What kind of snake is this?

[BigOrangeMojo]

I hope it is still among the living?

--a water snake - do you live near a creek? I'd like to think it's not attracted to your pool.

Was on greenbelt trail about 3/4 mile from house. There is water nearby that trail...

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

First off, I am not a fan of glue traps but I do live in brown recluse country and I’m gonna do what I gotta to mitigate against necrotic flesh from spider bites inside my home. Secondly, I live in an older home that has gaps the mice can squeeze through when it starts getting cold outside. Finally, where there’s mice, there’s probably snakes.

 

[VolNExile]

First off, I am not a fan of glue traps but I do live in brown recluse country and I’m gonna do what I gotta to mitigate against necrotic flesh from spider bites inside my home. Secondly, I live in an older home that has gaps the mice can squeeze through when it starts getting cold outside. Finally, where there’s mice, there’s probably snakes.
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Is that last pic mouse fur or dissolved snake? The former, I hope!

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

Is that last pic mouse fur or dissolved snake? The former, I hope!

Soap bubbles

 

[VolNExile]

Soap bubbles

herp derp

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

First off, I am not a fan of glue traps but I do live in brown recluse country and I’m gonna do what I gotta to mitigate against necrotic flesh from spider bites inside my home. Secondly, I live in an older home that has gaps the mice can squeeze through when it starts getting cold outside. Finally, where there’s mice, there’s probably snakes.
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Wait, is he still alive? You saved him?

 

[VolNExile]

Wait, is he still alive? You saved him?

Look at pic #3 (head out of water) and image #4 (trying to climb out of plastic container).

I would never have expected it! There was a glue trap in my church choir office where I attempt to log in 1,000+ pieces of choir music, and I accidentally moved my chair - one chair leg - onto it. I didn't think I'd ever get that sucker off.

 

[CAVPUT]

I HATE SNAKES!!!

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

Look at pic #3 (head out of water) and image #4 (trying to climb out of plastic container).

I would never have expected it! There was a glue trap in my church choir office where I attempt to log in 1,000+ pieces of choir music, and I accidentally moved my chair - one chair leg - onto it. I didn't think I'd ever get that sucker off.

I thought he was but wanted confirmation. Good on ya @VolunteerHillbilly most people wouldn't have gone through the trouble to save a snake. Rat snakes are welcome around my house. I can't stand chipmunks and mice.

 

[VolNExile]

I thought he was but wanted confirmation. Good on ya @VolunteerHillbilly most people wouldn't have gone through the trouble to save a snake. Rat snakes are welcome around my house. I can't stand chipmunks and mice.

Amen. I now need a snake to handle a groundhog that appears to be at least 15# and a lot closer to 20#.

(Lots of discussion about more sensible remedies on the Endzone Garden Thread, so not inviting them here! )

 

[Tin Man]

A snake large enough to rid you of that ground hog would present problems of a higher order. Just sayin’…

 

[kiddiedoc]

Amen. I now need a snake to handle a groundhog that appears to be at least 15# and a lot closer to 20#.

(Lots of discussion about more sensible remedies on the Endzone Garden Thread, so not inviting them here! )

Visit the everglades and pick up one of the displaced Anacondas. A 20 footer should do the trick.

 

[feathersax]

There are snakes in many varieties...

 

[TCNC53]

A foolproof way to distinguish venomous and non venomous snakes is look at the bite area on your leg. 2 or 4 punctures = venomous. A row or 2 of tiny indentations = harmless.

I was out hunting with a buddy once when I was bitten by copperhead. I asked him to run to get and antidote. He came back and started reading short stories out of Readers Digest. I said, “No you idiot, I need an antidote, not an anecdote. He was a Bama grad. GBO

 

[loggervol]

Last week in Clinch mountain

 

[Orange.]

This week in Tuscaloosa

 

[davethevol]

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Last week in Clinch mountain

Where’s it’s head?

 

[loggervol]

Where’s it’s head?

I’m sure it’s where ever the snake is.

 

[davethevol]

I’m sure it’s where ever the snake is.

Ah, I was wondering if you had cut it off. It looked blood on the dirt.

 

[kiddiedoc]

Ah, I was wondering if you had cut it off. It looked blood on the dirt.

That would have been the better answer!

 

[Tin Man]

If it is not an immediate threat to you and yours, and if you’re not going to eat it, let it be.

 

[malinoisvol]

 

[Nkyvolfan]

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Crap!
Something else to worry about. I keep my tractor parked in a raggedy old barn.