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bertsmobile1

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You need a hungry dog, or better still a pair of them.
And what eats baby racoons ?
Eagles, hawks, snakes & owls.
Four animals that we try to discourage from residential areas
Foxes, Cyotes, Mountain Lions and a few other big carnivours will also do the same job but you probably don't want any of the latter in your backyard .
 

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Ground Hornets are my troubles the last couple of years, although their not aggressive they do make you nervous. I guess they move in any out according to the Locust population or over population. They can mound up 3-4 cups of dirt quicker than you can imagine, making a big mess in the lawn especially if you don't clean them up before the sprinkler system makes mud of the mounds. I have to say it's incredible to watch them after thy kill the Locust they fly them back to their nest for their next meal.
 

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Wonder if those ground hornets would eat 'grits' ? That's what we use for red ants, they can't digest it so as the grit expands the lil devil red ants explode.. :thumbsup:
 

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Grass snakes, wolf snakes and others like them are deemed to be safe. Viper, rattlesnakes and cobras are dangerous. it would be helpful to see pictures of poisonous snakes from the internet.
 

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So far I have had to escort two small, I guess, garden snakes out of the house. The kitty drags them in from her out door kennel through the pet door. This year both have allowed me to quietly pick them up and carry them back out and I put them as far from the kennel as I can get them. Last year I had to remove many more and the last one was quite aggressive. I had to scoot him out the door using a stiff throw rug. No way to pick it up. I do not mind snakes as long as they are not of the poison variety.
 

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Yeah Summer is Hell here in tropical Florida, we have to put up with Grasodiles, and Mosgagators ..

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Just dropped by to try to reach five posts. I'm not a big fan of snakes either
 

mhavanti

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steha1,

Patience Gwasshoppa. You'll get there soon enough. And to all of you that are happy you aren't in Australia with Bert, I'm with you as although in Arkansas we have those CopperHeadedRattleMoccasins, even those don't come close to the dangerful rascals that Bert has in his continent. Browns are no joke.

We're not even spose to kill these things up here. But then, something gotta help keep the eco even.

Welcome to the forum steha1.

Max
 

bertsmobile1

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Snakes are really not a big problem .
You get used to them.
Asian immigrants have been living with lots of aggressive dangerous vipers since times began and as we get more of them and fewer Europeans bad encounters with snakes are fairly rare.
Most of the fatal snake bites came from Queensland back in the days of hand cutting sugar cane.
After that the next major group to get bitten are German tourists followed by Japanese tourist followed by USA tourists.
There are more PEOPLE bitten by crockadiles than snakes but again mainly tourists but in this case it is Germans then Americans.

I like to think it is because we are more wildlife aware down here but in reality it is most likely nothing more than sparse populations limiting contact between a lot of people & the native snakes.
Right now snakes are a problem, expect to hear about them in your news reports, because the drought is forcing them to come in around houses looking for prey which itself has come in looking for food & water.
There was fresh wallaby poo in front of workshop door every day this week as the are forced to come in & eat the geraniums .
Pretty brave ( & desperate ) cause the dogs will go for them so I have been putting a water trough on the other side of the fence to encourage them to keep to that side.
The air stinks with the smell of rotting flesh from al of the road kill as desperate animals try to graze on the road side verge vegitation.
 

mhavanti

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bert,

Hate that y'all are having to go thru a drought. Our state (Arkansas) had about a 8 week drought and that was long enough. Most folks don't consider the wildlife during droughts and that is good of you to water the wildlife. Not to mention maybe help with having to dodge the wallaby crap. lol

I still want to know what a BillyBong is. Let alone, why would I want to tie one down?

Max
 
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