Summer's coming, temperature's rising, snakes are coming out.
As the living environment improves, snakes are frequently found in people ' s living environment, and conflicts between people and snakes are increasing. According to statistics, in the first half of 2025, the Department of Planning and Natural Resources of Guangzhou and the Department of Planning and Natural Resources each dealt with nearly 40 cases of people seeking help in connection with human rights violations. In order to raise public awareness of snakes and reduce the risk of attack, the Guangzhou City Planning and Natural Resources Agency provided a snake-proof strategy for a wide range of citizens and friends.
Disturbing incidents involving snakes by staff
Snakes' habits.
A snake is a thermogenic animal whose activity is closely related to the temperature of the outside world, and it does not start when the temperature is above 18 degrees Celsius, especially when it likes to go out when it is hot and wet or when it clears first after the rain. Therefore, special attention should be paid to the protection of snakes before, after and after summer rains.
The most common types of snakes in Guangzhou include Cobras, Silver Ring Snakes, Golden Ring Snakes, White Lips, Mouse Snakes (Watery Snakes), Myanmar Pythons, Straw Snakes, etc.
Disturbing incidents involving snakes by staff
Indoor snake protection
Summers are hot and it is inappropriate to plant large quantities of plants in or around their homes, and summer snakes generally find cold plants for summer.
The house is regularly cleaned up, and snakes prefer to hide in a crowded and humid place. And do the rat work. Squeeze the rat hole, get it done.
Snakes are afraid of irritating substances, especially chemical agents such as alcohol, tobacco, yellow, sulphur, etc., which can be spread behind the front door and by the sewer.
If a snake enters a house, it is best to move, not to alarm the snake while avoiding its attention and slowly retreating to safety. Do not drive out of your own hands, nor take out or catch yourself with sticks, and run a curve if you are chased by a snake. The snakes were caught in the arcade and, in the absence of certainty as to their toxicity and dangerousness, were evacuated in a timely manner, the doors and windows of the house were closed, the snakes were trapped inside the house to prevent them from moving outside the house, and a quick call was made for disposal.
Outdoor snake protection
When passing through deeper grasslands or shrubs, wearing long trousers, bush hats, high boots, grafts with irritating odours, etc., and walking with as much vibration as possible, and hitting the grasses along the way with a hiking stick or a wooden stick; camping in the field should avoid the presence of snakes and light at night with a flashlight.
Emergency response after snake bite
First step: Identify the characteristics, shape, colour and other possible characteristics of the snake, preferably film them and provide them with a hospital that can provide an accurate and tailored basis for treatment at the hospital.
Step 2: Multi-channel detoxification, repeated rinsing of wounds with water, salt water, soap or 0.1% potassium permanganate solution, removal of adhesive venoms such as toxic teeth should be carried out in a timely manner; cross-cutting with disinfected surgical knives after fumigation, expansion of detoxification, and the use of fire cans to induce discharge; and the use of ice, cold springs or well water to impregnate the absorption and spread of toxins.
Step three: To get to the hospital where the antivenom is provided as soon as possible.