Snakes Alive!!

[Nicepix 5,650]

Or not as the case may be......................

 

 

 

 

The other trap was undisturbed so I reckon it had gone into the tunnel through a gap in the clod and slithered through the left hand trap the wrong way it had been set for.

 

I've had 32 moles from that garden in the last four months or so. Most of them came from that trap site.

[unclepesta 101]

moleskin hat and snakeskin shoes,he got up quite a way before trap nabbed him must have been fast riding the top of tunnel with his head. is it a grass snake?

[unclepesta 101]

mole mamba

[torchey 1,328]

He,s caught a long way down,how did he manage that?..bet you shit yourself when you checked that lol......thats the first snake i,ve heard of in a mole trap makes you wonder how much we know really...cheers

[toby63 1,236]

what sort of snake were they

[Nicepix 5,650]

The customer e-mailed me last night to say that there was a dead snake sticking out of the ground at the trap site so I knew it was already dead. He had tucked it in before I got there. I reckon that it had gone over the trap the wrong way and that prevented the trigger going over and triggering the trap as I have a retaining cord that only allows the trigger to go one way; back towards the eye and away from the jaws. It looks like during its contortions it triggered the trap and the wire spike I put in prevented it from going anywhere. It is a grass snake as far as I'm aware.

 

I've had mice, voles, rats, lerots and weasels in these traps but that is my first snake. I've also found fire salamanders in the tunnels after I've trapped the resident mole too.

Edited June 10, 2015 by Nicepix

[The one 8,487]

Need to get snake trapper on your cv now

[skycat 6,173]

What a shame. Looks more like an Aesculapian Snake to me. They are the only European constrictor. I met a couple when I lived in the south of France. One was well over 5 feet in length. Beautiful animal.

[BGD 6,436]

What a shame. Looks more like an Aesculapian Snake to me. They are the only European constrictor. I met a couple when I lived in the south of France. One was well over 5 feet in length. Beautiful animal.

 

You're dead right, it's an Aesculapian Snake. Largest snake found in Europe I believe? There's small feral colonies of them in Wales and London

[unclepesta 101]

well done on that id and well done nicepix for posting it up.

 

[earth-thrower 493]

Or not as the case may be......................

 

 

 

 

The other trap was undisturbed so I reckon it had gone into the tunnel through a gap in the clod and slithered through the left hand trap the wrong way it had been set for.

 

I've had 32 moles from that garden in the last four months or so. Most of them came from that trap site.

Goodness me, just shows the wide range of critters, that will traverse mole tunnels ? Regrettably, its probably impossible to avoid catching, non-target species, in this type of situation ?

[bryn27 89]

Feck me! I hate reptiles of all kinds that's a worry and I'll not sleep tonight.

[earth-thrower 493]

Feck me! I hate reptiles of all kinds that's a worry and I'll not sleep tonight.

Lol lol,.. i know mate,got me thinking about any 'adders' (in uk) using the tunnels ? cause im not too brave that way, either ! ,...(preparing the tunnels , with your hands,etc ?) ha ha

Edited June 11, 2015 by earth-thrower

[earth-thrower 493]

 

Feck me! I hate reptiles of all kinds that's a worry and I'll not sleep tonight.

Lol lol,.. i know mate,got me thinking about any 'adders' (in uk) using the tunnels ? cause im not too brave that way, either ! ,...(preparing the tunnels , with your hands,etc ?) ha ha

 

Even if it was a 'grass snake' or 'slow worm', you would still s..t yourself, if one appeared ? lol

[dare 1,103]

In london? Never knew that. I am sure i remember someone saying there was snakes in dulwich park. Used to see plenty of slow worms around my area.