Snake Removal

Please note the Rangers and our Operations team do not attend Snake removal requests. 

In spring and summer, many reptiles emerge to bask in the sun. During this time you should take precautions to minimise the chance of encountering snakes.

If you find a snake:

Do not approach or aggravate it in any way. Most bites occur when people accidentally step on snakes, or while attempting to kill them. As the warmer days of spring approach, snakes become more active as they leave their winter retreats in search of a mate and food.

If you find a snake in a garden or a house, contact the below local snake handlers:

Armadale Reptile Park - 24 hours
Phone 9399 6927
Perth Snake Catcher
Phone 0413 788 160
South West Reptile Removals
Phone 0403 834 691
Paul (Rockingham) - 24 hours
Phone 0439 941 004
Peter (Byford) - 24 hours
Phone 0408956234

Call-Out Fees

Snake removal services may charge a call-out fee or accept donations to cover travel costs. Residents are encouraged to contact their chosen service provider directly to confirm any associated costs or contributions prior to booking a call-out. Supporting these services helps ensure their continued availability to the community.

Snake bite survival tips

What to do

  1. Follow DRSABCD St John WA Action Plan.
  2. Urgent medical aid. Call Triple Zero (000) for an ambulance.
  3. Ensure the casualty does not move.
  4. Lay the casualty down, rest and reassure. 
  5. If the bite is on a limb, apply a broad pressure bandage over the bite site as soon as possible.
  6. Then apply a further elasticised or firm bandage - start at fingers or toes and move up the limb as far as can be reached. Apply tightly but without stopping blood flow.
  7. Splint the limb including the joints on either side of the bite.
  8. Write down the time that the casualty was bitten and when the bandage was applied.
  9. If the casualty becomes unconscious and not breathing normally, Commence CPR and Defibrillation.

Do not

  • Do not wash the venom off the skin (it may aid in identification).
  • Do not cut the bitten area and try to suck the venom out of the wound.
  • Do not use a tourniquet.
  • Do not try and catch the snake.

Signs and symptoms

  • Visible in an hour or more after the person has been bitten.
  • In children, signs and symptoms may appear within minutes.
  • Paired fang marks, but often only a single mark or a scratch mark may be present. Marks or scratches may bleed. 
  • Nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea.
  • Headache, drowsiness, giddiness or faintness.
  • Double or blurred vision, drooping eyelids.
  • Voice changes, trouble speaking or swallowing. Pain or tightness in the throat, chest or abdomen.
  • Breathing difficulties, respiratory weakness or arrest.

Head here for more information on what to do in the event of a snake bite.