I just finished a 2 week trip to Mahayag, in Zamboanga Del Sur. I asked my GF, and her Father about snakes. They said there are no snakes around there. I am sure they are there, they are just used to it. There were many rice patties and coconut/palm tree farms there. Very beautiful country. Quiet at night. My first visit there. All my previous visits were to suburbs and major cities. Concrete and hollow block cities. Useful advice, thank you.
Great info, most important is to remove food source via food chain. Bird seed =mice=snake. The PH has some of the most venomous snakes in the world. These are not your native Copperhead snakes in the US. Thanks for posting.
Get you a rooster and 3 hen. What's worse ,crowing or snakes? That's the trade off. Round some places they got dogs that will track a snake. If they have them around there I would definitely get it to go through your friends house , him having a child
Did you know a blogger Turquoise Sunsets grand pa was killed by a cobra no anti venom available. Can you give info how to buy anti venom . Example a cobra bites you got 30 or you are room tempature.
Or, you can live near the city that doesn't have that much vegetation where they like. I hate snakes with a passion. Strange because as a boy I use to chase garden snakes and water moccasins. Wasn't until I moved from Boston to California where rattle snakes are everywhere. I was working on my computer and looked out my window to see a huge king snake staring at me while it was poised on a bench under the window. Freaked out was not even close to describing it. Since then, I choose to live the city life and in the Philippines, I can't think of a better way not to indulge with snakes. Good luck to those who venture in the wild. Hahaha
Good subject Steve. Not only is the antivenom rare with not many places having any but the price for one vial is astronomical and I've heard of some cases where it took 25 - 30 vials to save the person. A vloggers I follow in Mindanao asked about the availability at their local hospital and was told the nearest antivenom was in Davao about 2 hours away and that doctor said in his 7 years in that hospital that every snake bite victim that came in had died.
Tim some do survive but anti venom is only in the large city private hospital’s like in Cebu and Manila….my girlfriend’s brother- in- law was bitten by a small snake and almost. Dumaguete had no anti venom he was in a coma but he got lucky because I paid for a private hospital cost me $1,600 US dollars.
@@marcrichard7251 lucky it was a small snake (quite possibly one with weaker venom). Glad he was able to survive. There are so many species of venomous snakes here. We hear mostly about Cobras but the Pit Vipers and some of the lesser thought about can be really bad too.
When the tile to your video popped up on my phone I thought you were going to talk about venomous female snakes..hehe.. I am in my late 60s and I know a thing or two about female venomous snakes from experience.. I am also living and was born and raised in south Louisiana living on the bayou for over 25 years until I got flooded out in 2016.. I know a thing or two about alligators and snakes so I will feel at home in the Philippines and I guess I will just miss the alligators..hehe.. the bayou actually ran through my backyard and my new girlfriend started feeding the alligators and I did not know anything about it.. I came outside one morning and two alligators was laying up by my concrete slab where I parked my car.. they were about 6 or 7 ft long.. I went to the house and got a shotgun and shot in the air and shot around them because I did not feel like killing one and cleaning it.. my girlfriend came running out and said what are you doing, i said I'm running the alligators back in the bayou.. she said I have been feeding them every day up in the yard.. I said are you crazy, I said quit feeding them because they do not know the difference in what you are feeding them and you because you are food to them also.. after she quit feeding them they quit coming but I had to keep a sharp eye out especially when I walked outside at night.. I wish you would take a trip in the jungle and do some video because I've never seen anybody in the Philippines actually go into the jungle and film The wildlife.. maybe you could take a Filipino guide along with you and I think it would make a great video.. I know you are a Boston city boy so maybe that's something I should do after I arrive because I have experiences with swamps and alligators and snakes.. I always enjoy your videos..thanks.. hello from south Louisiana and I will be there in the Philippines in a couple of months👍👍👌😎🤗🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊😱😱🤠
Get a mongoose it has a unique defense against most poisonous snakes. According to some, these predators have unique acetylcholine receptors that render them immune to a variety of venoms.
har har ...non aggressive snakes and hookers with a heart of gold ..duh..in ethiopia with my mapping team..crawling up a boulder strewn dry creek bed the driver kept looking in the side view mirror ...stopped the jeep ;;;grabbed one of our 10 gauge shotguns and walked back behind the jeep...blew a 10 foot mamba to smithereens ...we could see from the trail in the loose dusty creekbed it had been following the jeep for over 30 yards..duh...
