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Our visitor is back. He lives somewhere in the garden and I usually see him two or three times a week.

I was worried that he might have been scared off because at the weekend I find him caught in some netting that had blown free in the storm and was anchored down. He was right in one end with one of my chicks watching him which was how I spotted him very quickly... he tolerated me getting him free and touching him to do so, but I though that might have been too much and he might have moved on elsewhere but no, he's back and not worried about me in the slightest, phew. (And yes, it is a he, and he's a shingleback (lizard)). He eats mostly flowers and grains but is white happy to eat the chick starter as well as the pellets the chooks don't eat. He's very partial to any yellow flowers.
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SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
Our visitor is back. He lives somewhere in the garden and I usually see him two or three times a week.

I was worried that he might have been scared off because at the weekend I find him caught in some netting that had blown free in the storm and was anchored down. He was right in one end with one of my chicks watching him which was how I spotted him very quickly... he tolerated me getting him free and touching him to do so, but I though that might have been too much and he might have moved on elsewhere but no, he's back and not worried about me in the slightest, phew. (And yes, it is a he, and he's a shingleback (lizard)). He eats mostly flowers and grains but is white happy to eat the chick starter as well as the pellets the chooks don't eat. He's very partial to any yellow flowers.
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Cutie :love:
 
SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
Our visitor is back. He lives somewhere in the garden and I usually see him two or three times a week.

I was worried that he might have been scared off because at the weekend I find him caught in some netting that had blown free in the storm and was anchored down. He was right in one end with one of my chicks watching him which was how I spotted him very quickly... he tolerated me getting him free and touching him to do so, but I though that might have been too much and he might have moved on elsewhere but no, he's back and not worried about me in the slightest, phew. (And yes, it is a he, and he's a shingleback (lizard)). He eats mostly flowers and grains but is white happy to eat the chick starter as well as the pellets the chooks don't eat. He's very partial to any yellow flowers.
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I’m not arguing that he’s handsome, but he looks so much like a pine cone!
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karadekoolaid said:
:D :D :D
Non-venomous, right? What do they eat?
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Correct. They're called King Snakes since they eat other snakes and small animals; they're also impervious to snake venom. They're constrictors and since it takes a lot to kill a snake that way they'll typically face off with another snake and swallow it head first so it suffocates on the way down...

Georgia has the following venomous snakes.

Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
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FWC Photo by Andy Wraithmell.

Timber Rattlesnake
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FWC Photo by Andy Wraithmell.

Eastern Coral Snake
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FWC Photo by Andy Wraithmell.

Copperhead, most common pit viper.
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FWC Photo by Andy Wraithmell.

Cottonmouth / Water Mocasin
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FWC Photo by Andy Wraithmell.

Pygmy Rattlesnake
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FWC Photo by Andy Wraithmell.
 
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