Bilby
Executive Chef
... other than a mongoose, does anybody have any ideas?
I found a snake in my backgarden this morning but by the time I got outside, it had slithered away. Thing is I don't want it coming onto my patio and coming into the house thru the catflap. Chances are the snake is a dugite, which is poisonous. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see it's head which would have been a more assured way of identifying it but I only got it's tail as it slithered thru the dying nasturtiums.
Only a couple of my cats are likely to hunt it and give me a "present" (thankfully!!!) but the rest will be safe provided it doesn't get attracted to the house. So if there was a natural deterrent that I could place around the edge of my patio, I could feel relatively secure. I live near bush so they are always close to my mind but in ten years this is only the third snake I have had - one of those was dead and the other was a dying young dugite. Oh and I'm not trying to kill it. There is a snake catcher near me that I can call on (for a fee I expect) if I can locate it again but I would rather it just slithered back from whence it came.
Your suggestions please?
AVRU - Snakes
I found a snake in my backgarden this morning but by the time I got outside, it had slithered away. Thing is I don't want it coming onto my patio and coming into the house thru the catflap. Chances are the snake is a dugite, which is poisonous. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see it's head which would have been a more assured way of identifying it but I only got it's tail as it slithered thru the dying nasturtiums.
Only a couple of my cats are likely to hunt it and give me a "present" (thankfully!!!) but the rest will be safe provided it doesn't get attracted to the house. So if there was a natural deterrent that I could place around the edge of my patio, I could feel relatively secure. I live near bush so they are always close to my mind but in ten years this is only the third snake I have had - one of those was dead and the other was a dying young dugite. Oh and I'm not trying to kill it. There is a snake catcher near me that I can call on (for a fee I expect) if I can locate it again but I would rather it just slithered back from whence it came.
Your suggestions please?
AVRU - Snakes