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It was a copperhead! It was about 3' long. All the chickens were having a fit! Glad I didn't step on him!
It's a Beautiful Day to Sling Poo
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Scary stuff!!!! Ran into a rattlesnake when I was a teen in Iowa... Took off running right into barbed wire!!! Tore my legs up!!! Never had a fear of snakes but getting more apprehensive the older I get. The other day I was mending one of the girls for a torn wattle, when I went out back to let her return to her flock a Gardner snake snuck up on me and scare the bejesus out of me. I was surprised I was able to maintain my hold on my jersey giant!!!
All we have here is garter snakes. And the occasional water snake, several varieties of them... real pretty! And the occasional green or brown grass snake. But, once when the kids were little, I saw a huge garter snake in the ditch. I went in after him to give the kids a little nature lesson. The object of said lesson was to show the kids how harmless snakes are! So I caught him. Mind you, he was big. Well, the ungrateful creature did not want to be part of a teachable moment. He reared his ugly head back and bit me on the back of the hand. The thing DREW BLOOD! Burn, didn't that bite burn! Itch, didn't that bite itch! It took several weeks for the irritation to go away! You can tell me that garter snakes don't have teeth. What they do have is razor sharp rasps lining their jaws! And they hurt!
DennisK
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Good to know, lazygardener – I get a lot of different snakes out here – gopher, kings, garter and rattle snakes. All, but the rattler are welcome here as they help to keep the ground squirrels and field mice down. I have never tried picking any of them up – don't think I will, after reading your experience. My problem with the rattle snake is that my dogs keep getting bit by them. This leads to expensive visits to the vet. I have had a few close calls but, so far, I haven't been bit – their aim isn't all that good.
With the same markings as a rattler, the gopher snake is an impostor. When he feels threatened, he will coil like a rattler and shake his barren tail. I saw one actually flatten his neck like a cobra – that one must have been watching a nature program on TV.
I find it so totally fascinating to see creatures and how they behave. I have a little grey tree toad who serenades me every night. He looks like a little blob of tree bark and lichens. His mottling is very pretty. I have to be careful that I don't injure him, b/c he's always finding a different spot to sleep on the deck during the day.
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