Hi Steve, I'm a physician, FYI, from your area, the nearest hospital for snakebite, esp. poisonous ones is in RITM (Reseach Institute for Tropical Medicine), in Alabang. The 2nd hospital for snakebites is in San Lazaro Hospital, in Sta. Cruz, City of Manila. Careful with the Philippine Cobras. Adopt a cat. Cats kills snakes. I had a pet cat who was a snake killer.
I noticed the small flies around here are really part Manny Pacquiao. Hitting them with a flyswatter doesn't take them out, you have to smash them for them to die.
Great info Steve! I will also add to personally check in the area you will be living, the hospitals if they stock anti-venom. At least you will know your options if you get bit. I can only speak for Bali and there is only one anti-venom that will be effective (for the spitting cobra) available for the six venomous snakes on the island. With that said, antidote has a short shelf life. Another reason to have excellent health insurance folks!
We have hog nose and other good snakes, that eat mice and keep away the rattlesnakes. I told my girlfriend I found a snake in the basement. She said kill it! After your video I understand her concern!
I found a small frog or toad in our bedroom today, underneath my computer desk. Steve, do you have any health remedies for Aguinaldo's revenge. I've been suffering the last three days with it. I've never felt so weak and shaky. Today, a friend of ours from the States, a Philippino doctor stopped by and he gave me an antibiotic for the bowels. I've been downing the Gatorade and munching on Skyflakes. Getting better, but it was real touch and go two days ago.
You may also plant lemongrass all around your house. My caretaker planted a lot of it surrounding my house. They normally come out after a heavy rain. Be careful!
Hey Steve, I have a request. It would be helpful to a lot of recent expats for you to make a "holidays" video on what to do and where to go this time of year. There will be over a millions of OFWs and foreigners coming to visit families and establish relationships.
Just a curious snake question. With the proliferation of snakes in the PH, why do you and many others constantly wear shorts? I understand the need to beat the heat, but it seems to me that long pants would be safer.
I never saw a snake but I got up to go to the cr in the middle of the night one time and found the biggest spider I've ever seen. It was bigger than my hand and I swear it was chasing me down the hall as I went to grab a broom to smash it with. 😆
Sometimes when the temperature is hot snakes love to sleep on house flooring tiles (which is a bit cooler) so be careful also during hot dry season and some types of snakes always come in pair 😬 male n female
I’m going to Pampanga to visit my fiancé and and I’m terrified of running into a cobra or a viper . In the southern US we have rattle snakes and copper heads , but they don’t freak me out that much
Lemon grass is a VERY useful deterrent against both snakes and spiders. They absolutely hate it!! I don't want either around me when I'm there so planting that stuff will be priority number 1 for me. But even venomous snakes hate to he around us and 9 times out of 10 will just slither away. To them we giants so yeah I would prolly slither away as well were the shoe on the other foot. Also from what I've learned over the years (with the exception of only a couple of more aggressive breeds) snakes only attack when they feel cornered or threatened. One things for sure I will have at the very least a Rattan stick with me at all times for such encounters whether it be snakes 🐍 stray dogs 🐕 or even the human variety of snakes lol Not considered a weapon so the PNP should not have a problem with it hopefully. Good talk Steve 👍
ACE HARDWARE sells a product called "Snake Away" it is granular and can be spread around the home and under the cabaña under the porch etc. It works well.
