Snakes

 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?

 wrote:


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

 tony@altavista.com wrote:

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

use google    it may be your friend
this link is a good start


  http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

 
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.

 On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:50:10 +1100, FarmI wrote:



Isn't this AUStin, texas Gardening?