SNAKE catcher Tony Morrison has warned that snakes are active in the hot weather and every snake should be treated as if it could be venomous.
The warning comes after a woman in her 70s was bitten by a snake in Thornlands on Tuesday evening.
A spokeswoman for Queensland Ambulance Service said the woman had been bitten on her foot at a property in Swallow Street.
She was taken to Mater Hospital in a stable condition about 7.30pm.
No details were available about the type of snake that had bitten the woman.
Mr Morrison said he had been very busy with calls from people in the Redlands who had seen snakes recently.
“There are lots of snakes out and about,” he said.
“The warm weather makes them very active.”
He advised people to keep doors closed as snakes often slid along the side of houses and could go in if they found an opening.
He said carpet pythons, green tree snakes and brown tree snakes, which were non-venomous, were common around houses in the Redlands.
“It is also common to find the yellow-faced whip snake around swimming pools. It is also often brought into a house by pets.”
Mr Morrison said red-bellied black and brown snakes were the most concerning in the Redlands, but every snake should be treated as if it could be venomous.
“Every snake bite should also be treated as if it could be from a venomous snake,” he said.
Mr Morrison said a bite site should not be washed before going to hospital.
“They swab the area to find out what venom it is.”