I forgot to mention, that if you want to see some up close Cobra action, check out the "Cobra King" UA-cam channel. He's a Filipino snake catcher, that catches Cobra's from around peoples homes, and structures. It's amazing, and creepy, how many of these Cobra's are in such close proximity to humans and daily life
It’s mainly the same advice for mice/rats…… since they eat rodents…… no food and no water and you will have less snakes. So dont leave food out, dont leave water out, if you have pets dont leave food/water out for them. Feed them at a specific time then remove the food after a half hour if they dont eat it. Second, get rid of the excess crap they can hide in. They like dark safe places so if you have excess “crap” piled up in your home either box it up and storage it or get rid of it. Third, chickens are a problem since you leave food and water out for them plus the chicks and eggs are food for them too. So chickens attrcat snakes. That being said adult chickens, dogs, and cats may also help defend you from snakes since they are enemies. But you may lose your pet or livestock to a snake attack too which can be emotional. Last, snakes do not like noise. Learn to “walk heavy” since they feel the vibration in the ground and you are less likely to surprise the snakes. If they know you are coming they are likely to want to hide and not attack sicne they are not surprised. You arnt food but the snakes are scared of us since we are big and they attack in self defense. So be a little noisy so they will back off on their own.
What scares me about the cobras they can spit venom, it's like wasps here , l was turning on the lights and one stung me, not deadly but your hand will swell up.
Mothballs work great but dogs tend to eat them so I break them into crumbs and spread all around the house. That also keeps away insects, especially ants, fleas and ticks. They can’t stand the ammonia.
HI. Thank you very much for this invaluable advice. Furthermore, I'm well aware of most of the venomous species of snakes. However, it's a bit worrying about the unavailability of anti venom in rural and remote medical facilities, after all people do tend to get bitten in those areas.
Wow !.. you just touched on one of my pet peeves.. ( no pun intended)… I have a great aversion to snakes 🐍 and have been known to chop them up with my machete 😅… a very poisonous snake once got aboard my sailboat in Guatemala up a Jung river ( Rio Dulce) and I had to chop it in two ( it slithered overboard or I would have chopped it more! ) I worried mostly about my dog aboard because he slept on the deck topside…. I awoke by the screams of my girlfriend telling me to grab the machete quickly!.. ( what a hell of a way to wake up )….. and I have a half a dozen other snake stories from my travels throughout the tropics…. I asked my girlfriend in the Philippines about snakes in her area ( Bayawan city) but she doesn’t seem to know that much about it … anyhow, what I told her is that if we’re going to live out of the town in the nearby mountains then I definitely want to get some chickens and other fouls for our property area ( Guinea hens , chickens, pea cock etc) because they’re vigilant and spot snakes well and then peck them or kill them… I may even decide to get a couple of pet mongoose to be inside the house 😂…. Great information brother!
Glad you Mention Grass. Snakes Love Hiding in Tall Grass and Weeds. If you Ren't, I Suggest Talking to your Land Lord to Allow you to Remove Almost All Grass. Instead, Use Low Growing Ground Cover. It has Many Benefits. 1) Snakes are Less Likely To be Found in it, as it's Very Short 2) It's Quite Drought Resistant so if you went for a Period of Time Without Rain( not Typical in the Philippines) just Saying, It'll hold up well. 3) Never Needs Cutting so you save on Gas, Time, Mower Repairs , Etc. 4) Can Contain Flowers that Attract Butterflies and other Nature. Helps With Ground Run Off. Anyway the Gravel, Thanks , I didn't think About this ,But Makes Perfect Sense Since it's Rough on their Bellies. Peppermint is Good at Keeping many Smaller Creatures Away. Great Video.
YIKES !! BTW HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT WU AND MONEYGRAM STOPPING TRASFERS OF MONEY FROM USA TO PH ?? . Since 2019 I have been sending funds to my Gf ( furture Asawa ko) for rent and upkeep through Western Union then that stopped Id say 8 months or so . Then I tried Moneygram and up til now its been OK . Now it got blocked and i have no idea why? Any idea ???
LOL.....I don't even want GARDEN SNAKES around me. I don't care if they are harmless and non-venomous. I want them in the next county.
Some of the best content on UA-cam. Thanks for your effort.
Thanks
I just finished a 2 week trip to Mahayag, in Zamboanga Del Sur. I asked my GF, and her Father about snakes. They said there are no snakes around there. I am sure they are there, they are just used to it. There were many rice patties and coconut/palm tree farms there. Very beautiful country. Quiet at night. My first visit there. All my previous visits were to suburbs and major cities. Concrete and hollow block cities. Useful advice, thank you.
what about lemon grass. doesn't that also keep snakes away.
