Durban South Snake Rescue

27/07/2025

Eastern Green
Had to climb a palm tree to catch a Eastern Green which was thaught to be a Green Mamba . Which met me half way down the tree. Non venomous species which is commonly mistaken as a Green Mamba.
With a couple of dud calls and people who can't afford to pay a call out we have been doing a lot of identifications, fortunately only non venomous. With no sponsorship and limited to no funds we couldn't assist.






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27/07/2025

Not much to post . It's been a very quiet couple of weeks.
Seems most snake catchers are going through a dry spell.
Not good on on the pocket to us who rely on this , as this is our bread and butter.
It's been a very taxing winter for us.





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27/06/2025

27/06/2025

On Moday as arriving at the shopping center to go get some odds and ends for dinner we received a call about a snake on a security gate. So we drove out of the centre to go on the snake call. Just as we drove out of the centre we heard a cluck noise while driving and all of a sudden there was no clutch and no breaks the car did not go anywhere.
We manged to stop the vehicle and pull slightly off the road . By this time the dark of the night was setting in.
We called a friend to come to the rescue.
Wow the snake still needed to get caught and removed. Trevor got to us in record time and Helen said we should rather go on the call out as it is not far from where we were. So off we went taking buckets and grabs into Trevor's vehicle. We went on the call. A beautiful Vine Snake was chilling . Odd to see them that late at night though. Easily caught it was put in the bucket. Off we went to where Helen was as she was waiting in the broken vehicle.
Trevor managed to fix the issue well enough to get home and we managed to fix the vehicle the next day.





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We charge a call out fee to go and look for , catch and remove a snake.
We do not charge any fee for snake identifications which are on whatts app.
We do this for a living a hard life.
Thank you Trevor for coming to the rescue.

27/06/2025

Not many catches to talk about its been very quiet on the snake catching side . With a couple of red lipped Heralds and a naughty spotty or two and a brown house.
On the other side we had lots of snake identifications though , this is a free service non of which we get paid for.
Saving snakes is our passion.



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11/06/2025

In need of assistance

We the family of Durban South Snake Rescue are in a time of need.
Unfortunately life has taken a toll on us and things are really in a bad way.
Only being able to pay a part of the rent we are kindly asking for any donations for assistance to complete the payment.
With worries of being told to move out, it is a great stress in our lives.
The weather doesn't help much with snake catches as they are few and far between at the moment. Unfortunately also had people who didn't pay the call out didn't help much either. Supporting a household of 6 which includes a infant is really a scarry time in our lives and even living day to day is impossible . Yes you might get a call out but you still need to put petrol in the vehicle, make sure you have water and electricity and still need to put food on the table , this scenario is impossible to do on a daily basis if you don't get at least 3 paying call outs a day and then the stress of saving money towards rent.
We are kindly asking for any assistance financially as we have no other avenue to pursue. We also have rescues to feed and take care of.
Please if any of you are able to assist in any way please do. Any little will help to get to the end goal , ensuring we have a place to stay .




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16/05/2025

We also caught a night adder at an old age home.
And a red lipped herald in Mosley
Sitting in anticipation waiting for snake calls.





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16/05/2025

Little noodle
Savannah and Travis went out to catch a spotty. Shame it was a little one.
Thank you so much for going out on the call for us.






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16/05/2025