Meet Murphy -- she nearly just got eaten -- by a snake!

ZiggyStar

I was just minutes off falling asleep and I hear my 7 year old tame Rainbow Lorikeet Murphy banging around in her cage a bit. It sounded like she hit the bottom pretty hard....which isn't that unusual. I don't know why I got up and checked on her....mum's intuition....but luckily I did because there was a fucking SNAKE in her cage. :shock: She always sleeps up the very top of her cage....and when I glanced up to look for her the snake was wrapped around her perch with a feather in its mouth....and she was at the very bottom quite distressed.

We opened the window and it slithered away. Stupid snake.....should have fucking chopped it into pieces. :x

I've been told by a snake catcher who caught a BIG snake (photo below) that was trying to eat my sister's bird to bag any caught snakes and let them go "many" suburbs away because now that the snake knows the bird is there, it will keep coming back. So now I have Murphy in a small cage in my bedroom....and I can't sleep....because I am terrified of snakes.

Poor Murphy....that snake is dead if it comes back! :twisted:


Minutes after "the attack"



All shakey and scared and NOT wanting to go in the little cage -- I wonder why!



Leaving the cage



Trying to escape



We assisted by opening the window -- well my bf did -- I was on a chair by this stage haha



The big bastard at mum and dad's in 2009 that tried to eat my sister's Rainbow Lorikeet



Happier days lol



I fucking HATE snakes! :x

neilybabes86

great place to live ... :?

eyedclaar

Was it the venomous variety or a constrictor? Are there non-poisonous anything in Australia? I love snakes, you be nice.

81

i hate snakes.

Jukee

I think I would of soiled my pants.

chadwick

that snake @ your mom & dad's looks like a boa of some kind, but it's a python, right?
what kinda snake is that trying for your bird?

ZiggyStar

eyedclaar wrote:

Was it the venomous variety or a constrictor? Are there non-poisonous anything in Australia? I love snakes, you be nice.

Non-venomous -- Constrictor. Just a carpet python of some sort.

Here's another Townsville snake story -- came up the toilet -- 2.7 metres (8'10"): :shock: Fuck that!

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/s ... 5838545100

MrMerkinball

I hate snakes. They scare the bejeezus out of me.

ZiggyStar

chadwick wrote:

that snake @ your mom & dad's looks like a boa of some kind, but it's a python, right?
what kinda snake is that trying for your bird?

Yeah....both are carpet pythons....but you can get differnet varieties....I'm no expert.

eyedclaar

ZiggyStar wrote:

eyedclaar wrote:

Was it the venomous variety or a constrictor? Are there non-poisonous anything in Australia? I love snakes, you be nice.

Non-venomous -- Constrictor. Just a carpet python of some sort.

Here's another Townsville snake story -- came up the toilet -- 2.7 metres (8'10"): :shock: Fuck that!

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/s ... 5838545100

Ah, it could tickle your bum with its forked tongue! All of our snakes are sleeping. Do your snakes hibernate? Does it get cold enough?

ZiggyStar

eyedclaar wrote:

ZiggyStar wrote:

eyedclaar wrote:

Was it the venomous variety or a constrictor? Are there non-poisonous anything in Australia? I love snakes, you be nice.

Non-venomous -- Constrictor. Just a carpet python of some sort.

Here's another Townsville snake story -- came up the toilet -- 2.7 metres (8'10"): :shock: Fuck that!

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/s ... 5838545100

Ah, it could tickle your bum with its forked tongue! All of our snakes are sleeping. Do your snakes hibernate? Does it get cold enough?

It doesn't get cold where I live.....and no I don't believe they hibernate....not like yours do anyway. I think they might just get a bit sleepy.

ZiggyStar

neilybabes86 wrote:

great place to live ... :?

It's not ALL bad....here are some nice things I've seen in the past few weeks.

chadwick

i need a reptile adventure over there.

ZiggyStar

chadwick wrote:

i need a reptile adventure over there.

You can come see me kill this snake if it comes back to eat my bird. Actually, I won't be killing it....I won't be anywhere near it.

RKCNDY

poor little Murphy! (I love birds)...don't mind snakes until they try to eat my pets. :evil:

hopefully the snake won't come back, but if it does, I pray that you can catch it before he does any harm to Murphy. Good Luck Zig!

eyedclaar

ZiggyStar wrote:

neilybabes86 wrote:

great place to live ... :?