Hey Steve, I heard "Irish spring" soap chopped up and spread in you yard will keep them out. And they can hold up for a few rains.
Very useful information steve , thanks a lot
Great info, most important is to remove food source via food chain. Bird seed =mice=snake.
The PH has some of the most venomous snakes in the world.
These are not your native Copperhead snakes in the US.
Thanks for posting.
THIS is exactly what I have been looking for. Thanks!👏Is a place like Baguio less likely to have as many of the baddies?
I believe so
Good Video 📹 👍. Typically in regards to striped snake's 🐍. Red and yellow, he is a good fellow. Red and black, man get back.
Mr foreigner can buy land there please answer me
Wow inn Norway snakes is so rear ,i 50 years i dont se Anny .
Get you a rooster and 3 hen. What's worse ,crowing or snakes? That's the trade off.
Round some places they got dogs that will track a snake. If they have them around there I would definitely get it to go through your friends house , him having a child
Local cobras, like samar cobra and PH cobras, are more venomous than king cobra.
I found a dead snake in my aircon in cavite about 15 years ago
Did you know a blogger Turquoise Sunsets grand pa was killed by a cobra no anti venom available. Can you give info how to buy anti venom . Example a cobra bites you got 30 or you are room tempature.
Or, you can live near the city that doesn't have that much vegetation where they like. I hate snakes with a passion. Strange because as a boy I use to chase garden snakes and water moccasins. Wasn't until I moved from Boston to California where rattle snakes are everywhere. I was working on my computer and looked out my window to see a huge king snake staring at me while it was poised on a bench under the window. Freaked out was not even close to describing it. Since then, I choose to live the city life and in the Philippines, I can't think of a better way not to indulge with snakes. Good luck to those who venture in the wild. Hahaha
That's what happened to my girlfriend she had a snake in her house same snake in her neighbors house
BB Gun
Venomous snakes are NO JOKE !
UA-cam video shows a bitten mouse d.ies in 20 seconds.
Live in a condo
Good subject Steve. Not only is the antivenom rare with not many places having any but the price for one vial is astronomical and I've heard of some cases where it took 25 - 30 vials to save the person.
A vloggers I follow in Mindanao asked about the availability at their local hospital and was told the nearest antivenom was in Davao about 2 hours away and that doctor said in his 7 years in that hospital that every snake bite victim that came in had died.
Tim some do survive but anti venom is only in the large city private hospital’s like in Cebu and Manila….my girlfriend’s brother- in- law was bitten by a small snake and almost. Dumaguete had no anti venom he was in a coma but he got lucky because I paid for a private hospital cost me $1,600 US dollars.
@@marcrichard7251 lucky it was a small snake (quite possibly one with weaker venom). Glad he was able to survive.
There are so many species of venomous snakes here. We hear mostly about Cobras but the Pit Vipers and some of the lesser thought about can be really bad too.
Venomous Snakes, Dengue mosquitoes, palm size roaches and super rats
Always more fun in the Philippines
When the tile to your video popped up on my phone I thought you were going to talk about venomous female snakes..hehe.. I am in my late 60s and I know a thing or two about female venomous snakes from experience.. I am also living and was born and raised in south Louisiana living on the bayou for over 25 years until I got flooded out in 2016.. I know a thing or two about alligators and snakes so I will feel at home in the Philippines and I guess I will just miss the alligators..hehe.. the bayou actually ran through my backyard and my new girlfriend started feeding the alligators and I did not know anything about it.. I came outside one morning and two alligators was laying up by my concrete slab where I parked my car.. they were about 6 or 7 ft long.. I went to the house and got a shotgun and shot in the air and shot around them because I did not feel like killing one and cleaning it.. my girlfriend came running out and said what are you doing, i said I'm running the alligators back in the bayou.. she said I have been feeding them every day up in the yard.. I said are you crazy, I said quit feeding them because they do not know the difference in what you are feeding them and you because you are food to them also.. after she quit feeding them they quit coming but I had to keep a sharp eye out especially when I walked outside at night.. I wish you would take a trip in the jungle and do some video because I've never seen anybody in the Philippines actually go into the jungle and film The wildlife.. maybe you could take a Filipino guide along with you and I think it would make a great video.. I know you are a Boston city boy so maybe that's something I should do after I arrive because I have experiences with swamps and alligators and snakes.. I always enjoy your videos..thanks.. hello from south Louisiana and I will be there in the Philippines in a couple of
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One of the first things I purchased when I bought property in Vietnam was a skid steer mulcher and ZTR mower. No trash No Cover = No Snakes
Why i had to think abt my ex after reading the title ...?
