Brown snakes can be nasty! Not sure if they are the roof dwelling type though. I know of a local python that lives in a neighbour’s roof cavity, only coming down every few months for a meal.

Pythons are nocturnal hunters, whereas brown snakes are more active through the day. I found this info for you:

“Brown Snake venom is extremely toxic, but fortunately this snake has a relatively poorly developed biting apparatus (small fangs and venom glands). However this snake can be easily agitated, is fast moving and must be regarded as highly dangerous. When aroused, the Brown Snake will hold its neck high, slightly flattened in an S-shape, and strike at it’s aggressor at every opportunity. It will even chase off a person who has aroused it. This diurnal snake is found in all types of habitat, but is most common in open grassy habitats and open woodlands. It is active at relatively high temperatures, compared to other snakes.

Large numbers are found in agricultural areas. When resting Brown Snakes are commonly found under man made rubbish such as sheets of metal.”
source : http://www.smuggled.com/melsna1.htm

My advice is to keep an eye on that mini foxy, especially as they are good “hunters” of rats, rabbits and snakes!

Good luck,

Cindy

Loved your snake story and pics. Your Tree snakes are soo green, mine was more a dirty brown on top. I tried to identify him as a Colubridae (rear-fanged and therefore not lethal!) by looking for that loreal facial scale. I saw it, but wanted a second opinion - the guys at the Zoo were fabulous.

I have been collecting Lace Monitor skin from a shedding fellow - he’s such a cheeky bugger, climbing into the bins. He’d be a couple of metres long. Had a go at me once when he was having a sunbake - cranky in the mornings!

I used to fear snakes but I lost that fear as a zoo volunteer and my green tree snake friend was a big part of why.. They’re not venomous - but they are gorgeous and full of personality.

I do still have fear spiders - it seems from the pics on your blog that you don’t fear them though!

Snake has disappeared entirely. Now that I can’t see him, I feel evn more nervous around the low overhanging trees.

The pictures alone give me shivers down my spine…..My son Daniel has a real facination with snakes at the moment…We have a shop full of reptiles ect and he desperately wants a snake as a pet…..I told him in no uncertain terms it won`t be happening in my lifetime…..Especially under my roof….