Texas

[needlessjunk]

I wouldn't want a rattler or any other poisonous snake right up near the house, but anywhere else on the property, I leave em be. I try not to kill snakes, even the venomous ones, unless it's absolutely necessary. Now that I'm living down here where they are much more prevalent, I may have to revisit and revise that view over time.

I'm in suburbia and still have poisonous snakes around. I like snakes but if they can bite me, my kids or my pets it has to go. I don't particularly enjoy killing them but they can travel and I won't chance it. I had a baby rattler next to my front door, my hubby had to handle a copper head not too far from my house and there was a cotton mouth in our swimming hole this year alone. Coral snakes aren't common but did bite a kid in his back yard 2 years ago in the next city over. Rat snakes and such ill relocate but that's because I can handle them.

 

[jtn42248]

I'm in suburbia and still have poisonous snakes around. I like snakes but if they can bite me, my kids or my pets it has to go. I don't particularly enjoy killing them but they can travel and I won't chance it. I had a baby rattler next to my front door, my hubby had to handle a copper head not too far from my house and there was a cotton mouth in our swimming hole this year alone. Coral snakes aren't common but did bite a kid in his back yard 2 years ago in the next city over. Rat snakes and such ill relocate but that's because I can handle them.

I read an article the other day about an office building in North Austin where rattlesnakes have taken up winter homing in the landscape rocks they put out when they built the building. That would make me look for another job.

 

[Ren2014]

Why'd you kill it? Was it creating some issue? I'd have kept it around to take care of mice and rats. Maybe move it some distance away.

We take care of the mice and rats ourselves. We have rattlesnakes all over our property. They are an issue when they cross into our yard and don't stay out in the wide open spaces.

I wouldn't want a rattler or any other poisonous snake right up near the house, but anywhere else on the property, I leave em be. I try not to kill snakes, even the venomous ones, unless it's absolutely necessary. Now that I'm living down here where they are much more prevalent, I may have to revisit and revise that view over time.

Check back with us next summer

 

[Ren2014]

I read an article the other day about an office building in North Austin where rattlesnakes have taken up winter homing in the landscape rocks they put out when they built the building. That would make me look for another job.

I work from home so it's a no win situation here, lol.

 

[texsuze]

Thanks Ren2014, for the Akbash location. Not quite ready for a LGD until I do some more thorough research and can convince husband that this would be a good thing!

 

[jtn42248]

Thanks Ren2014, for the Akbash location. Not quite ready for a LGD until I do some more thorough research and can convince husband that this would be a good thing!

When you are ready you might also consider rescue. There are a number of groups in Texas that specialize in LGD. Try these...

National Anatolian Rescue http://www.nasrn.com/

Or Gentle Giants http://www.gentlegiantsrescue.com/akbash_page_1.htm

 

[Latestarter]

Or Gentle Giants http://www.gentlegiantsrescue.com/akbash_page_1.htm

Just for reference, this is directly from their adoption info page:

"We adopt our dogs to Southern California and Southern Nevada residents only"

 

[bdfive]

That is the "name" of the trap. The other type of a trap is the "bear trap" (I think that is what it is called, or a claw trap, these are extremely cruel and dangerous for our dogs.) We will not be releasing it. It will be killed in a humane way. It's getting too brazen for it's own good. If we released it, it would then become someone else's problem.

Thanks for the advice.

Mandy

It's my understanding trapped animals can not be released in Texas due to spreading rabies and distemper. Another law states you need the permission of the land owner where you release the predator be it on private, state or federal property. I've been told it's against the law to release them. Wildlife Dept. says it's more humane to dispatch them. They don't survive released in a strange area where they don't know the food and water source and are often killed by wild animals that have already claimed the territory. Another thing to think about is you are transferring your problem to other people. No doubt predators are released at a country park very near me and I have to trap and dispatch or my poultry/fowl are killed. If the wild animals aren't kept in check there would be too many so do you duty and put them down. The raccoons are the worst. With all that said I will now admit when I've caught fox or Ringtail Cats I've not been able to dispatch. The fox are to much like cute little dogs and Ringtails are just plan adorable looking, LOL!!! I turned them loose where I caught them in live traps on our property.

 

[Ren2014]

Just for reference, this is directly from their adoption info page:

"We adopt our dogs to Southern California and Southern Nevada residents only"

Why is this if they are in Texas??

Thanks Ren2014, for the Akbash location. Not quite ready for a LGD until I do some more thorough research and can convince husband that this would be a good thing!

When you are ready you might also consider rescue. There are a number of groups in Texas that specialize in LGD. Try these...

National Anatolian Rescue http://www.nasrn.com/

Or Gentle Giants http://www.gentlegiantsrescue.com/akbash_page_1.htm

@texsuze Please use one of the rescues @jtn42248 recommended or message me when you are ready. I am currently in a battle with a 3rd rescue trying to get one of our dogs back. Yes, BACK... Great Pyrenees love to roam. Our girl was picked up and taken to another county. I was watching for her in shelters in our county and then found her on a rescue site. I have volunteered with a 4th rescue.

 

[Latestarter]

Hope your dog was/is chipped... Not all rescues are "not for profit"...