Get a mongoose it has a unique defense against most poisonous snakes. According to some, these predators have unique acetylcholine receptors that render them immune to a variety of venoms.
One of the cons if you live in a $100 rentals in the province.
I live in a small Burangi close to Pagadian & we have cats to keep snakes away..😂
Also called "bamboo" viper, I believe. Very poisonous. Called 1 steppers because that's allyou get after bitten.
St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland. Too bad the Philippines was not colonized by the Irish instead of the Spanish. Happy St. Patrick's Day!
har har ...non aggressive snakes and hookers with a heart of gold ..duh..in ethiopia with my mapping team..crawling up a boulder strewn dry creek bed the driver kept looking in the side view mirror ...stopped the jeep ;;;grabbed one of our 10 gauge shotguns and walked back behind the jeep...blew a 10 foot mamba to smithereens ...we could see from the trail in the loose dusty creekbed it had been following the jeep for over 30 yards..duh...
Vinegar, cinnamon, cinnamon oil, mothballs, glove oil, gravel, peppermint soap.
Gravel doesn’t work. I can attest to that 100%
We don’t seem to have snakes like that in central Palawan. In some areas crocs become a concern.
Hi Steve, I'm a physician, FYI, from your area, the nearest hospital for snakebite, esp. poisonous ones is in RITM (Reseach Institute for Tropical Medicine), in Alabang. The 2nd hospital for snakebites is in San Lazaro Hospital, in Sta. Cruz, City of Manila.
Careful with the Philippine Cobras. Adopt a cat. Cats kills snakes. I had a pet cat who was a snake killer.
Thanks for the info
hot climat and snakes, what a hell u even thinking to go there
I noticed the small flies around here are really part Manny Pacquiao. Hitting them with a flyswatter doesn't take them out, you have to smash them for them to die.
Mason jars with perforated lids containing 5 to 10 mothballs each around perimeter and under well ventilated structures with elevated floors.
Hehe ,l talk to you like you have never been to America.l have had snakes sunning in my bushes
Sounds like a banded sea krait 😅
Wouldn't cinnamon sticks last longer? Be Safe💖🙏
So what's the worst area to live in the Philippines as far as snakes ?
Mindanao
Great info Steve! I will also add to personally check in the area you will be living, the hospitals if they stock anti-venom. At least you will know your options if you get bit. I can only speak for Bali and there is only one anti-venom that will be effective (for the spitting cobra) available for the six venomous snakes on the island. With that said, antidote has a short shelf life. Another reason to have excellent health insurance folks!
Small hospital’s don’t carry anti venom only in Cebu and Manila…..
Snake-A-Way granular repellent supposedly works as well
Precisely why I live in a condo brother. 😆
We have hog nose and other good snakes, that eat mice and keep away the rattlesnakes. I told my girlfriend I found a snake in the basement. She said kill it! After your video I understand her concern!
I found a small frog or toad in our bedroom today, underneath my computer desk. Steve, do you have any health remedies for Aguinaldo's revenge. I've been suffering the last three days with it. I've never felt so weak and shaky. Today, a friend of ours from the States, a Philippino doctor stopped by and he gave me an antibiotic for the bowels. I've been downing the Gatorade and munching on Skyflakes. Getting better, but it was real touch and go two days ago.
Colloidal Silver helps and can be bought on Lazada. Three tablespoons a day till gone. It helped me many times
Steve, we have King Cobra on our land, often in the trees, we have a video of one around 9 feet. I will email you a video.
Ok
You may also plant lemongrass all around your house. My caretaker planted a lot of it surrounding my house. They normally come out after a heavy rain. Be careful!
