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But will they occupy the same area? Just seems strange that when one showed up the others left. Or when I was in the feed barn today I haven't been seeing very much rodent sign - have the non venomous ones ate all there was to eat and moved on?
Interesting creatures those snakes.
Steve
Steve,
it's very common to see venomous and non venomous snakes in the same area. It basically depends more on the area in question as far as available habitat, variety of species, and then the abundance or lack there of in some cases of the species. In eastern NC you have a pretty good selection and also abundance of many species of reptiles. I was down in eastern NC a few weeks ago looking for snakes. What county are you in?
We are in Beaufort County between Chocowinity and Aurora. Yes we do have good selection of reptiles. We have fields on 3 sides of our property that they grow grain in - Corn, Soybeans, Winter wheat - in rotation so there is plenty of feed for rodents, plus the poultry feed. About 80% of our property is wooded and backs up to swamps, also we have a fireplace so there is a few cords of wood here and there. Plenty of good cover for snakes.
My Dad got us this sign a few years ago and I think it pretty much sums it up.
Steve
But will they occupy the same area? Just seems strange that when one showed up the others left. Or when I was in the feed barn today I haven't been seeing very much rodent sign - have the non venomous ones ate all there was to eat and moved on?
Interesting creatures those snakes.

Steve
Steve,
it's very common to see venomous and non venomous snakes in the same area. It basically depends more on the area in question as far as available habitat, variety of species, and then the abundance or lack there of in some cases of the species. In eastern NC you have a pretty good selection and also abundance of many species of reptiles. I was down in eastern NC a few weeks ago looking for snakes. What county are you in?
We are in Beaufort County between Chocowinity and Aurora. Yes we do have good selection of reptiles. We have fields on 3 sides of our property that they grow grain in - Corn, Soybeans, Winter wheat - in rotation so there is plenty of feed for rodents, plus the poultry feed. About 80% of our property is wooded and backs up to swamps, also we have a fireplace so there is a few cords of wood here and there. Plenty of good cover for snakes.
My Dad got us this sign a few years ago and I think it pretty much sums it up.


Steve