We live next door to a primary school and they had a large chook pen, that was never kept clean and attracted rates and the occasional snake. Our cats and dogs sorted the rats who ventured into their space, but the snakes worried me. School Principal was a dill who did nothing, but one of the teachers got two geese and they sorted out rats, snakes, pesky little kids and had our cats and dogs completely bluffed. The only thing that scared them was Mrs Fox.
The local pest control bloke was around here just before, spraying the two vacant blocks across the street.
He says bait is the only way to go, but more worryingly, he reckons the latest snake found in the street was a copperhead (where’s Steve Earle when you need him?) but more tigers. He’s more worried by tigers because they’re more aggressive.
Not sure if you would have seen the small video on Facebook from the couple on a trail in Portland. Filmed a massive tiger snake crossing the path behind them. That thing was a farken python.
I’ve seen more than a few tigers in my time, the longest was probably 5 ft … never even would have believed they grew to that size. It’s like a King Brown.