Hey Steve, I have a request. It would be helpful to a lot of recent expats for you to make a "holidays" video on what to do and where to go this time of year. There will be over a millions of OFWs and foreigners coming to visit families and establish relationships.
I hate snakes and spiders. Moved to a one bedroom condo in Makati and the problem solved. No more brownouts too.
Attempting to get rid of snakes while living in a jungle is just funny to me..😄🤷🏾♂️
Just a curious snake question. With the proliferation of snakes in the PH, why do you and many others constantly wear shorts? I understand the need to beat the heat, but it seems to me that long pants would be safer.
If you don’t bother them they usually don’t bother you. They can easily bite through pants.
We have bull snakes too. These guys can be 4 foot long, but not poisonous.
The Philippines is a paradise fantasy continues to die, but we continue to persist in Mindanao. LOL
I never saw a snake but I got up to go to the cr in the middle of the night one time and found the biggest spider I've ever seen. It was bigger than my hand and I swear it was chasing me down the hall as I went to grab a broom to smash it with. 😆
Just carry a 7 iron like we do in Australia.
Sometimes when the temperature is hot snakes love to sleep on house flooring tiles (which is a bit cooler) so be careful also during hot dry season and some types of snakes always come in pair 😬 male n female
Jungle attracts them. Same here in Texas. They like areas that are not developed and always near ditches and rivers, water sources.
I’m going to Pampanga to visit my fiancé and and I’m terrified of running into a cobra or a viper . In the southern US we have rattle snakes and copper heads , but they don’t freak me out that much
Lemon grass is a VERY useful deterrent against both snakes and spiders. They absolutely hate it!! I don't want either around me when I'm there so planting that stuff will be priority number 1 for me. But even venomous snakes hate to he around us and 9 times out of 10 will just slither away. To them we giants so yeah I would prolly slither away as well were the shoe on the other foot. Also from what I've learned over the years (with the exception of only a couple of more aggressive breeds) snakes only attack when they feel cornered or threatened. One things for sure I will have at the very least a Rattan stick with me at all times for such encounters whether it be snakes 🐍 stray dogs 🐕 or even the human variety of snakes lol
Not considered a weapon so the PNP should not have a problem with it hopefully.
Good talk Steve 👍
@Through Blind Eyes (My Philippines Quest) ,., My Grandma was bitten by a snake while she was cutting lemon grass for cooking.
ACE HARDWARE sells a product called "Snake Away" it is granular and can be spread around the home and under the cabaña under the porch etc. It works well.
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Living in Australia, especially in rural areas, we are wary of snakes. Remember the one you dont see, is the one that gets you.
The grandfather of the two sisters on Bohol that have a UA-cam channel was killed by a Cobra.
Dogs that’s why people have him and let them go about anywhere. Great early detection
I forgot to mention, that if you want to see some up close Cobra action, check out the "Cobra King" UA-cam channel.
He's a Filipino snake catcher, that catches Cobra's from around peoples homes, and structures.
It's amazing, and creepy, how many of these Cobra's are in such close proximity to humans and daily life
You are absolutely the very first one that I have ever heard talk about snakes over there I know they are cobras and others over there
It’s mainly the same advice for mice/rats…… since they eat rodents…… no food and no water and you will have less snakes. So dont leave food out, dont leave water out, if you have pets dont leave food/water out for them. Feed them at a specific time then remove the food after a half hour if they dont eat it. Second, get rid of the excess crap they can hide in. They like dark safe places so if you have excess “crap” piled up in your home either box it up and storage it or get rid of it. Third, chickens are a problem since you leave food and water out for them plus the chicks and eggs are food for them too. So chickens attrcat snakes. That being said adult chickens, dogs, and cats may also help defend you from snakes since they are enemies. But you may lose your pet or livestock to a snake attack too which can be emotional. Last, snakes do not like noise. Learn to “walk heavy” since they feel the vibration in the ground and you are less likely to surprise the snakes. If they know you are coming they are likely to want to hide and not attack sicne they are not surprised. You arnt food but the snakes are scared of us since we are big and they attack in self defense. So be a little noisy so they will back off on their own.
