jasper65 6 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 The wife was down the veg patch earlier and came across this grass snake squeezing through some fine netting she put over the strawberries. I'm thinking perhaps it came out of her compost heap?. Not seen any around here before! nice to know they're about Jasper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hullhunter 219 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 very nice our lass would have **** her self Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jasper65 6 Posted June 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 very nice our lass would have **** her self thought the wife would have called me but she came walking in the house with it. mind you she has had her hands round some pretty thick snakes in her time Jasp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Fantastic! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Millet 4,497 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 . mind you she has had her hands round some pretty thick snakes in her time Jasp Im sorry ..you lot are the modern day steve Erwin family.. . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 28,446 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Nice pic,always good to see british reptiles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jasper65 6 Posted June 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Im sorry ..you lot are the modern day steve Erwin family.. . she practices regular wrestling with one eyed bed snakes LR Nice pic,always good to see british reptiles I love to see them Mackem and the Adders found a dead Grass snake when we first moved in not far from the area this one was caught. it used to be a old pit with water in and still a bit swampy in areas, its also full of frogs and toads this time of the year which probably atracts the snakes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 28,446 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 (edited) Only seen a few adders,more grass-snakes and slow worms here than anything else. Edited June 19, 2011 by mackem Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scalesntails 118 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Just be careful handling them mate. When they musk on you its worse than a skunk and harder to clean off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CarraghsGem 92 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 when i moved into my bungalow i had to evict this little fella Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jasper65 6 Posted June 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Just be careful handling them mate. When they musk on you its worse than a skunk and harder to clean off. Tell me about it mate! The wife stinks anyhow but boy did she hum more than usual when i moved into my bungalow i had to evict this little fella Is that a Sand Lizzard Carragh? we used to catch them when we was kids near a old sand quarry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Millet 4,497 Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 when i moved into my bungalow i had to evict this little fella I caught one of them many moons ago and its tail come of in my hand and continued to wriggle like a worm for about 5min's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mad terrier 9 Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 when i moved into my bungalow i had to evict this little fella I caught one of them many moons ago and its tail come of in my hand and continued to wriggle like a worm for about 5min's. the reason the tail wriggles like that is so that a predator is more interested in the tail and this allows the lizard to make its escape, the tail should grow back on the lizard, it is a defence mechanism, there is 3types of lizard native to the uk and eire, the sand lizard and the common lizard and the slow worm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
judge2010 196 Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 so a massive grass snake in the middle of the road last week, i got out the van to try and move it and the b*****d thing struck at me. I shit myself my work mate feel out of the van laughing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 28,446 Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 I did once find this in an outhouse in my garden,I climbed up on the shelving to get a better look and suddenly found everyone else had vacated the outhouse at speed leaving me alone with the snake Also had cobra,python and monitor lizards in the garden at times. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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