North West Snake Catchers

13/04/2024

The Next Generation Raptor Care North West
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26/02/2024

Adrian relocated a couple tigers from a property at Takone 🙂🐍

24/02/2024

A couple Lowland copperheads caught up in bird netting yesterday. Chelsea removed 1 from a property in Lower Barrington and then we had another one on West Moorville Rd Burnie.
These guys get caught up in netting quite often;
Reasons for this.....most fruits and vegetables we cover with netting we water so for a snake it's a place to look for a drink, our fruits and veggies also create cover for a snake too thermoregulate and also these areas attract a food source of frogs.
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24/02/2024

A Lowland Copperhead from a beautiful garden in Preservation Bay 🙂🐍

25/01/2024

A Lowland Copperhead from inside the sink cupboard in Penguin

22/01/2024

A tiger from a garden in Shorewell Park and Chelsea with a Copperhead from a garden in West Ulverstone 🙂🐍

14/01/2024

I just want to put some clarity on a statement I've heard about us (Snake Catchers) not turning up to a job.
I was called last week by a nursing home on the NW coast saying they had a snake isolated in a shrub on their premise. My response was I can have a handler their in 15mins and the fee is $60 ($60 as I know the handler was close) no worries they responded. Well, I didn't even have time to call the handler and they called back cancelling us as they said the snake had gone, which was odd as it was only 15 seconds between calls.
So now I'm hearing from employees that work there that we just didn't turn up! So they were told!
So for all the employees and residents of this home that heard that 'we didn't turn up' we were cancelled by the home, we would be there ASAP to relocate a snake like any job we respond too. And to the home; c'mon, keep your residents and workers safe and dont rubbish my name over your decisions. Thankyou 🐍 🙂

10/01/2024

A beautiful Lowland Copperhead from a Sisters Beach property this evening 😍 🐍

10/01/2024

Chatty and Sam have been busy the last couple days with these relocations. A tiger in Preston,
Tigers in Shorewell, Natone and another tiger caught in bird netting at Stowport.

07/01/2024

A Tiger from Elliot that decided to frequently visit a barn feed shed.
Snakes will often visit barns/feed sheds. It's such an easy source of food for them; and not the livestock feed but the rodents/birds that are attracted to it.

05/01/2024

A tiger doing what a tiger does!
Location: Calder

11/12/2023

Adrian with a tiger very eager to get out of the bag from Boat Harbour. 🙂🐍

13/11/2023

Chatty with a solid Tiger relocated from behind a shed in Wivenhoe 🙂🐍

13/11/2023

Great explanation from Scott; It's getting tough for all with the cost of living etc.
Maybe councils should be funded to cover our callouts by the state?? Snakes are protected by the state for 1.
As much as I love working with snakes and reptiles I am definitely getting over the issues Scott has raised here. Catching and relocating them is hard enough.

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Snake relocation costs
We have seen a few people of late had to deal with complaints about the costs for getting a snake removed. We made the decision not to provide snake relocation services as part of our business due to a few reasons including both the market rates and the paucity of survival for translocated snakes. Below is a breakdown of the costs of snake relocation.

The average relocation takes 2.5 hours (30 mins there, 30 minutes to catch, 30 minutes to release, 30 minutes home, 15 minutes record keeping, 15 minutes for other items (washing gear, charging equipment, risk assessments, putting in fuel etc).

Then add upskilling, vehicle costs, insurances, equipment, (time spent finding reliable equipment and insurances etc) advertising, sick leave, annual leave, super.

Add to that, you get called out on weekends, at midnight, public holidays, seasonal work costs etc. Then all the free consults over the phone (what's this, I saw this a week ago etc)....someone is paying for that (it's you the snake catcher).

If you are a business, then you need to charge your time appropriately. If you work on the average contracting licenced trade hourly rate of 110 p/h at 2.5 hours plus costs and dare I say it a profit margin, someone charging say $150 for a call out is providing charity not a service provided by a business.... remember 99.999% of people would not do what you are doing let alone for a loss.

