Snake in our house

[baiskee]

dati meron din sa amin nyan...papsok na ko sa scholl nung pag bukas ko ng pinto ng kwarto palabas..nakita ko green naman yung kulay dumeretso sa hagdanan, eh dun pa naman ako kasi pababa na ko...bigla pasok ulit ng kwarto. ayun, late ako nung araw na yun.

[miLes]

ok lang yan, we caught a cobra in our basement

[pup2]

While it's certainly possible may pamilya pa yung snake inside the house, its small size also means it could've easily crawled in the house all by itself, which seems more likely. It looks like a baby python.

Pero sa labas malamang meron.

[boybi]

poisonous ba ang python?

[metatron]

poisonous ba ang python?

nope. although a fully grown specimen can be strong enough to squeeze the jelly from our eyes.

[boybi]

so what happens when bitten by a python?

[metatron]

so what happens when bitten by a python?

nothing bad hopefully. just wash the wound thoroughly with soap and running water then top off with povidone iodine to prevent bacterial infection. if possible, go to the e.r. for tetanus precaution.

[oldblue]

[QUOTE=ownertype;745183][QUOTE=oldblue;745082]accdg. to discovery channel, poisonous/venomous ang snake kung diamond shaped ang head, pero kung rounded hindi daw.

pero bakit nyo pinatay, para mo na din tinapon ang swerte mo this year.

bro, i think most of us ang una natin reaction when we see a snake is to kill it bago tayo maunahan. Di ko na ata titignan yung ahas mabuti just to see kung oblong or edgy yung head. Natural instinct na natin to protect ourselves and our love ones. Well pag anaconda or boa constrictor yan e takbuhan na

true sir. instinct talaga na patayin natin kagad. pero nun na-experience ko yun siguro middle-aged sawa sa garden namin, siguro mas mataba pa sa braso ko yun, it reacted when there was a commotion in the house and after my dad dragged the kalaykay with him.

noon nakita ko kasi sa dilim, nag-tiptoe ako back to my car. hindi din nya siguro ako nadinig. pero nun na-sense na nya na maingay na ang vibrations ng floor, dali-dali din sya umalis pagkapulupot and crawled in S form to our garden. from the looks of it, it was scared din. but I tell you, pag nadinig mo nag-hiss/nag-crawl ang snake sa concrete, dyan tatayo balahibo mo.


after that experience, I dedicated 5 days surf time researching on snakes and watched discovery channel again. hehehe. anyway yun naman luck eh sinabi lang sakin ng mga Chinese friends ko. which coincidentally, improved our fortune the next year.

[oldblue]

fyi lang po, some "sawas" are known to hibernate sa ceilings ng house kasi madalas andun ang daga, and it's warm and not noisy there. this happened to our neighbor recently lang, they heard some disturbance sa ceiling nila, went to the affected bedroom ... and viola, the ceiling collapsed with a 6-foot python on it.

takot po ang snakes sa maiingay na lugar. they cant stand noisy environments like where kids/people frequently play/chat or where there is a motor/TV/appliance running. so you can rule out those places. but be very very careful lalo na dun sa may mga backyard na may tambak ng abubot or mga kahoy na hindi gano nabibisita for months. malamang meron yan ...

and be wary of snake skin na kakalat-kalat sa floor or sa garden or sa soil. snakes shed their kaliskis type of skin most of the time, kasi parang nagpapalit ata ito lagi ng skin and color. so kung wala naman kumain ng tuyo sa place na yun, alam nyo na hehehe

[sequoia]

Mukhang ahas-tulog yung napatay na snake. walang kamandag yun. Kung makakakita naman kyo ng green na payat "dahong-palay" ang tawag dun. Kung brown na medyo squarish(kwadrado) ang body "mamamalaka" (puro palaka ang hina-hunting) ang tawag dun. At pag nakakita kayo ng pagkadami-daming mamamalaka na naglilingkisan, yun ang tinatawag na "kuyog". Kasi puro lalaki yun na kinukuyog ang nag-iisang babae. Talagang hihimatayin ka sa takot pag yun ang nasalubong no sa daan. Bakit ko alam? sa barrio po ako lumaki hanggang high school, bukid ang kabilang kalsada namin at kawayanan at tumana(gulayan) ang likod ng bahay. At ang playground po namin dun ay kawayanan, bayabasan, manggahan, sapa at tabing-ilog. Madalas kaming makapatay ng mga ahas na ganun, pwera lang yung sawa at ulupong. takot kami dun. Sorry off-topic na yata, na-miss ko lang bigla yung childhood ko. he-he.

