OMFG geez you have my skin crawling and hairs are standing on end my goodness i would have screamed if it were m LOL. Good steve isnt a scaredy cat like me .Just you keep your eyes open in case he comes back

love you heaps xxxx

OMG.....it would scared the "you know what out of me too". I'm glad you weren't bitten, that you can do without for sure. What a hero your snack catcher or snake broomer is. Be careful from now on won't you!!!!

xxxxx

OH MY!!!!!! here I scrolled up to read your blog and I nearlly had a heart attack when I saw the picture EEEEEEEKKKKK then reading what you wrote gave me goosebumps...... How scarey!!!! Becoz I have 2 young sisters and occassionly other foster kids we always have fake snake toys, one day dad was going on about them leaving their toys outside etc etc he went to pick it up and was only inches away BUT then it moved- yes it was a real one hehe i never seen my dad move soooooo quick either.

Oh how exciting for you!  I love snakes, though have a healthy respect for them.  I have several rather hair raising stories about my encounters with them, though I think best kept to myself so as to not freak everyone else out! lol.

The best way to react around any snake is to stop still and back away very slowly.  Any hurried actions could result in a bite, especially if the snake is already feeling threatened.

At least you know that a vermin problem isn't going to arise on your property with your scaley friend about.

hhahha i have to laugh!! MEN!! ...Same thing happened to my bro just the other night.. i think he said it was a taipan thou?

Oh poor you....I hate spiders snakes and anything crawly or creepy....I know they have a purpose but not on the back porch....!!! I am glad you had a big strong brave sleepy snake catcher there to protect and serve.....

I hope you have caught your breathe and I guess you will make sure now before going on to the porch to see if there is another visitor...

Cheers Spinnychic

You're going to hate this comment, but I love red-bellies! They're beautiful. I've got a rubber toy one wrapped around the metal frame on the head of my bed. LOL If I was to have a venomous pet snake, I'd love one of them. Their venom is nasty but they're actually fairly placid snakes. Had it been a common brown you'd have been bitten before you even saw it being that close. Red-bellies will usually only strike as an absolute last resort if rearing up didn't deter you from wanting to eat it - yes, believe it or not, that is what they are afraid of. They don't like the idea of becoming your dinner. LOL The general rule is to stand very still and they'll just forget you're there after a minute and go about doing their own little snakey business of catching and eating mice and other such little critters.

LOL, I'm sure the snake is long gone. Glad you didnt get bitten, given it was reared up in the strike position!

Red Belly Blacks are such creapy looking things. One of my boys got c hased by one in the creek when he was only 5. He was terrified. (Welll he thought it was chasing him, it was swimming downstream towards him.

But nowadays if I see a snake and tell them to stay away and be careful they would all be there in a flash!!!

I hate snakes. But an interesting thought. I was once asked which I hated worse, snakes or spiders, and I said I hate both equally, but it is not actually so, as I had to choose one to have a photo with, and even though my skin crawled away and ran out the door, I could hold the snake, where as I just couldn;t bear the hairy spider! I was shaking so much they couldn't get it on me!!! So there you go, I hate spiders worse!

OMG....I think I would have needed new underpants! LOL! I'm so glad you didn't get bitten...and as far as I'm concerned a snake is a snake & just a scary no matter what the size! Keep your eyes peeled when you venture outside please! xxoo

 A cross between fright and fascination, isn't it? I so enjoy you photos and so glad this was nothing but an anecdote! :) Be careful! 

Yikes! How cool, calm and collected is Steve? Love his work! Glad you didn't get bitten that is the main thing. Take care, porch light could need to be on next time! xx

Well...he even looks mean!  I need to send you our cute garter snakes!!!  Even when they get huge they are still pretty and cute!  Boy do I appreciate our reptiles even more now!!!   Thank heavens he didn't go and pick on you Sweety, that must have been a scare!   Good thing Steve was to the resue!

What a tiny snake snake yeah rite!!!

Black & tiny  that is the most poisoness isn't it . you be very careful  pleeeeaaaase, when you go outside eyes down 

love and hugs Vicki  

 OMG So scary!! lol Glad you woke Steve up, I am scared going to my sisters this weekend, they get snakes there all the time.lol I am a city girl & I dont do snakes!! 

Love you xx

A Teensy Scare, oh Janice I had to smile about a teeny scare as some folk in the UK scream blue murder at the sight of the tiniest spider which is harmless. Then say they would like to emigrate to Australia..........`how would they get on????

Very thankful you were ok though

Love Pauline

Arrrrggghhhhh.... snake.  Dont care what time,  you did well for me not to hear  you here in Tassie!  You would have heard me from down here - it is a snake!!!  OMG  Janice.  You are so lucky to have someone to shoo it off for you - Steve is sooooo brave.   Hugs & luv me. xxx

yikes, I'm with you - just a snake??  typical.....  I'd be scared out of my wits -  this is the woman who even screams at a spider!

LOL Just a snake !!!!

Fine if you aren't afraid of them

My friend that lives in WA rang me once to say that she had found her 2 year old pushing a poisonous sname away from her game with a tennis racket Scared her to death. !!!!

xxx

Just a snake! Just a snake! Uhm Arrrrrrrrrrgh :) Good move to wake sleeping man,sensible lady Janice. Snake needs to go live under rock not on patio,LOL.

Mind you not that I know, most we get round our way are Slow Worms www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/281.shtml and they are cute, basking on the compost heap.

But real life venom sharing snakes, nah definitely should be encouraged to go explore elsewhere,LOL.

Glad you were safe and sound Janice, now thats two things that could have been sending those vibes. So glad to see you on line.

Love and Hugs Winnie.xxxx

oh Janice, luckly for you, you had a snake catcher with you LOL and lucky that you noticed it and didn't step on it.  Very scary

Angie

how scary  glad it worked out ok in yhe end!