There is really nothing like getting a phone call at 2 am and then getting screamed at because you have the audacity to charge a fee. It is an unfortunate side to the rising costs of living and one that many people never see.

09/11/2023

A couple jobs we have had over the last couple of days and quite afew calls; in particular, tiger snakes attempting to climb walls, windows on houses, barns and sheds. The reason for this is Spring....which means baby birds...tigers love eating baby birds and they are exceptional climbers to get access to bird nests.
1) a solid tiger from a sheffield garden
2) Nice banded tiger from Port Sorrell
3) A tiger from Havenview that was attempting to bird catch

02/10/2023

Chatty with a solid Tiger found within a hothouse at Elliot today 🐍

28/09/2023

Chatty with a Tiger snake from Park Grove.
Home owners kept their eyes on the snake which makes for an easier catch 🐍

18/09/2023

A Tiger from a Mooreville garage. A great job by the owner to contain this tiger and a chunky Copperhead caught by Sam in Abbotsham 🐍

01/09/2023

Spring is here!
Our Tassie snakes will start to emerge from their winter slumber(Torpor)
As spring is the time of the year we endeavour to tidy up the yard and generally start spending more time outdoors, I have put together some proactive tips/advice for the possibility of a snake visit to your home.
1) Keep your house clutter free
2) Keep gardens and lawns well maintained. This increases your visibility of a snake that may be residing or passing through your property.
3) Ensure kids play equipment and toys are packed up after use and check kids sandpits, etc, before use.
4)Avoid using back and front door areas of the house as dumping grounds for shoes, etc
5)Try to keep on top of rodents control in the house and sheds. If you have a shed full of rats and mice, your chances increase in having a snake visit for dinner.
6)Living on a property you may have a snake visit looking for water. You can place some water containers along the perimeter or outside boundary of the property, which may give the snake the water it needs, therefore avoiding coming closer to the house.
7) Pay attention to your pets behaviour; if you hear your dog barking unusually....investigate.
8) Learn snake bite first aid and get yourself a snake bite first aid kit. You can download a snake bite first aid treatment sheet from St.Johns website.
Finally, get to know your local snake catcher and ensure you have their details in your phone to be able to contact promptly.
For any more advice or enquiries, call North West Snake Catchers on 0459656441.

09/07/2023

A nicely banded tiger that has been living within this old hot house at Trowutta. And yes that is a working snake deterrent 🤔🐍

28/02/2023

Kate with a tiger that was spotted hanging around a garden at Sister Creek.

27/02/2023

Kate has been busy today; This cheeky Lowland Copperhead was removed by Kate from a property in Somerset this afternoon. There's plenty of scenario's to unpack here 🐍🤣
Thoughts???

27/02/2023

Kate with a beautifully marked tiger from Elliot today.
Also, can u spot the snake? another tiger Kate removed from Somerset today 😘🐍

24/02/2023

Kate received a call for a large tiger snake that had been seen going into a pile of fallen limbs at a property in Heybridge. On the way, kate was informed there was a much smaller second snake within the pile of limbs. When we arrived, seeing glimpses of the scales of the large tiger through the limbs/debris, we knew this was going to be a larger than usually seen tiger. It's exciting for us to still see theres some giants still roaming 🐍😘
For our snake lover friends that will be interested; L:1.65m Male. We haven't weighed

19/02/2023

Damo with a Lowland Copperhead that was spotted inside a shed at Spalford.

17/02/2023

We attended this job at the wynyard wharf to remove this thumper from a private boat. The Tiger snake was initially seen climbing the buoy's to gain access onto the vessel.
A real modern day pirate here 🤣🐍

31/01/2023

Kate with a couple relocations today.
The nicely banded tiger was in a garden at Table Cape whilst the Lowland Copperhead was at a Round hill workplace. 🥰🐍

12/01/2023

Chatty with a solid tiger that made its way into the lounge room of a property in Shorewell

11/01/2023

This Tiger from Downlands, Burnie was first spotted up against the front window and then made its way to cover behind a mattress in the garage. It's warm and dry, snakes will be seeking water and shade.