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Last: 6 yr ago by Sean98
Bright yellow tail and pattern, give it away. But it's tough for a lot of people to distinguish juvenile moccasin vs copperhead.
Looks like it could use a meal or twoursusguy said:
Snakey day in SE Texas yesterday
timber rattlesnake
copperhead
coachwhip
timber rattlesnake
copperhead
coachwhip
Yeah, it was surprisingly long and lanky.
Where abouts in SE Texas? Any rattlesnakes in Jacksonville/Palestine area? I've never seen one and haven't heard of anyone seeing them around here.
Quite a bit south of there. I'd imagine there a timbers in the forested areas up there and probably Pygmy rattlesnakes somewhere close.
Head a little west of Palestine, to the Gus Engling WMA, and there a ton of pygmies around the bog areas.
This is true. GE is a herp magent. The East Texas Herp Society is having their annual spring meet there this year. If you want to see a bunch of snakes and a bunch of snake nerds all gathered in one place you should go.ursusguy said:
Head a little west of Palestine, to the Gus Engling WMA, and there a ton of pygmies around the bog areas.
as a kid we called the ground rattlers .. harmless
Powg said:
as a kid we called the ground rattlers .. harmless
Definitely not harmless. Will bite and are venomous.
I found this guy on a hike this morning. No worries though, not in Texas.
Definitely not in Texas
schlegelii?
schlegelii?
LisaMarie said:
Definitely not in Texas
schlegelii?
Winner, winner. Aka The Eyelash Viper
Where were you? We saw some in Costa Rica.
and some antibiotics.ttha_aggie_09 said:
Benadryl and the kiddos okay?
All good.
Good to hear!
So the two delinquents haven't been paying attention to Master Po (Duck):Sean98 said:
Nice surprise this morning. Snake Bites all around!
"Better to be sprayed by skunk than bit by venomous snake."
Is it typical for dogs to survive venomous snake bites? Or do you know for sure if they were venomous?Sean98 said:and some antibiotics.ttha_aggie_09 said:
Benadryl and the kiddos okay?
All good.
suprafly03 said:
This still freaks me out...
I'm 35 and still have trouble with this scene. Thanks mom for letting my watch LD when I was like 8 years old.
Unless they have a bad reaction, I think most large breed dogs can typically easily survive everything but a rattlesnake or coral snake bite, even without steroids, Benadryl, and antibiotics BUT its typically recommended that they get at least a little bit of the above.
Yes, Costa Rica
I vaccinate my dogs against snakebites because we have a fair amount of venomous snakes around. No real reaction at all if they get bit by a non venomous snake. The dogs generally do better if they're bit on the face than if they are bit on the leg.AggiePetro07 said:Is it typical for dogs to survive venomous snake bites? Or do you know for sure if they were venomous?Sean98 said:and some antibiotics.ttha_aggie_09 said:
Benadryl and the kiddos okay?
All good.
... that said, in full disclosure, once the swelling went down significantly I was able to see signs of scratches, particularly behind Charlie's ears and on the side of his face. Hmmm... Snakes don't scratch. I started looking closer and the dual punctures on the dogs seemed a little big for fangs. But just about right for raccoon canine teeth punctures. This morning I did a quick walk around the place and sure enough, dead raccoon in one of my food plots. So I think we had a misdiagnosis. It was basically impossible to tell when they were all swollen up and we have had snakebites here before so it was a rational thought.
So you just took the easy way and blames it on the snakes. Way to stereotype...........;-)
Dogs are pretty good about surviving a snakebite, we had a dachshund / cocker spaniel mix that was a great snake alarm when I was a kid. She would find them and bark until they were dispatched or relocated. She was popped at least 3 different times all in the face and muzzle. She would swell up and it would go away a couple of days. Only killed copperheads at the home place, so that was what likely got her.
Edit: The only other snakes we saw regularly were hognose and had a good sized king snake. Copperhead sightings went way up after we lost the king snake.
Edit: The only other snakes we saw regularly were hognose and had a good sized king snake. Copperhead sightings went way up after we lost the king snake.
Found this driving home in Houston yesterday. Yellowbelly Racer?
CowtownAg06 said:
Found this driving home in Houston yesterday. Yellowbelly Racer?
Looks like we have an OB ball shooter on a rampage... first the Florida python and now in Houston...
To be clear, I found it in this condition. I actually passed it and it caught my so I circled back to take a look.
Hognose. Those unicolor ones aren't common but are around. Where about in the tine?
Heights.... two blocks from I10.
What street? Near 11th street park by chance? I know that's a few blocks off.
It was on Arlington between 4th and 5th. Just north of the big speed bump.
That's cool. Used to live a couple blocks from their on 5th. A lot more bayou and green space in that area than most people realize.
Very cool, thanks
Didn't see this thread when I created one, but oh well here is a nice specimen I ran across this week while in the field.
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