DESPITE dozens of snake bites on the Coast already this year, a local snake catcher said there's been less reptiles on the move.

January had 14 reported bites, February had nine and March saw 10, but Richie Gilbert from Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7 said the rainy weather had reduced the number of snakes about.

The number of bites however, didn't surprise him.

"Because most of them aren't venomous bites, you don't hear about them,” Mr Gilbert said.

"There's a lot of people and we're encroaching more and more into their habitat with urban development.

"The problem is I think a lot of people take circumstances into their own hands and try to catch or kill the snake.”

Despite the seemingly high number of bites, Queensland Ambulance Service paramedic Wayne Sachs said he was not aware of an increase on previous years.

Mr Gilbert said he and his team had still been busy and were getting calls out every day to relocate snakes.

Last week he was tasked to a eastern brown snake, a little under six foot long, that had made itself a home underneath a concrete slab at a Palmwoods retirement home.

The creature was found by tradies who were jackhammering in preparation for repairs.

"It was really tight because it was up against the wall and then there a fence and the screen door into the house,” Mr Gilbert said.

Mr Gilbert urged people to not disturb snakes when they find them and instead call to have them relocated on 0409 536 000 or visit Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7 on Facebook.