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alisonb
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About 2 weeks ago I heard the birds making a racket and went to look. Watched this snake raid a birds nest, was not to concerned about safety as it looked like a mole snake until it re positioned itself under the roof and I could see it's scales. Yikes...a 'Koperkapel'(copper cape) as we call it. A cobra!!! Just after the pic was taken it slithered down a tree and disappeared into the bush :shock: .
The birds have alerted me a couple of times now but it just slips away before I can get my gat.
Over the weekend I was on my haunches looking through a toolbox in the garage when I heard a sound behind me, about 3 meters away. If anyone ever tries to tell you that a snake does not make a noise when it moves don't believe them. I slowly peered over my shoulder just in time to see it's tail disappearing under a crate :shock: I gingerly removed myself from the garage, contemplating the next move. Couldn't shoot in the garage but there was a box in there...perhaps the box :nod: but how...
Made sure my animals were locked up then stood just outside of the door and watched it for what seemed like an age. It was obviously hunting as it made a couple of rounds in the garage. Eventually there was an opportunity to set up the box on it's side, it had heard me and ducked under a wood pile. Box in place in a corner with a piece of hardboard as a 'slide' lid... now just watch and wait
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Stood in my position and it was not too long before it came out. It started raining, I either had to get in the garage or abort my mission. Decided on garage and just as I entered it felt a little threatened and half raised it's head and hood at me, I retreated until it went under a toolbox then quickly jumped up on the workbench :lol: . Time passed, the rain silenced any noise I may have made and out it came. Along the wall, behind the hardboard and into the box. The rain was pounding, my heart was pounding, I quickly jumped off the workbench and slid the lid on the box, righted the box and put a weight on it...got it!!!
Left it in the garage and sprinted home to decide on next move, how do you kill a snake in a box?? It rained the rest of the afternoon so nothing got done. Morning came and just as I suspected the box was empty, there was a small slit just under the lid where it had escaped. Left the garage open and hoped in he!! that it would just go away. Have not seen it again but even the hosepipe looked a bit like a snake this afternoon :lol:
https://www.africansnakebiteinstitute.com/snake/cape-cobra/
The birds have alerted me a couple of times now but it just slips away before I can get my gat.
Over the weekend I was on my haunches looking through a toolbox in the garage when I heard a sound behind me, about 3 meters away. If anyone ever tries to tell you that a snake does not make a noise when it moves don't believe them. I slowly peered over my shoulder just in time to see it's tail disappearing under a crate :shock: I gingerly removed myself from the garage, contemplating the next move. Couldn't shoot in the garage but there was a box in there...perhaps the box :nod: but how...
Made sure my animals were locked up then stood just outside of the door and watched it for what seemed like an age. It was obviously hunting as it made a couple of rounds in the garage. Eventually there was an opportunity to set up the box on it's side, it had heard me and ducked under a wood pile. Box in place in a corner with a piece of hardboard as a 'slide' lid... now just watch and wait
.Stood in my position and it was not too long before it came out. It started raining, I either had to get in the garage or abort my mission. Decided on garage and just as I entered it felt a little threatened and half raised it's head and hood at me, I retreated until it went under a toolbox then quickly jumped up on the workbench :lol: . Time passed, the rain silenced any noise I may have made and out it came. Along the wall, behind the hardboard and into the box. The rain was pounding, my heart was pounding, I quickly jumped off the workbench and slid the lid on the box, righted the box and put a weight on it...got it!!!
Left it in the garage and sprinted home to decide on next move, how do you kill a snake in a box?? It rained the rest of the afternoon so nothing got done. Morning came and just as I suspected the box was empty, there was a small slit just under the lid where it had escaped. Left the garage open and hoped in he!! that it would just go away. Have not seen it again but even the hosepipe looked a bit like a snake this afternoon :lol:
https://www.africansnakebiteinstitute.com/snake/cape-cobra/
