blunt nose vıper kılled by our cat

fatelady


Joined: 31/01/2009
Posts: 61

Message Posted:
31/08/2011 19:30

our cat kılled a blunt nose vıper on the patıo today ıt was not that bıg but the cat won thıs tıme she ıs ok and got an extra treat. but our neıghbours dog was kılled thıs week by an adult blunt nose vıper the dog was a german shepherd dog . poor thıng ı hope ı do not come across one ever they scare the lıfe out of me . can you buy antı venom to keep ındoors ıf so any one know where to get ıt . thanks

bazzagirl


Joined: 09/05/2010
Posts: 525

Message Posted:
31/08/2011 20:06

brave pussy fatelady, give him a kiss from me x

tomsteel


Joined: 22/06/2009
Posts: 482

Message Posted:
31/08/2011 20:11

fatelady - yes, you can buy anti-venom from a chemist. Keep it in the fridge. Cost was 250 TL and it has a shelf life.

EamonnMc


Joined: 18/06/2010
Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
31/08/2011 20:37

I hope that there is not a nest nearby !!!

bignobby


Joined: 13/01/2011
Posts: 46

Message Posted:
31/08/2011 21:42

My wife was sun bathing at a hotel last year when a blunt nose viper slithered right across her chest.

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
31/08/2011 21:44

Oh god no , don't say that , where ??? { don't say her chest }

Simbas

EamonnMc


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Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
31/08/2011 22:35

I hope she's flat chested !

bignobby


Joined: 13/01/2011
Posts: 46

Message Posted:
31/08/2011 23:26

it took it half an hour to cross

R.C.T.Man.



Joined: 27/03/2009
Posts: 746

Message Posted:
01/09/2011 08:12

Wow Fatlady,



You have a brave cat !!!

Tatum1


Joined: 23/03/2009
Posts: 337

Message Posted:
01/09/2011 08:36

Hi



Where do you live?

Ailletoo


Joined: 24/01/2009
Posts: 1003

Message Posted:
01/09/2011 13:09

They are protected by law... wouldn't go advertising it's demise at the hands of your cat! Incriminating the cat!

EamonnMc


Joined: 18/06/2010
Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
01/09/2011 17:06

Yes, your cat could lose one of his lives !!

bazzagirl


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Posts: 525

Message Posted:
01/09/2011 20:50

Fatelady u are great x

bazzagirl


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Message Posted:
01/09/2011 20:53

fatelady i know Bromley well as i grew up in Sidcup just down the road, i used to shop a lot in Bromley as a teenager, it's a small world isn't it x

fatelady


Joined: 31/01/2009
Posts: 61

Message Posted:
03/09/2011 21:41

yep ıt ıs bazzagırl we are ın dogankoy for about 2 months here and 2 ın bromley etc etc . the cat ıs fantastıc and we are lucky to have someone to feed her when we are away but normally my mum stays here all the tıme so she ıs well looked after and we have just found another blunt nose on the property we have someone commıng to clear the area where ıt was lıvıng . thank goddness no one has been bıtten ı wıll be buyıng some antı venom very soon thanks guys

fatelady


Joined: 31/01/2009
Posts: 61

Message Posted:
03/09/2011 21:44

omg bazzagırl ı just checked out where you lıve and another coıncıdense we have a caravan at reculver just down the road from you

mikey53


Joined: 21/08/2011
Posts: 91

Message Posted:
04/09/2011 10:34

Anything that can kill a dog as big as a German shepard gets my right of way, (after you mr viper). Did I hear Bromley mentioned, worked in Allders for nearly 10yrs as their Electrician! Lived in Kent House Beckenham...

bigOz


Joined: 29/09/2010
Posts: 1244

Message Posted:
04/09/2011 13:17

Apparently, according to David Roach, who worked alongside Paphos reptile expert Snake George, Blunt Nosed Vipers are the only snakes not to be protected in Cyprus.

However, Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats 1979, later signed by EU and many other nations the Cyprus Blunt Nosed Viper is strictly protected (as a member of the Lebetine species).

As for actually exercising the protection laws, Cypriot villagers have traditionally stuck to "kill on sight" policy due to dangers posed by this viper. Considering, the non poisonous Black snakes are the main and more successful hunters of rats, I do not think the Cypriots care much for this snake's contribution to nature. There are thousands breeding in Milos and other parts of Greece as well as many other Mediterranean Countries. I just fail to see why they are supposed to be so endangered - and if they were to become extinct in Cyprus, so much the better for our pets and children's safety

blackfig


Joined: 03/09/2010
Posts: 35

Message Posted:
04/09/2011 14:46

I was gardening yesterday and bending down to cut dead leaves off our lilies when I saw what I thought was the tail end of a lizard, we have a few in our garden which are quite cute so I waited to see which one it was as it looked very white to me but it had moved so quickly I didn't get a good look at it, it when I moved my rake it emerged from some dead leaves and much to my horror it was a blunt nosed viper - about 9 inches long but not very fat - I had been clearing leaves and weeding with gardening gloves on and count myself extremely lucky - I was petrified but went for my shovel and killed it - I don't like to kill anything but I could not leave it be - we live right in the centre of Girne town and our garden backs on to a main street. Please be careful when gardening. I have also told my neighbours to be on the alert.

bigOz


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Posts: 1244

Message Posted:
04/09/2011 14:53

Never mind being extinct! The ruddy things seem to have a baby boom this year

Mitch68


Joined: 19/04/2011
Posts: 92

Message Posted:
04/09/2011 16:05

My lovely Nina has wicked sense of humour.

Not only did she kill a little blunt nose viper (about 8 inches long), but she sneaked it into the house so I could discover it on a 2 a.m. trip to the loo.

Cats. You've got to love them.

EamonnMc


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Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
04/09/2011 16:15

Bet that hurried things along !

fatelady


Joined: 31/01/2009
Posts: 61

Message Posted:
05/09/2011 21:57

ı should say so . ı have just found out we have an adult butt salı blunt nose lıvıng ın a very overgrown lavender bush . a bush wıth ıts days numbered as ı am goıng to get ıt chopped down . please every one be carefull

EamonnMc


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Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 03:23

Mind yourself , these reptiles are not to be messed with ! personally I would run a mile if i saw one ! But you can be sure it would not be a 4 minute one !

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
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Message Posted:
06/09/2011 07:41

Usually, with the Blunt Nosed Pit Viper, if there is one on a property, there's vry likely to be a nest of them fairly close by. They favour dry-stone walls for their nests. If you kill one, make sure that you cut its head off and bury the head deep, as wasps and hornets can and will ingest the venom, with very nasty consequences if they sting someone. Preferably, consign the whole snake to the septic tank ASAP!



Where I lived, in a village outside Paphos, the area was seething with snakes of every type. We had to be particularly careful when going down to the river banks to collect wild asparagus!