We couldn't have done this without all of you!

Have a safe weekend everyone and if you need an unwanted visitor removed we still have you covered! 24/7

📞Cory 0455 570 000

23/11/2024

Today's been a busy one and doesn't look like it's slowing up anytime soon, still out and about chasing our scaley friends. We just got this chunky red belly from inside a chook house in kentlyn! With his belly full from some small chick's, he still wanted to try and nibble some fingers. Thanks to Help Save the Wildlife and Bushlands in Campbelltown for pointing people in the right direction to get this snake removed safely.
🐍Red bellied black snake
📞Cory 0455 570 000

22/11/2024

Here's a fun one!
When they are in spots like this it's not exactly ideal but we get paid to put ourselves in some stupid positions, whilst in a spot like this there is so many things that can go sideways. Right where this snake was is a hole that goes under the concrete, a hole that leads under the fence and a whole heap of conduit so getting down there with a snake bag would be a hinderence more then anything so best to leave that out the front of the gap. Our main priority is our customers safety, the snakes safety and of course our own but we also have the voice in our head going "don't miss, can't let it get away,don't be sh*t,don't get bitten" then to top it off once we have the snake in hand, it's flying around like a pork chop trying to get away and then your shirt gets snagged on screw 😑 so much going on and once your out of the tight predicament you were just in you can bag the snake and done! Sometimes it's not pretty but for the critics that have hit me on a few of the videos this week this post is for you to understand a little piece of what we have to do😘😘 have a safe weekend everyone!

21/11/2024

A decently sized red-bellied black snake was removed from inside a compost pile. One of the residents at this Ingleburn property went to move a cardboard box that was left lying on top. When they lifted the box, the snake and the resident got quite a fright from seeing each other. The snake went down into the compost, and I'm not sure if the resident has stopped running the other direction yet!
After abit of digging around, we were able to locate the snake and remove it to a more suitable spot.

🐍Red bellied black snake
📞Cory 0455 570 000

21/11/2024

Called out to a job in cobbitty where the customer had seen a big brown snake slide up the hallway and quickly take refuge behind a fridge. Turns out the big brown.snake was just a big beauty of a blue tongue.

🦎 Blue tongue lizard
📞Cory 0455 570 000

18/11/2024

Today, we were called out to remove an Eastern Brown Snake from one of the local schools. A teacher was walking down the steps and, on the last step, she stepped straight on a brown snake! Luckily, the snake did not bite and just wanted to get away and hide. While at this school, we got the call to head to another school to remove a brown snake that had been moving through one of the thoroughfares. While we were on the way, the snake had made itself cozy behind the downpipe, and the teachers were able to keep a good eye on it until we arrived.

🐍🐍 Eastern Brown Snake
📞Cory 0455 570 000