My first rescue/relocation

[bensnacks]

Had my first call out for a snake relocation today.
Turned out to be rather undramatic.
The snake was described as a six foot carpet python.
Itried to explain the snake would do more good than
harm being left where it was(in the guys back shed).
However he was adamant that its head would be off
w/ a shovel if it was not removed immedeately.

Turned out to be a three foot spotted python. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]
Now it is at least a safe spotty.

Not very exiting but my first [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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[eddie]

Good job! [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]

Glad you got there before he got all shovel happy!
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LMAO.. When I read your post I was like.. Umm.. There ain't no place in the US that either of these snakes are indigenous. What's this person talking about ? OK..Maybe the snake is a "lost" pet." BUt then there is the relocation factor and I was like.. Relocated where to ? Then I looked at your local hehe... OOPs...

Nice work..now send me the snake.. I been looking for one of them hehe
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[bensnacks]

Too late Lori he's back in the bush,
doin' all things a lil' wild spotty should be doin'. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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Oh well. Hunt is still on then..lol I am looking for an adult trio actually. All I am finding are babies though. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img]
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[eddie]

Prolly have a heck of a time with the export laws on that one any ways.
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Uh YUP [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img] Not to mention once through all that bs it would cost more to ship em than it would be for me to purchase em in the states hehe
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[morti]

Ben, just out of curiousity, is it currently illegal to ship reptiles out of australia? I know that there are no outside species coming into the country.
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[bensnacks]

Yes thats the case Morti, It covers all native Aust. fauna.

I'm sure there are avenues for zoo exchange programs etc.
Just not for the average Joe.

There are reptiles coming into the country, illeagally.
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Have any of them been released and subsequently become invasive?
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[bensnacks]

No reptiles as far as I am aware.
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[bensnacks]

There is a reptile that has become invasive here though
not deliberately introduced.
The asian house gecko(Hemidactylus frenatus) has displaced native species
that used to occupy houses on the east coast.
Don't know why I didn't think of it before I can walk around my place
&amp; count 20 at any time on the walls &amp; cielings. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]
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[pincess_wy]

Those things are like earwigs are over here for my relatives (who live in Malaysia.) My mom used to tell me not to play with them, because they could crawl into my ears! I mean, I guess they could, but don't think they'd find my ears too appealing.... [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
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[wendybird]

how does 6ft=3ft. 6ft=man 3ft=small shild there is a big difference, O how fear warps their litle brains! word got out round here that i keep a 8 ft jcp. have you ever seen an 8 ft jcp? i dont think they even get that big, mines only a lttle over 4 ft, i see the pattern, fear doubles the size lol [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]
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	Jungle Carpet Python (Morelia Spilota)

[bensnacks]

Your'e JCP might get to 6ft Wendy
they average 5-7 w/ some getting to 8.

People have a morbid obsession w/ having the
most deadly in their backyards too, (common &amp;
brown tree snakes are harmless but often mis-identified
as taipans !)
Are those geckos native to Malaysia Pincess?,here they get a
bit big to climb into earholes!
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	Jungle Carpet Python (Morelia Spilota)