Snakes for Africa

Snakes for Africa An all inclusive business for the reptile enthusiast specialising in racking systems & cages. Other services: snake removal, education & children's parties
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Snakes for Africa offers the following services:
Racking systems
Reptile caging
Snake removal service (Highway area)
Property assessments
Feeder rodent breeding
Snake breeding - specialising in Amazon tree boas
Promotional work
Children's reptile parties
Educational presentations
Staff awareness training

A Friday night callout for a 2m grey snake that turned out to be a 60cm Brown House snake. The GPS at one point says tur...
18/07/2025

A Friday night callout for a 2m grey snake that turned out to be a 60cm Brown House snake.
The GPS at one point says turn left. It's a flippen staircase honey! I can't. But I was tempted. ..

17/07/2025

Definitely not my smoothest catch! Gosh. This Black Mamba was firing on all cylinders.

* Edit: I was in two minds about posting this video as it is definitely not flattering.
However, I decided to do so for two main reasons:
Firstly, it is guaranteed to get comments and interaction, which it has
Secondly, it shows people that even with years of experience and many catches under the belt, you can be humbled at any time, and must be able to roll with the punches. Snakes don't read the text books

On their last night here, the kids and I attended a callout where a snake had gone into the base under a cupboard. One o...
13/07/2025

On their last night here, the kids and I attended a callout where a snake had gone into the base under a cupboard. One of my least favourite callouts. Again we damaged property.
The kids had the bright idea to use their phone to look under the cupboard floor to check if the snake was there.
Tyra and Troy helped and we managed to get a 600mm House Snake out.

Let me just put it out there... I don't like damaging people's property to remove a snake, but I have done so on several...
11/07/2025

Let me just put it out there... I don't like damaging people's property to remove a snake, but I have done so on several occasions, at their request (or insistence.)
On Wednesday I had my subhumans with me and we got a callout for a Bush Snake in a bathroom. Not particularly unusual or exciting. We headed through and were told it had gone behind a tile at the top of the shower wall. I stuck my wire into the gap, but felt no snake. I could actually put my fingers into the gap, that's how much space there was between the tiles and the wall.
I explained to the client the snake could be almost anywhere on the wall, behind pretty much any tile.
Two options:
1) Leave it to come out by itself. It's a Bush snake. No danger.
2) We remove tiles till we find it.
They chose option 2.
Eish.
There was a gap of at least 10mm between the tiles and the wall in some places, and the tile adhesive was sparse. After pulling off about 10 tiles and finding geckos and gecko eggs, we discovered the offending serpent. A harmless 70cm Bush snake.

I have been making these rat breeding racks for some time now, the standard one being a 5 tub rack that stands 1500mm ta...
08/07/2025

I have been making these rat breeding racks for some time now, the standard one being a 5 tub rack that stands 1500mm tall. I was recently asked to make one for 12 tubs: 6 tubs tall, and 2 tubs wide. I wasn't so sure it would work out well, but it did!
These racks are compatible with the automatic water system or a bottle/jar water setup. Feeding is done through the mesh at the top, which minimizes watse and foul odour.
The tops are powder coated steel mesh, sturdy and rust resistant.
If you have a medium to large snake collection to feed, this is an absolute essential.

Snakes are far less active this time of year, so callouts are far fewer. The ones I do get are often like this one here ...
17/06/2025

Snakes are far less active this time of year, so callouts are far fewer. The ones I do get are often like this one here where people are clearing out cluttered areas like garages and outbuildings.
This House Snake was found amongst some old floor boards. I turned over pretty much the entire garage trying to find it, with the help of my trusty Special Sponsored Jetbeam torch.

19/05/2025

After a frustrating day of callouts where the snakes had disappeared before I got there, resulting in my spending nearly an hour on each of them, my 3rd callout was a bit more fruitful, and much quicker. Two minutes in and out, and a 2.2m mamba in the bag!
All with the help of my trusty sponsored Jetbeam torch!

14/05/2025

Today's callout caught me a bit by surprise. A very calm lady phoned to tell me to come quickly to catch this black mamba in her lounge. I get so many calls for "Black Mambas" that turn out to be some harmless species. There was something in her voice though that made me take this a bit more seriously.
I picked up my good friend Tyrone Morris on the way and as he arrived at the address we both said it's not a mamba. Not here. The area type is not right.
Anyway. We were wrong. It was in fact a rather large black mamba cruising rather agitatedly through her lounge, trying to find a way out. It did not appreciate our help, but we managed to contain it and remove it relatively easily.

I responded to a "Mayday" call today where a massive "iguana" had entered someone's garage. It was not actually an iguan...
29/03/2025

I responded to a "Mayday" call today where a massive "iguana" had entered someone's garage. It was not actually an iguana, a South American species, but a rather large Water monitor. These are known locally as Leguaans (pronounced Leg a vaan.)
Anyway. I arrived at the house to be told its was still in the garage where the dogs had chased it and there was lots of stuff in the garage. Great. Fortunately, with mixture of luck and skill, and the assistance of my trusty sponsored Jetbeam torch, i was able to locate it quickly. It was swiftly photographed, placed in a holding container and released in a natural riverine area not far from the capture sight.

These are powerful animals, and are amazingly fast too.
My colleague Nick is doing research on them and can also be contacted for removals.

Please note, no monitor lizards were harmed in the process. One human (me) was, however. One claw pierced my elbow causing blood to flow. I will recover.

Not every callout is for a massive terrifying snake. Sometimes it's for a small, terrifying snake. In this case here, a ...
25/03/2025

Not every callout is for a massive terrifying snake. Sometimes it's for a small, terrifying snake. In this case here, a baby Mozambique Spitting Cobra was found hiding under a brick just before sundown. I arrived on site just as dark became, and with a dash of luck and the assistance of my my Super Sponsored Jetbeam Torch was able to find and capture this little guy.

15/03/2025

Another mamba this afternoon. Much easier than the previous one. This one was inside a chicken run, hunting rats.
An easy catch, and then the staff told me they'd seen a small snake earlier as well. A quick search revealed not one but two more snakes. A baby Brown House snake and a newly hatched Green Watersnake. Both harmless.

This afternoon, just as the floodgates opened with a hectic thunderstorm, I got a call from a man whose house I've been ...
13/03/2025

This afternoon, just as the floodgates opened with a hectic thunderstorm, I got a call from a man whose house I've been to before. I've caught a cobra and a mamba there on two separate occasions. This time it's a mamba again.
I drove there in absolutely torrential rain, and had to park about 700m from his house because there is no road. The pathway was a river.
Anyway, I arrived at the house, soaked right through, and with the help of my trusty Special Sponsored Jetbeam torch found the snake behind the fridge. As I grabbed the snake with the tongs, I felt a surge electricity run through me! I was touching the fridge, and the electric wires were exposed from rats having chewed through them.
The mamba must have been shocked too because it came flailing out from behind the fridge, trying to bite everything.
Not the easiest catch I've ever had!

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