We live on a 50 acre horse farm...
Today we trapped a snake! It dropped out of the oak tree into our horse paddock by the barn, with a big 'plop', it was constricting a poor baby squirrel. We had to let him have it
It held it wrapped utntil it was quite dead and then swallowed it.
But we trapped the bugger with our empty 20 gal fish tank and a big peice of cardboard under. We think it is non-native, but haven't been able to find it's image on google yet. The closest native constrictors we found were the Rosy Boas, but they have stripes going vertical, and this one has horizontal.
We want to know what it might be so we know who to call. We havent seen a snake like this before. It was in our horse pastures and we don't need it bothering or frightening our horses, falling out of trees like that, plus we'll have boarders in soon. So theres no question of letting it go again, but we need to know who to call to pick it up, or if they dont want it, we'll have to find a way to dispose of it.
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It was evening when we trapped it and too dark to take a picture, we'll get one tomorrow and post it, but I'm curious to see if anyone has any ideas on it in the meantime.
It was about 5 feet long, a light yellowish brownish color, with many thick dark brown or black *Horizontal* stripes running it's length. It had a tiny head, and definitely dropped out of the trees because of its efforts to constrict the squirrel, it was wrapped around it very anaconda like before we got anywhere near it, which made it easy to find in the paddock! And it did hold the squirrel like that, tightening.. while we watched (and got our trapping equipment, LOL) until the squirrel died, where it proceeded to swallow it regardless of us standing there.
I've heard two similar 'plops' from the trees before, and gone to find nothing there in long grass, so when we found it this time I guessed it's been on a baby squirrel eating rampage
Today we trapped a snake! It dropped out of the oak tree into our horse paddock by the barn, with a big 'plop', it was constricting a poor baby squirrel. We had to let him have it
It held it wrapped utntil it was quite dead and then swallowed it. But we trapped the bugger with our empty 20 gal fish tank and a big peice of cardboard under. We think it is non-native, but haven't been able to find it's image on google yet. The closest native constrictors we found were the Rosy Boas, but they have stripes going vertical, and this one has horizontal.
We want to know what it might be so we know who to call. We havent seen a snake like this before. It was in our horse pastures and we don't need it bothering or frightening our horses, falling out of trees like that, plus we'll have boarders in soon. So theres no question of letting it go again, but we need to know who to call to pick it up, or if they dont want it, we'll have to find a way to dispose of it.
.
It was evening when we trapped it and too dark to take a picture, we'll get one tomorrow and post it, but I'm curious to see if anyone has any ideas on it in the meantime.
It was about 5 feet long, a light yellowish brownish color, with many thick dark brown or black *Horizontal* stripes running it's length. It had a tiny head, and definitely dropped out of the trees because of its efforts to constrict the squirrel, it was wrapped around it very anaconda like before we got anywhere near it, which made it easy to find in the paddock! And it did hold the squirrel like that, tightening.. while we watched (and got our trapping equipment, LOL) until the squirrel died, where it proceeded to swallow it regardless of us standing there.
I've heard two similar 'plops' from the trees before, and gone to find nothing there in long grass, so when we found it this time I guessed it's been on a baby squirrel eating rampage
