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Battle of the Texas Rat Snake: Capture and Relocation

post #1 of 2
6/4/12 at 2:30pm
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hail chicken folk!

 

we had been plagued by the below rat snake for a couple months now. he was eating as many eggs as he could get his...hands? on.  last night we managed to capture and relocate him using a kind of "lasso" formed from a loop of nylon rope through a pvc pipe. if you're interested and/or bored, the full story is here:

 

http://totallyurbanfarmer.blogspot.com/2012/06/serpent-siege-end-of-eggra.html

 

i hope this helps or heartens anyone dealing with a serpentine egg thief.  and gosh i hope he was the only one!

 

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cheers, and have a lovely day!

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post #2 of 2
6/4/12 at 3:44pm

Read your story.  Oh, for a video of that.  lau.gif  Snake musk - sickbyc.gif.  Hope that was a fairly long ride.  All wild critters have a strong homing instint.

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