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FarmI · 12-03-2009, 12:50 AM posted to aus.gardens

"phil..c" wrote in message
wrote:
On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:15:00 +1100, "FarmI" ask@itshall be given
wrote:

Are there any amateur herpitologists reading here?

Yesterday just after having spent hours working in a particular spot, I
saw a Tiger Snake there. When I told my husband he said, "But he's such
a friendly snake". (And to think I've been married to this goose of a
man for nearly 40 years!)

Anyway, I was telling a neighbour this tale of husband silliness and
they said that snakes are cranky at the moment as it's breeding season.
My response was that I thought they bred earlier in the season.
Neighbour then said that it could be that they are shedding their skins
now and that is why they are cranky. I checked with a friend whose son
has pythons and she said they do get cranky when they shed their skins
and that she once had to help to wrestle a snake into a bathtub to aid
it when it failed to shed as it should and it got super cranky.

The sum total of this all these exchanges made me realise that although
I frequently see snakes, I don't know lot about them. I know a fair
amount about the birds and other animals aroudn here but not snakes.

Does anyone know anythign about the life cycle of snakes? Or a good
book on the subject?

It'll probably be one with "SNAKES" in the title.... (:-))

also would have been helpful if you informed us where *here* is

If anyone reading my post is too stupid to figure out that since I'm asking
a question about snakes in the Australian garden group and so must be
interested in Australian snakes then they are clearly too stupid to give a
cogent response.