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In reply to Lonestar_Ag09 • 8:10a, 3/31/17
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Young copperheads can also have the yellow tail



Most of those snakes would be a pain in the butt to keep because of dietary preferences. Snakes make lame pets, in my opinion.
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In reply to FrioAg 00 • 8:11a, 3/31/17
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Nope. Great to teach them and adults around them that certain snakes are completely harmless.
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8:15a, 3/31/17
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Excellent! They do get a big kick out of it.

Usually the poor snakes are so exhausted from my attempts to grab them that they are pretty docile. Picture Benny Hill trying to carefully grab a Black Mamba.

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In reply to 12f Mane • 8:22a, 3/31/17
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would completely agree.

Gonna be hard to get those little guys to eat.

Better just to catch an anole and feed it small crickets and what not for a few weeks then let it go.

Also, heat rock or heat light.
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8:42a, 3/31/17
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On the topic of pet snakes and safety around children: Hognoses are relatively popular as per snakes and are considered non venomous. However they do have a toxic saliva and have been known to cause some pretty scary reactions (think allergic swelling, not necrosis and the like).
They are beautiful snakes but something go consider especially if you have kiddos.
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In reply to Badace52 • 8:48a, 3/31/17
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And that is why I love the OB! You guys rock! Thank you!
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4:46p, 3/31/17
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Almost stepped on this guy today
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5:04p, 3/31/17
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Looks like a checkered garter snake. Where were you?
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In reply to Badace52 • 5:15p, 3/31/17
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That was on the Tennessee/North Carolina border
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In reply to BCO07 • 8:20p, 3/31/17
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Eastern garter snake. They get funky colors at high elevations over there. Cool snakes.
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11:51p, 3/31/17
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Yeah, the location made the ID a lot easier... Also I just blew the image up on my computer and that definitely isn't a checkered garter.
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11:58p, 3/31/17
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To make up for my stupidity here is my favorite garter snake:

San Francisco Garter Snake:

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7:10a, 4/1/17
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He looks like a San Francisco snake.
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7:41a, 4/1/17
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The over saturation on that pic is almost as impressive as the snake
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10:24a, 4/1/17
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10:41a, 4/1/17
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Snek ith thexy...
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11:06a, 4/1/17
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11:18a, 4/1/17
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In reply to Badace52 • 1:12p, 4/1/17
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Badace52 said:
To make up for my stupidity here is my favorite garter snake:

San Francisco Garter Snake:


Guess we finally know who Tom T. Hall was singing about.
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In reply to TxLawDawg • 7:36p, 4/1/17
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TxLawDawg said:
He looks like a San Francisco snake.


That's why it's my favorite garter snake...
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10:02p, 4/2/17
It's 67 degrees outside and I almost step on this little guy taking the girls out to pee. Copperhead?
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10:17p, 4/2/17
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In reply to Fishing Fools • 10:29p, 4/2/17
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Fishing Fools said:
It's 67 degrees outside and I almost step on this little guy taking the girls out to pee. Copperhead?
why do you make your daughters pee outside?
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10:40p, 4/2/17
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Every boy and girl should be taught to pee and poo outside. It comes with being outside.
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In reply to Fishing Fools • 10:46a, 4/3/17
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Not pretty enough to be a Copperhead
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11:35a, 4/3/17
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Saw this on the local news this morning, and it is Jacksonville, AR.

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/copperhead-snake-bites-man-inside-jacksonville-walmart/427721358
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In reply to Superdave1993 • 12:16p, 4/3/17
And of course it's in a Wal Mart!
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In reply to blackgoldag11 • 1:22p, 4/3/17
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That's a texas rat snake. It doesn't look much like a copperhead at all. Look back through this thread and you can see many examples of both snakes.
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1:47p, 4/3/17
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Have only seen one snake this spring and wasn't quick enough to get a pic (it was a banded water snake).

Been out to the local lakes fishing already a few times and have seen a bunch of turtles but not many snakes thus far.
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In reply to Badace52 • 1:53p, 4/3/17
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Badace52 said:

That's a texas rat snake. It doesn't look much like a copperhead at all. Look back through this thread and you can see many examples of both snakes.

It was a copperhead, all over the news here and it had been de-fanged. One of the other local channels mentioned that the fangs had been removed as it was likely a pet. The dummy that was bitten was seen on store cameras bringing it in. Not really sure unless he was trying to make a buck off Walmart.

I have had corn snakes and pythons and can usually ID the major players, but was just passing this along.

The only one I have almost gotten into trouble with was several years ago the deer lease. It looked to be a rat snake, but it was less than a foot long and pissed off. I almost grabbed it, but common sense kicked in and didn't. I kicked a little dirt on it and it never ran, but stood it's ground. I snapped a couple of photos that I cannot find because I was going to put them on here. The closest I can tell it was a massasauga or pygmy rattler with no buttons.

Here is another link from channel 7

http://katv.com/news/local/copperhead-snake-bites-man-at-jacksonville-walmart

Edit: second link has better photo
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In reply to Superdave1993 • 3:07p, 4/3/17
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Superdave1993 said:
Badace52 said:

That's a texas rat snake. It doesn't look much like a copperhead at all. Look back through this thread and you can see many examples of both snakes.

It was a copperhead, all over the news here and it had been de-fanged. One of the other local channels mentioned that the fangs had been removed as it was likely a pet. The dummy that was bitten was seen on store cameras bringing it in. Not really sure unless he was trying to make a buck off Walmart.

I have had corn snakes and pythons and can usually ID the major players, but was just passing this along.

The only one I have almost gotten into trouble with was several years ago the deer lease. It looked to be a rat snake, but it was less than a foot long and pissed off. I almost grabbed it, but common sense kicked in and didn't. I kicked a little dirt on it and it never ran, but stood it's ground. I snapped a couple of photos that I cannot find because I was going to put them on here. The closest I can tell it was a massasauga or pygmy rattler with no buttons.

Here is another link from channel 7

http://katv.com/news/local/copperhead-snake-bites-man-at-jacksonville-walmart

Edit: second link has better photo
I think he was responding to the pic that the guy posted a few posts up, not the Wal Mart story.
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5:43p, 4/3/17
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Thanks, I can get confused every once in a while, plus it would have been an "Arkansas rat snake". I was just wondering how in the heck he could have known what it was from the video of the guy catching it.

Still have not heard what they are going to do with guy that brought it in and got popped.

Edit: Badace52, sorry if I was short.
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6:20p, 4/3/17
Every time you walk barefoot across the yard at night without your Clint Eastwood Special, every snake looks like a Copperhead...!
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9:21p, 4/3/17
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Neighbor took this picture yesterday. This makes me very nervous since we have a lot of kids and pets on our street. This is in Schertz, just North of San Antonio.
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9:30p, 4/3/17
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I'm very pro snake as most posters on the thread but that snake in the burbs with kids has to go. Not sure anyone but you or a neighbor can do the job.

Use a garden hoe. If your neighbors have one fine otherwise buy one. Perfect for chopping a snake at a safe distance.

Or use rat shot, fire or shotgun. Your choice.
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