TheLastGreen
Well-Known Member
My grandparents are building a house in Stilbaai and they have invited me and my brother to help. (We have 2-3 months off from next week Wednesday, so why not?)
So I guess I might make a thread of the journey to build a house in Stilbaai
![IMG-20210921-WA0009.jpg IMG-20210921-WA0009.jpg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/322/322931-aa65ee18dfa9f91fc8a5fe26691c29a8.jpg)
Now I may have some questions on homesteading and everything that comes with it, so I'll love some input from you guys
My first question is about snakes. Snake protection. Here where I live in the Hoëveld, there isn't much snakes in the capital, perhaps the odd rinkals (highly venomous) in a vlei where no one lives, but I don't plan on going anywhere near there.
The fields of Stilbaai have rooipense galore, but they share it with some of the deadliest snakes on the continent.
Like the
Cape cobra![Screenshot_20211123-110958_Google.jpg Screenshot_20211123-110958_Google.jpg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/322/322932-daf07afb5b55e17941cdc9b9b80a947c.jpg)
(Highly venomous causes cardiac arrest and nervous system failure)
Puff adder
![Screenshot_20211123-111213_Google.jpg Screenshot_20211123-111213_Google.jpg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/322/322933-b573027ce8db22a5a984885cea783ebb.jpg)
(Dangerous viper with an extremely high mortality rate)
Berg adder
(An exception in the viper family, has neurotoxins)
Boomslang![Screenshot_20211123-111907_Google.jpg Screenshot_20211123-111907_Google.jpg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/322/322935-1ae7f9ae2086dd559fefb4cb6aa6ac9a.jpg)
(Now excuse my language, but this is one f'er you don't mess with. Highly venomous, venom causes death by bleeding out of every hole in your body)
Rinkhals
![Screenshot_20211123-112228_Google.jpg Screenshot_20211123-112228_Google.jpg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/322/322936-90ae290918233168aaaf1aa1660de6f0.jpg)
(False cobra, is venomous)
Black spitting cobra
![Screenshot_20211123-112611_Chrome.jpg Screenshot_20211123-112611_Chrome.jpg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/322/322937-602c55ee69dd3834c2b4d6b908603345.jpg)
(Cytoxic venom, can spit)
(All of the cobras and rhinkals can spit)
Now you may ask, Frans, why do you still want to go? After compiling my list... I am thinking about it.
The snakes are unavoidable because we will have to do bushwacking where the house will go, (we may or may not even see a snake, but I don't want to take any chances) so any advice is appreciated!
So I guess I might make a thread of the journey to build a house in Stilbaai
![IMG-20210921-WA0009.jpg IMG-20210921-WA0009.jpg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/322/322931-aa65ee18dfa9f91fc8a5fe26691c29a8.jpg)
Now I may have some questions on homesteading and everything that comes with it, so I'll love some input from you guys
My first question is about snakes. Snake protection. Here where I live in the Hoëveld, there isn't much snakes in the capital, perhaps the odd rinkals (highly venomous) in a vlei where no one lives, but I don't plan on going anywhere near there.
The fields of Stilbaai have rooipense galore, but they share it with some of the deadliest snakes on the continent.
Like the
Cape cobra
![Screenshot_20211123-110958_Google.jpg Screenshot_20211123-110958_Google.jpg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/322/322932-daf07afb5b55e17941cdc9b9b80a947c.jpg)
(Highly venomous causes cardiac arrest and nervous system failure)
Puff adder
![Screenshot_20211123-111213_Google.jpg Screenshot_20211123-111213_Google.jpg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/322/322933-b573027ce8db22a5a984885cea783ebb.jpg)
(Dangerous viper with an extremely high mortality rate)
Berg adder
![Screenshot_20211123-111537_Google.jpg Screenshot_20211123-111537_Google.jpg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/322/322934-4c6e618e0b06dd3b228bab7ce050be83.jpg)
Boomslang
![Screenshot_20211123-111907_Google.jpg Screenshot_20211123-111907_Google.jpg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/322/322935-1ae7f9ae2086dd559fefb4cb6aa6ac9a.jpg)
(Now excuse my language, but this is one f'er you don't mess with. Highly venomous, venom causes death by bleeding out of every hole in your body)
Rinkhals
![Screenshot_20211123-112228_Google.jpg Screenshot_20211123-112228_Google.jpg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/322/322936-90ae290918233168aaaf1aa1660de6f0.jpg)
(False cobra, is venomous)
Black spitting cobra
![Screenshot_20211123-112611_Chrome.jpg Screenshot_20211123-112611_Chrome.jpg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/322/322937-602c55ee69dd3834c2b4d6b908603345.jpg)
(Cytoxic venom, can spit)
(All of the cobras and rhinkals can spit)
Now you may ask, Frans, why do you still want to go? After compiling my list... I am thinking about it.
The snakes are unavoidable because we will have to do bushwacking where the house will go, (we may or may not even see a snake, but I don't want to take any chances) so any advice is appreciated!