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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

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.

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.

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!

07/03/2025

No need for song and dance and drama.

Mozambique Spitting Cobra, the second one at this property this week!

07/02/2025

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04/12/2024

My callout today went this way:
Person: Hi Byron. We believe we have a snake in the ceiling. We can hear it scuffling, scraping and thudding at night.
Me: Hmmmm. That's unlikely to be a snake. They are silent and stealthy by nature and rarely make any sort of sound when they move.
Person: Ah. Yes. As I listen now it is silent, so it must be a snake. Please come and check.

20/11/2024

Aside from catching snakes in strange places, I also manufacture racking systems for snake breeders.
Here's a recent project, 30 x 10 litre tub rack for baby ball pythons, with a waist height pullout shelf and built in temperature controller.

18/11/2024

A Black Mamba in roadside trench caused some consternation and a delay in productivity this morning.
An interesting thing to note is how the snake was not interested in attacking me at all, but tried to flee. Also note the flaring of the neck region, spreading a narrow hood, to look more threatening

11/11/2024

I attended a callout today for a Bush Snake that was reportedly lying on the back verandah. I told the people it was harmless and it would probably move off quite quickly. They said it hadn't moved off and would prefer that I come and take it away.
On arrival, I saw the snake, lying stationary on the paving. Most unusual. Normally these snakes shoot off into the bushes with speed. This one, however, did not. It was flicking its tongue and undulating its neck, as they do, but not running away.
On closer examination I noticed the tail end of the snake was blue instead of green, and there was a dark blue mark around the front third too. This is evidence of injury, in this case, coming into contact with an electric fence.
I picked the snake up and brought it home, by which time it had fully recovered

01/11/2024

First callout of the day. It was reportedly a "Black Mamba coiled up in a wine rack."
Although I was pretty certain it would not be a mamba, judging by the area, I have learnt that to most people "a snake is a snake" and they don't care. They just want it out.
It was a Brown House Snake. A common harmless species. Adult males are smaller than adult females, and at 720mm this was a big male.

27/10/2024

A few days ago I had the pleasure of meeting Chris Compton-Jones, owner of JETBeam South Africa and spoke to him about a sponsorship arrangement for me. I knew he already sponsored fellow snake catcher Nick Evans- Snake Rescuer , and without hesitation he offered to give me a headlamp and a Jetbeam tactical torch.
Imagine my excitement and joy when I received a callout just before midnight on Sunday night to go and catch a young python in a chicken run, in a local rural township, and was afforded the opportunity to put these amazing lights to the test.
What a treat indeed! I drove for about half an hour to arrive at the location, and had to walk another 500m down an incredibly steep sandy slope to the house. The torch lit the way like sunshine on a sunny day. On arrival at the chicken run, I donned the headlamp, enabling me to use both hands to open the chicken run and extricate the python. The python was quickly retained in a carrier drum and the now deceased chicken left for the bereaved owners to dispose of.
Anyway. I was really impressed with these lights. They are rechargeable using a standard C-type charger that Android phones have been using for some time, and even Apple phones have now started using. Happy days!
I have always said that the most used item in my snake catching arsenal is a torch.

17/10/2024

A Mozambique Spitting Cobra disrupted construction work on the side of the N3 freeway near Hammarsdale this morning. It caused workers to flee in panic and it took refuge amongst some loose rocks. They were adamant it was a Black Mamba, but that first photo I took was literally half a second before it sprayed my phone with venom. That was the last shot I allowed it to take and I was able to extricate it quite easily.

14/10/2024

A couple were sitting in their lounge on a Sunday afternoon, as one does, when they heard a commotion with their dogs in the front garden. As they looked up to see what was going on, a 2.4m Black Mamba slithered through their security gate into the house and down the passage. The people closed all the doors and phoned me immediately. On arrival I did a cursory check of the first 3 rooms, saw nothing, closed the doors and went into the 4th room. I heard something moving and there it was, under the bed!
A fairly quick and easy catch, and the dogs are fine as well.

14/08/2024

It's not every day you find a snake hanging out in your local grocery store. This little Spotted Rock (House) snake was seen crawling underneath a fridge in the checkout section of a local store yesterday afternoon. The area was cordoned off and the shoppers made aware, mainly by the screams of the staff! Reports ranged from a reasonable half metre, speckled brown snake to a 2 metre black snake.
I was called, and on site within 12 minutes. Moved a fridge and there it was. About 70cm speckled brown snake. Harmless. A locally common species.
The snake was detained and questioned, but released without charges being pressed. It will shop elsewhere in future.

21/05/2024

A quick little evening callout. Spotted Rock snake/house snake in a bedroom cupboard. A harmless species that feeds mainly on geckos, but also takes rodents, small birds and I've even caught one eating a bat!

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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.

No need for song and dance and drama. Mozambique Spitting Cobra, the second one at this property this week!

A Black Mamba in roadside trench caused some consternation and a delay in productivity this morning. An interesting thing to note is how the snake was not interested in attacking me at all, but tried to flee. Also note the flaring of the neck region, spreading a narrow hood, to look more threatening

A couple were sitting in their lounge on a Sunday afternoon, as one does, when they heard a commotion with their dogs in the front garden. As they looked up to see what was going on, a 2.4m Black Mamba slithered through their security gate into the house and down the passage. The people closed all the doors and phoned me immediately. On arrival I did a cursory check of the first 3 rooms, saw nothing, closed the doors and went into the 4th room. I heard something moving and there it was, under the bed! A fairly quick and easy catch, and the dogs are fine as well. #snakes4africa #callout #mamba #blackmamba #venomous #antivenon