Battle of the Texas Rat Snake: Capture and Relocation

[cameroneil]

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!



cheers, and have a lovely day!

 

[sourland]

Read your story. Oh, for a video of that.

Snake musk -

. Hope that was a fairly long ride. All wild critters have a strong homing instint.