What scares me about the cobras they can spit venom, it's like wasps here , l was turning on the lights and one stung me, not deadly but your hand will swell up.
Mothballs work great but dogs tend to eat them so I break them into crumbs and spread all around the house. That also keeps away insects, especially ants, fleas and ticks. They can’t stand the ammonia.
HI. Thank you very much for this invaluable advice. Furthermore, I'm well aware of most of the venomous species of snakes. However, it's a bit worrying about the unavailability of anti venom in rural and remote medical facilities, after all people do tend to get bitten in those areas.
Wow !.. you just touched on one of my pet peeves.. ( no pun intended)… I have a great aversion to snakes 🐍 and have been known to chop them up with my machete 😅… a very poisonous snake once got aboard my sailboat in Guatemala up a Jung river ( Rio Dulce) and I had to chop it in two ( it slithered overboard or I would have chopped it more! ) I worried mostly about my dog aboard because he slept on the deck topside…. I awoke by the screams of my girlfriend telling me to grab the machete quickly!.. ( what a hell of a way to wake up )….. and I have a half a dozen other snake stories from my travels throughout the tropics…. I asked my girlfriend in the Philippines about snakes in her area ( Bayawan city) but she doesn’t seem to know that much about it … anyhow, what I told her is that if we’re going to live out of the town in the nearby mountains then I definitely want to get some chickens and other fouls for our property area ( Guinea hens , chickens, pea cock etc) because they’re vigilant and spot snakes well and then peck them or kill them… I may even decide to get a couple of pet mongoose to be inside the house 😂…. Great information brother!
Glad you Mention Grass. Snakes Love Hiding in Tall Grass and Weeds. If you Ren't, I Suggest Talking to your Land Lord to Allow you to Remove Almost All Grass. Instead, Use Low Growing Ground Cover. It has Many Benefits. 1) Snakes are Less Likely To be Found in it, as it's Very Short
2) It's Quite Drought Resistant so if you went for a Period of Time Without Rain( not Typical in the Philippines) just Saying, It'll hold up well.
3) Never Needs Cutting so you save on Gas, Time, Mower Repairs , Etc.
4) Can Contain Flowers that Attract Butterflies and other Nature. Helps With Ground Run Off.
Anyway the Gravel, Thanks , I didn't think About this ,But Makes Perfect Sense Since it's Rough on their Bellies.
Peppermint is Good at Keeping many Smaller Creatures Away.
Great Video.
I like the natural things you mentioned for outside. The mothballs for inside. I think the reason the people there have many dogs. Great video 👍🏽
You should clean the weeds around you. Snakes here is not that much compared to Australia. In Australia, it’s crazy a lot
I think I'd prefer to live on the upper floors of a building in the city.
Good topic and info. Would like to hear more on what to do if you are bitten.
You need anti venom from a hospital that stocks it
Snakes are one of the reasons old houses are elevated.
YIKES !! BTW HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT WU AND MONEYGRAM STOPPING TRASFERS OF MONEY FROM USA TO PH ?? . Since 2019 I have been sending funds to my Gf ( furture Asawa ko) for rent and upkeep through Western Union then that stopped Id say 8 months or so . Then I tried Moneygram and up til now its been OK . Now it got blocked and i have no idea why? Any idea ???
That’s common for whatever reasons
Hey Steve, how about planting some mint around the house and yard that may help.
Lime is supposed to deter snakes.
Great informatiin for us noobs. Thanks
Awesome tip! Thanks!
Good intel thanks
I'm a Thailand guy but luv your channel Steve. Lots of similar experiences to navigate. Not many snakes but plenty of lizards and moochers.
Lol, Thanks
Great video and good advice...
Are venomous snakes all over the Philippines or just certain islands?
All over for the most part.
Thanks Steve .
I'm gonna guess the reason everyone has so many dogs running around.
Hey Steve, do you know what snakes we could run into in the Philippines? I got pit viper, but I heard of the Philippine cobra, any others?
Barred Coral Skanes are very common in my area and very dangerous too. We killed one recently
Aren’t snakes what all the roosters are for?
Cats and dogs too wiil alert you if there are snakes that's why dogs and cats must be outside the house sometimes