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Snake menace
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 9:46 am
by hughnique
My neighbour has a "vicious snake" in her garden, turns out to be a Western whipsnake, totally harmless if left alone, but she is sh----ng herself that it is going to gain entry and kill them in their beds. The other day she said it "stared her out", so has decided to call in the Mairie, I really don't want to get too involved but is this a Mairie matter or will she need a pest control company to relocate it.
Snake menace
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 10:42 am
by niemeyjt
Tell her it keeps her rat and mouse population down - and suggest she leaves it alone and it will be a benefit for her
Snake menace
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 11:05 am
by Bayleaf
It also probably means there are no vipers nearby too. Some clients found one in their garden last week, and asked me to identify it. I said it was a western whip, non venomous but with a bad attitude problem. They're leaving it well alone!
Snake menace
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 11:12 am
by MAD87
The French are paranoid about snakes.
Snake menace
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 11:15 am
by Polarengineer
A lot of people don't like small, wriggly, slimey, possibly murderous things like lizards, snakes,frogs,mice,and that bloke up the road.
Snake menace
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 11:20 am
by hughnique
Told her about the rodent situation but to no avail, typical hypocritical attitude, church every Sunday, religion is their reason to live, go and sing all things bright and beautiful then want the snake destroyed Are they not protected , not that it means much here.
Snake menace
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 11:39 am
by niemeyjt
Snake menace
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 12:02 pm
by niemeyjt
As I read this, they are also protected -
https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/ ... 0043113964
Look for
Hierophis viridiflavus
Snake menace
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2022 2:54 pm
by Char
I never have understood the French attitude to wildlife, I can see that you wouldn't want to step on an adder, but I've seen people nearly have heart attacks at the sight of a slow worm.
I'm trying to nurse a hedgehog at the moment which has probably been poisoned by our neighbour, I think it's a lost cause though and I'll have to put it out of it's misery. I just don't understand why people need to kill other creatures, so unnecessary and sad. Might seem like double standards there but I can't leave the poor thing to suffer and die painfully.
Snake menace
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2022 8:08 am
by niemeyjt
Char wrote: ↑Thu Apr 21, 2022 2:54 pm
I never have understood the French attitude to wildlife, I can see that you wouldn't want to step on an adder, but I've seen people nearly have heart attacks at the sight of a slow worm.
I'm trying to nurse a hedgehog at the moment which has probably been poisoned by our neighbour, I think it's a lost cause though and I'll have to put it out of it's misery. I just don't understand why people need to kill other creatures, so unnecessary and sad. Might seem like double standards there but I can't leave the poor thing to suffer and die painfully.
How's the hedgehog?