It's not ALL bad....here are some nice things I've seen in the past few weeks.

Where J lives, there are actual C.H.U.D.'s climbing up out of people's toilets.

dunkman

eyedclaar wrote:

Where J lives, there are actual C.H.U.D.'s climbing up out of people's toilets.

who the fuck is J?

ZiggyStar

4and20 wrote:

poor little Murphy! (I love birds)...don't mind snakes until they try to eat my pets. :evil:

hopefully the snake won't come back, but if it does, I pray that you can catch it before he does any harm to Murphy. Good Luck Zig!

Thanks! Exactly....if it's going to hurt my bird that I've had for SEVEN years, something is going to have to be done about it. Hopefully it just disappears....but now I know there are snakes around (which I already knew but I hadn't yet seen any at this new house), I'm going to be sooo paranoid from now on. I'm the same at every house. Once I see a snake I'm fucked....and wherever I see that snake I double check that particular area EVERY time when I walk past....just to check it's not there....even thought it's three months later! hahaha Ahhh got to love a phobia of snakes! :? I really do live in the wrong part of the world to be this scared of snakes. Thanks MUM! :x She's terrified too....she made me like this.

eyedclaar

dunkman wrote:

eyedclaar wrote:

Where J lives, there are actual C.H.U.D.'s climbing up out of people's toilets.

who the fuck is J?

Neily. I think you know who J is... You and I have both been known to sing his praises. Used to have a different handle.

eyedclaar

ZiggyStar wrote:

4and20 wrote:

poor little Murphy! (I love birds)...don't mind snakes until they try to eat my pets. :evil:

hopefully the snake won't come back, but if it does, I pray that you can catch it before he does any harm to Murphy. Good Luck Zig!

Thanks! Exactly....if it's going to hurt my bird that I've had for SEVEN years, something is going to have to be done about it. Hopefully it just disappears....but now I know there are snakes around (which I already knew but I hadn't yet seen any at this new house), I'm going to be sooo paranoid from now on. I'm the same at every house. Once I see a snake I'm fucked....and wherever I see that snake I double check that particular area EVERY time when I walk past....just to check it's not there....even thought it's three months later! hahaha Ahhh got to love a phobia of snakes! :? I really do live in the wrong part of the world to be this scared of snakes. Thanks MUM! :x She's terrified too....she made me like this.

You need to fall into a pit of sleeping rattlesnakes. You will either die of a heartattack or be cured of your snake fear. Either way, you won't worry about snakes again.

dunkman

eyedclaar wrote:

dunkman wrote:

eyedclaar wrote:

Where J lives, there are actual C.H.U.D.'s climbing up out of people's toilets.

who the fuck is J?

Neily. I think you know who J is... You and I have both been known to sing his praises. Used to have a different handle.

ok gotcha! I also didnt know what a C.H.U.D was ... perhaps i need more coffee?!

chadwick

ZiggyStar wrote:

chadwick wrote:

i need a reptile adventure over there.

You can come see me kill this snake if it comes back to eat my bird. Actually, I won't be killing it....I won't be anywhere near it.

now stop it. carpet pythons are calm. they are like africa's ball python. docile as shit. kids get their pictures taken at zoos with ball python around their necks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkcKLmveNH8

see what you do to me with all this snake talk? now im all excited researching your snakes.
i am a dick, im supposed to be getting ready for a swim.

but nope. it's snake time.

ZiggyStar

eyedclaar wrote:

You need to fall into a pit of sleeping rattlesnakes. You will either die of a heartattack or be cured of your snake fear. Either way, you won't worry about snakes again.

Didn't they do that to Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone.....throw a bunch of live snakes on her after they'd been using fake ones? Is that the right movie I'm thinking of? Hmmmm.....

Regardless, NO THANKS! I'm simply moving to New Zealand....where there are NO snakes and basically nothing that can harm me on the land....the exact opposite of here.

neilybabes86

eyedclaar wrote:

ZiggyStar wrote:

neilybabes86 wrote:

great place to live ... :?

It's not ALL bad....here are some nice things I've seen in the past few weeks.

