mick wrote:

Greetings to the group,

I think I may be posting to the wrong group but here goes.Today my dog
Daisy(Jack Russell) was barking and I knew from the sound of her bark there
was a snake in the back yard,she usually gets a couple of brown or whip
snakes every year but when I got out she was backing off a bit which is
unusual for her and then I saw why there was a snake that I estimate to be
at least 8 foot long.I came out of the ferns and went into a tree in my
backyard about 6 feet up and just stayed there,it is a beautiful looking
thing.I think it may have ate something because it looked like it was asleep
and I think that is what they do to digest their food.It is definitely a
phyton but I do not know what kind but what I am trying to find out is how
long it would have taken to grow that large.I am at Caloundra on the
Sunshine Coast if any one thinks they may know also what type of python it
is,

Thank you Ladies and Gentlemen,

Best Wishes,

Mick

Wow! Can you get a decent look at the snake, Mick? A picture would be great, but
in the absence of that, you need to be able to say what colour the animal is,
what shape its head/nose are, whether there's an obvious 'neck' and roughly how
long/thick it is. Comments on its behaviour and the way it moves might help as
well. Lots of snakes come in lots of variable colour phases, so an accurate ID
is often very difficult by hearsay. If the snake is as big as you say, *please*
keep your little Daisy away from it! I reckon she'd be a safe bet for Mr Snake's
dinner!

I've seen a very large Diamond Python almost comatose after swallowing a rat or
bandicoot: it was barely able to move and happily allowed itself to be picked up
and moved off a busy road! Does yours have a large 'lump' in it, just past the
head? Is anyone in your neighborhood missing a small animal?

Best of luck in identifying your visitor - *do* let us know if you find out what
it is! And please try and post a picture somewhere so we can all share the
amazement! ;-D

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Trish {|:-}
Newcastle, NSW, Australia