Need help ID'ing Snake...(Eats baby birds)

[Smittenroade]

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Tourniquets are bad, the poison pools up behind the tourniquet and when you take it off it shoots to your heart. Best to not do anything, stay calm and go to the hospital.

Here's a rat snake I pulled out of our coop the other day, 6 1/2 ft long.

 

[AuroraSprings]

OFF TOPIC: Plus, a copperhead's venom would take a while to kill you. It would just burn like the dickens!

 

[bryan99705]

Around my place, it would be a good snake.....DEAD!

 

[emvickrey]

I found it. It is a rat snake. Here's the link I found it at.
http://www.picsearch.com/imageDetai...dfWCcu2I-5cw_caoVWkhM&width=963&start=1&q=rat snake

 

[Cetawin]

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Not always necessary because they do serve a good rodent control position.

 

[Cetawin]

Teresaann...that is a young rat snake....it is a good snake to have around. I am in the Lexington area and have one about 5' long living in my barn near my horses stall...horse does not mind her nor do I because she is killing mice in the barn.

They will freeze if threatened.....try to move away you and as a last warning, they make a slight rattling sound even though they do not have rattles and are not venomous....if you ignore the rattle and continue to mess with it, it will strike. They are easily domesticated though. They will eat eggs and chicks though so security is utmost.

 

[Cetawin]

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No absolutely not. Kingsnakes come in 3 primary colors

Black and white - the California Kingsnake and Eastern Kingsnake
Black w/yellow-white spots - Speckled Kingsnake

Brown - The Mole Kingsnake

Red, Black and white (banded) - Scarlet kingsnake is often confused with the coral snake which is venomous...remember these rhymes to tell the difference

"If red touches yellow I am a bad fellow, if red touches black don't jump back"
"Red and yellow kills a fellow. Red and black is safe for Jack."
"Red into black, venom lack; red into yellow, kill a fellow."



Kingsnakes are extremely beneficial, worthy of learning about and should always be welcomed....they are one of the only snakes that eats poisonous snakes like rattlesnakes...they are immune to the venom and they kill poisonous snakes.


Looks here for info and pics of the kingsnakes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsnake


and the coral snakes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_snakes

 

[shelleyd2008]

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No absolutely not. Kingsnakes come in 3 primary colors

Black and white - the California Kingsnake and Eastern Kingsnake
Black w/yellow-white spots - Speckled Kingsnake

Brown - The Mole Kingsnake

Red, Black and white (banded) - Scarlet kingsnake is often confused with the coral snake which is venomous...remember these rhymes to tell the difference

"If red touches yellow I am a bad fellow, if red touches black don't jump back"
"Red and yellow kills a fellow. Red and black is safe for Jack."
"Red into black, venom lack; red into yellow, kill a fellow."



Kingsnakes are extremely beneficial, worthy of learning about and should always be welcomed....they are one of the only snakes that eats poisonous snakes like rattlesnakes...they are immune to the venom and they kill poisonous snakes.


Looks here for info and pics of the kingsnakes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsnake


and the coral snakes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_snakes

What about the common king snake? The link provided by Dawn419 shows a picture of a snake that looks very similar: http://campus.murraystate.edu/academic/faculty/howard.whiteman/field/reptiles/commonkingsnake.html

 

[Cetawin]

Oops Shelley sorry

Yes the common Kingsnake....the common has subspecies it is most often called an Eastern but can vary in patterns

 

[gjensen]

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Yes, a human death from a copperhead would be a rare event. An infection from the bite or dead tissue caused by the bite is the biggest threat. it would not be unusual to lose a finger, thumb, toe , etc. as a result of a bite. Still not likely. It is not that their venom is less virulent than some it is a matter of quantity injected. It would take about 80mg of copperhead venom to kill the average man. They are not likely to inject more than 40mg (and that is a decent sized copperhead). For comparison it would take a similar amount of Eastern Diamondback venom to kill a man, but a big one is capable of injecting more than 400mg.
It is still not a bite to take likely. I have been envenomated by a copperhead three times. One of these bites was a pretty good one, and I promise it was a hugely painful experience. It is not an experience that you will ever forget.
On another note, I would be surprised to see evidence of a copperhead invading a chicken house to steal chicks. That is just not their thing. They are ambush predators that prefer to remain concealed where prey is likely. They are more likely to take up residence in your wood piles, debris etc. and hang out. They aren't big climbers either.