Any snake experts out there?

[FlockEweFarm]

A Copperhead will jack you up! Their bite will kill a chicken, dog or any other smaller critter, and they are very foul tempered snakes. I had one chase my tail end half way up the path back to my house when I was a kid. Rat snakes, corn snakes, king snakes, green snakes, are all good, helpful snakes. Copperheads are nasty, dangerous, and they are easy to provoke, meaning that if you bump one, step on one or even wake one up, you are liable to get bittten. Call animal control if you dont want to deal with them, but around my house, I always kept a 22 loaded with snake charmer ammo, just for them and water moccasins. Good luck, and if you decide to relocate them, be sure that its not near folks who are unawares.

 

[chilling in muscadine]

No problem on the relocation. I live in the middle of nowhere but I can see it from here. Plenty of unoccopied wood's. I've relocated three in he last week. I wouldn't want to turn the snake lose where a person might hurt it. Now a water moccosin [cotton mouth] that's a bad bite. Some people think just because the snake is around water it's a cotton mounth but we have bainded water snake's that are often mistaken for the cotton mouth's. I stay busy this time of year, but we agree on one thing. If the snake is affecting our bird's it has to go. It's a trip about people's fear's. I'm terrified of a roach bug or a cricket. lol. Good luck & PEACE.

 

[Marian]

I still have nightmares from the day I was nearly bitten by a Mojave "Green" -- though they really aren't green. They're brown...and they blend into their environment quite well.

I mean, I grew up in the desert and I know what to avoid, and when so as not to disturb them... but if you want a nasty ill tempered snake... the Mojave rattler tops my list. The worst is in mid to late summer, too... when you stay up late at night and go out when it's cooling down...and that's also when Mamma Mojaves are birthing their young... and they are some mean, nasty B*$%&^s.

They feel threatened at just about everything, so the general rule we had was if it's summer and it's dark, stay away from bushes and areas where rodents might be living because chances are really good you'll meet a Mojave.

 

[luvmychicknkids]

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I am having trouble remembering, but aren't the mojave rattlers the most deadly rattlers? My kids watch a lot of Discovery Chanel and it seems like that is what I heard on one of the emergency type shows.

Oh those were some beautiful copperheads. I do love snakes. They are some of the most amazing, fascinating creatures. I will admit to being extra cautious this time of year, however. I try not to go peek through the coop windows at my babies sleeping at midnight or so unless I just HAVE to have my chickie fix.

 

[lil' Okie]

Beautiful snakes and very good pics, I just found a 5 ft. + snake skin out in my leatherwork shop but I don't mind the extra tenant, probably a harmless rat snake, and I'd much rather share my space with a snake than a big rat chewing up my leather. So if he wants it he's got a job for life.

 

[Mattake2]

Wasn't it a snake in the garden of Eden that started some trouble too?

 

[Whistling Badger]

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Ha. My dad is the world's worst snake-o-phobe. He says he deals with them "the Biblical way: smite those suckers on the head every time he can."

I tend to take a live-and-let-live approach to snakes. As long as they aren't bothering me, I generally let them go their way. Of course, here in Wyoming the poisonous snakes are right decent--they generally let you know they're around and try to warn you off. I live in an open, wide, relatively well-watered valley bottom with no rocks or sagebrush, and we don't get buzzies at our place. I'm glad I don't have to mess with 'em. More garter snakes than you can shake a stick at, but that's about it.

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