by QFC | Jun 27, 2022 | Blog, Catch of the day
Carpet Python Consumes Possum in Client’s House Coastal Carpet Pythons are known to eat very large prey, with this snake capturing and consuming a Common Brushtail Possum inside a client’s house in Corinda. We are called to removed Pythons in the process of eating...
by QFC | Jun 25, 2022 | Blog, Catch of the day
Woma Python Office Pet This gorgeous Woma Python was caught during a snake call out in 2019, but as this species is not found locally we knew it was an escaped pet. When we find escaped pets they are handed over to the Department of Environment and Science, who seek...
by QFC | Jun 21, 2022 | Blog, Catch of the day
Golden Crowned Snake Sees Itself In Mirror Golden Crowned Snake was found in a client’s bathroom in Jamboree Heights recently. Our catcher Jaedon scooped up the snake and it seemed interested in its own reflection in the mirror! This mildly venomous species is well...
by QFC | Jun 12, 2022 | Blog, Catch of the day
Lace Monitor Removed from Chicken Coop This large monitor was removed from a client’s chicken coop in Chapel Hill. The Lace Monitor is an opportunistic feeder and will both hunt small animals and scavenge carcasses and eggs. The chicken coop loaded with eggs was just...
by QFC | Jun 11, 2022 | Blog, Catch of the day
The less common ‘Blue Phase’ Common Tree Snake This species is extremely variable in colour with individuals often being green, yellow, blue or even almost black. Previously referred to by the common name the ‘Green Tree Snake’, this specimen makes it clear that was a...
by QFC | Jun 10, 2022 | Blog, Catch of the day
Snake Skin Slough Size Comparison Snakes periodically slough their old dead layer of skin as they grow. This is not entirely unlike mammals, but we slough skin particles in tiny fragments and snakes are able to shed the entire skin in one piece. To do this they often...
