10/12/2025
3 hectic Mamba catches in one day.
A call came in at about 05h30 in the morning, from a very poor area in Nirvana Hills Northdene, with having Trevor back from overseas, and he had slept at our house, I woke him up and said he has braught me luck. We quickly jumped in the car, and made our way there. Luckily it was just down the road from where we live.
On arrival Trevor and I were lead through a maze of tin sharks, and right on the last one that is where the Mamba was hiding behind a bed, the biggest problem with a Tim shack dwelling is that there are many gaps where the Mamba can escape.
This one was quite securely made with concrete flooring all the way up to the edges. I looked behind the bed and low and behold there was the Mamba. It took one look at me, standing on the bed and went straight into the base of the bed where a rat chewed a hole. Trevor and I flipped the base of the bed on its side, cut a small slit in the base, and saw the Mamba lying on the center wooden beam of base.
A easy catch, I stuck my tongs in, grabbed it and pulled it through the hole that I made, and put it in the bucket. Safe
Mamba no 2 manor gardens.
Honestly I did not expect this to be a Mamba. As the lady phoned me and told me there was a thickish brown snake in a drain under a cover. Still having Trevor in the car with me, we made haste and got there as quickly as we could. On arrival a young man directed me to the drain, where he put a box on top of the drain cover. I removed the box and the drain cover had no holes in it so I couldn't see what was underneath.
Honestly thinking it could be a brown house snake, a Herald or a worse case scenario a Spiitiiing Cobra, I grabbed the sides of the drain cover, and flipped it off very quickly,
Well I don't know who got a bigger fright me or the Mamba. I think I must have jumped about 2 meters back. With Teev shouting it's a Mamba and we need a bigger bucket,
I grabbed my grabstick, quickly caught it while Trev was getting another bucket.
I then discovered the Mamba was covered in Eyes fluid as the Gardner has poured some down the drain with the intension of scaring the snake away. I then ran over to the pool, where Trev and I quickly dunked it in the pool and washed it off. Thank goodness no damage done as it was still one hell of a handful to get it in the bucket.
Mamba no 3 Nirvana Hills Northdene.
Getting a panic phone call from a gentleman in Nirvana Hills that a black Mamba has gotten into his bird cage and has bitten his parrot. Unfortunately this does happen from time to time. I was helping a friend of mine Bonnie with some woodwork at the time. So I asked if she wanted to come with for a drive to see if I can get the Mamba. So on arrival, I was very quickly ushered up the driveway to a flight of stairs, and shown where the Mamba was hiding. They had thrown a paint brush roller and a stick at it, it was hiding behind a pot plant. So after moving numerous items off the step, I then had a clear view of the Mamba and managed to grab it with my tongs, it wasn't a very difficult catch, I think the Mamba was just happy to get away from the crowd hanging around.
On the note of Mambas attacking pets or birds, they are like any wild animal, if they see a chance to get hold of something that's in a cage, it's an easy meal.
You must remember we put concrete structures in the middle of their natural habitat, and they have learned to live with us, fortunately people are starting to understand them and contacting snake catchers to remove them and relocate them to a safer habitat far away from humans.
So please don't kill them let us do our jobs.
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