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Snake nearby? Stay calm and follow these steps
How the service works
Calm control from the first phone call
You do not need to identify the snake before calling. Harley will ask where it was seen, whether it is still visible, who is nearby and whether a safe photograph exists.
Create distance
Move away and secure children, pets and visitors.
Call Harley
Explain where the snake is or where it moved.
Keep visual contact
Watch safely without blocking the animal.
Professional removal
Harley assesses, captures and relocates humanely.
Help for distinct situations
Choose the service that matches your sighting
These pages give practical guidance for the setting in front of you while keeping the fastest action—calling Harley—clear.
Emergency snake catcher
Urgent help when a snake is near people, pets, buildings or a busy work area.
Snake inside a house
Safe first steps for a snake in a room, laundry, bathroom, hallway or roof space.
Snake in a yard or garden
Backyard snake removal around lawns, pools, retaining walls, fences and garden beds.
Snake in a garage or shed
Professional removal from storage areas, workshops, sheds and pool-equipment rooms.
Snake near pets
Urgent removal where dogs, cats, poultry, horses or other animals may be at risk.
Schools and childcare
Safety-first response for schools, preschools, childcare centres and education facilities.
Businesses and workplaces
Commercial removal for warehouses, offices, shops, strata property and industrial sites.
Acreage and rural properties
Snake catching around sheds, stables, dams, paddocks, poultry and semi-rural blocks.
Sydney properties and habitat
Why snake call-outs occur across the region
Sydney combines dense suburbs with river corridors, coastal wetlands, national-park edges and semi-rural blocks. A snake may move through a property while seeking shelter, warmth, water or prey.
Sightings can follow warm weather, rain, mowing, landscaping, building work or disturbance around stored materials. Rodents, poultry feed, water and dense cover may also create conditions snakes investigate.
Do not assume one sighting proves there is a nest or several snakes. Focus on the animal’s current location and a safe response.
Commercial snake removal
Experience in busy Sydney properties
Hotels, offices and public buildings require careful scene control as well as reptile-handling skill. Harley’s InterContinental Sydney call-out shows how he managed a common tree snake without placing guests or staff at risk.
Professional handling
Licensed snake catching
Commercial catch-and-release work in NSW requires the appropriate reptile licence. Harley operates under NSW General Licence MWL000102655 and uses specialist equipment suited to the animal and property.
Capture cannot be guaranteed if the animal has left or cannot be located. Harley will be straightforward and advise on practical next steps.
Snake removal Sydney
Professional, licensed and realistic
Harley operates under NSW General Licence MWL000102655 and uses appropriate equipment for safe capture, containment and humane relocation. If a snake has already left or cannot be located, capture cannot be guaranteed; Harley will provide practical advice based on the site and last known position.