Where J lives, there are actual C.H.U.D.'s climbing up out of people's toilets.

their actually have been a few snakes in the toilets around these parts in the past 10 years

OceanInDisguise13

Poor birdie!!! Murphy looks like such a sweet little bird. I'm glad the snake left it alone. Please take care over there, I hate snakes :?

eyedclaar

ZiggyStar wrote:

eyedclaar wrote:

You need to fall into a pit of sleeping rattlesnakes. You will either die of a heartattack or be cured of your snake fear. Either way, you won't worry about snakes again.

Didn't they do that to Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone.....throw a bunch of live snakes on her after they'd been using fake ones? Is that the right movie I'm thinking of? Hmmmm.....

Regardless, NO THANKS! I'm simply moving to New Zealand....where there are NO snakes and basically nothing that can harm me on the land....the exact opposite of here.

I actually knew a guy who fell into a nest of rattlesnakes. They were so sleepy and slow he got out before being bit, but after that, he was all sorts of freaked out by snakes. Didn't cure him at all. Imagine that...

ZiggyStar

chadwick wrote:

ZiggyStar wrote:

chadwick wrote:

i need a reptile adventure over there.

You can come see me kill this snake if it comes back to eat my bird. Actually, I won't be killing it....I won't be anywhere near it.

now stop it. carpet pythons are calm. they are like africa's ball python. docile as shit. kids get their pictures taken at zoos with ball python around their necks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkcKLmveNH8

see what you do to me with all this snake talk? now im all excited researching your snakes.
i am a dick, im supposed to be getting ready for a swim.

but nope. it's snake time.

Yes, they are docile....but this thing was hungry!! I can't just let it eat Murphy. While it was half out the window I should have chopped it in half with scissors! SNIP! Straight through the belly. Nah, I actually felt a little bit mean writing that....just a little.

ZiggyStar

lina319 wrote:

Poor birdie!!! Murphy looks like such a sweet little bird. I'm glad the snake left it alone. Please take care over there, I hate snakes :?

She's lovely! Such a good bird. They live about 15 years or so.

We named her after Robocop because we thought she was a boy for the first 4-5 years. We were going to teach her to talk -- we were going to say "Nice shooting, son. What's your name?" and get her to reply "Murphy" after the line in Robocop....but she ended up laying an egg one day....which explains why she never talked....boys talk, girls don't. My sister's Rainbow Lorikeet is male and he sings songs like "What's new pussy cat, woooaoohoohhoaa" (over and over and over :? ) and talks like my sister and barks like the dogs and mimics the pool fence etc. Sooo smart! Murphy just sits there looking pretty....waiting to be eaten by snakes!

I think I'd be driven insane if Murphy talked all day long in all honesty. I'm glad she's a girl in hindsight.

eyedclaar

ZiggyStar wrote:

Yes, they are docile....but this thing was hungry!! I can't just let it eat Murphy. While it was half out the window I should have chopped it in half with scissors! SNIP! Straight through the belly. Nah, I actually felt a little bit mean writing that....just a little.

If you have to kill it, be sure to eat it and make a belt out of its skin. I don't want to see it going to waste.

ZiggyStar

eyedclaar wrote:

ZiggyStar wrote:

eyedclaar wrote:

You need to fall into a pit of sleeping rattlesnakes. You will either die of a heartattack or be cured of your snake fear. Either way, you won't worry about snakes again.

Didn't they do that to Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone.....throw a bunch of live snakes on her after they'd been using fake ones? Is that the right movie I'm thinking of? Hmmmm.....

Regardless, NO THANKS! I'm simply moving to New Zealand....where there are NO snakes and basically nothing that can harm me on the land....the exact opposite of here.

I actually knew a guy who fell into a nest of rattlesnakes. They were so sleepy and slow he got out before being bit, but after that, he was all sorts of freaked out by snakes. Didn't cure him at all. Imagine that...

How many rattlesnakes are generally in these "nests"? Do they all curl up together and hibernate? I know nothing about rattlesnakes. There were some in True Grit though that were asleep and got woken up. How long do they sleep for?

chadwick

eyedclaar wrote:

I actually knew a guy who fell into a nest of rattlesnakes. They were so sleepy and slow he got out before being bit, but after that, he was all sorts of freaked out by snakes. Didn't cure him at all. Imagine that...

hibernaculum.
hibernacula.

hibernation den. maternity den.

timber rattlesnakes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gctxWKzkPAo

thanks for delaying my morning swim
i learned a few new words and learned they have different dens for different reasons.
i'll be damned.

im out.