[BoEinG_747]

Mukhang ahas-tulog yung napatay na snake. walang kamandag yun. Kung makakakita naman kyo ng green na payat "dahong-palay" ang tawag dun. .

di ba kung kulay berde na dahon palay ay matindi kamandag nito

[RedHorse]

sa mga kaingero, narinig ko sa kanila di sila gumagamit ng bolo or other blade weapon.. patpat at paluin lang daw ang ahas

[pup2]

di ba kung kulay berde na dahon palay ay matindi kamandag nito

AFAIK, yes.

[cyrusblutrooper]

ALA EH dine sa batangas AHAS TULOG tawag dyan. Wala yang venom. Usually, mice ang habol nyan. yung namang greenish yellow "dahong palay" eh TALBOS TUBO naman ang tawag dito. sabi nila venomous daw ito.

[sequoia]

di ba kung kulay berde na dahon palay ay matindi kamandag nito

Palagay ko hinde poisonous, kasi ang tagal umiiyak ng palaka pag nakikita namin na sagpang-sagpang nung dahong-palay. Yun ang warning namin na may ahas sa malapit, then we will just follow yung sound para patayin yung snake. At saka wala rin naman paalala sa amin yung mga matatandang farmers na makamandag yun. Meron man konti lang siguro.

[jazcker]

depende sa pusa pre.... yung alaga kong pusa before. ipis lang kayang patayin. anything bigger than cockroaches, tumatakbo. na...

try mo aso pre...yun aso namin sa probinsya killed a snake that swallowed a whole hog...liyamado lang yun aso kasi di makakilos maige yun snake...pero maliksi naman talaga yun aso...lagi kasama sa panghuhuli ng bayawak yun e...

[jazcker]

I don't know. But the rice snake my mom encountered was quite agressive even though there was plenty of room to run away. It behaved almost like a cobra with no hood. My mom didn't flinch. One swipe with her machete and game over. We just had to wait for the head and body to stop twitching.

if you're talking about dahongpalay, its bite is not venomus. nasa skin ang kamandag nya...i just dont know pano ka maapektuhan nito pag nadikit ka dito...

[Jun aka Pekto]

if you're talking about dahongpalay, its bite is not venomus. nasa skin ang kamandag nya...i just dont know pano ka maapektuhan nito pag nadikit ka dito...

I have no idea. My mom said it's a rice snake. It was about 5 feet long, solid medium green (like that iKobo advertisement above) with a yellow underbelly. It was arched to strike like a cobra and quite agressive. I thought at first it was a cobra. But, it had no hood plus I can't recall a cobra being that kind of green.

[BoEinG_747]

try mo aso pre...yun aso namin sa probinsya killed a snake that swallowed a whole hog...liyamado lang yun aso kasi di makakilos maige yun snake...pero maliksi naman talaga yun aso...lagi kasama sa panghuhuli ng bayawak yun e...

agree bro jazcker..iyon aso din namin na kasama namin panghuli ng dagang bukid sa ang bilis din naabutan niya ang mga mabibilis na daga.minsan may kinakalkal sia na lungga akala namin lungga ng daga iyon pala bahay ng ahas.may mga itlog pa kasama

[wren]

ahas bahay ata yan...we used to eat those when i was little. as for poisonous snakes, i had a few encounters with the common cobra. they used to raid our poultry. my grandfather used to kill 'em with a very long stick, or just had our hunting dogs take care of 'em. i think there's only one other poisonous land snake sa 'pinas, it was a pit viper, green in color with rings. i've heard crazy stories about two headed snakes called "palapal". they would sling themselves at you, hence the name. i'm pretty sure it was all made up by our local elders to scare us kids.