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Stive
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7:07p, 6/20/17
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What kind of cobra? King?
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In reply to Stive • 7:27p, 6/20/17
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Stive said:
What kind of cobra? King?


That should be the case.
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In reply to The Lost • 7:38p, 6/20/17
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At least they got it on video so they could prove to the insurance company why the fire was justified.
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In reply to ttha_aggie_09 • 7:39p, 6/20/17
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ttha_aggie_09 said:
Stive said:
What kind of cobra? King?


That should be the case.


King of that house at least...
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8:09p, 6/20/17
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Jeez, I thought the occasional scorpion in the house or water snake in the garage was a pain.
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9:43p, 6/20/17
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Idea: Metal garden edging or flashing buried a couple of inches in the ground along the base of the fence. The snakes encounter it and go along it instead of bothering to go up and over it. Would this work?
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In reply to MouthBQ98 • 10:06p, 6/20/17
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Good idea and will likely work on the little guys... the bigger snakes will just elevate themselves over it unless you raise it 3' above ground level, which would prevent most snakes but not a large rat snake.

Not to mention, you'd be creating a damn in your backyard for water.

I like to apply the phrase "life finds a way" when trying to prevent animals from doing something they've evolved to do...
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10:54p, 6/20/17
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I'm just trying to keep out smaller copperheads and such. The big snakes a WANT around..they eat those little buggers.
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1:14p, 6/22/17
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Juvenile snake... didn't need killed but the gardener didn't ask permission.

Type?

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2:28p, 6/22/17
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Texas brown snake. FYI not every small snake is a baby or juvenile.
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In reply to 12f Mane • 2:31p, 6/22/17
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12f Mane said:
Texas brown snake. FYI not every small snake is a baby or juvenile.
Thanks. Good point about size. Thanks for all your contributions in this topic.
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In reply to jpd301 • 2:33p, 6/22/17
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jpd301 said:
12f Mane said:
Texas brown snake. FYI not every small snake is a baby or juvenile.
Thanks. Good point about size. Thanks for all your contributions in this topic.
Yessir. Happy to help. Tell your gardener that this species is actually good for the garden; they are slug eaters.
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3:17p, 6/22/17
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San Gabriel river today.
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In reply to rather be fishing • 3:30p, 6/22/17
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Cool Diamondback water snake
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8:37a, 6/23/17
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Why isn't the dryer working?
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In reply to GoneGirl • 9:57a, 6/23/17
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Rat snake just making sure mice weren't trying to dirty up any clean clothes
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10:05a, 6/23/17
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I'm feeling better about my ability to identify venomous and non-venomous snakes and I think that's helping me to not want to kill them all with fire. Awareness does a lot to end prejudice, I guess.

I'd still rather not come across ANY snake, but am hopeful that if/when I do, I can make the informed and correct decision on what it is and how to handle it. Will have to see if it translated IRL.

Thanks to posts like this, of course.

I'm still not too great with IDing cottonmouths - there seems to be a lot of variation in them. Right now I go with black/dark brown and fat bodies/thin necks.
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In reply to GoneGirl • 10:10a, 6/23/17
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TxElsie said:
I'm feeling better about my ability to identify venomous and non-venomous snakes and I think that's helping me to not want to kill them all with fire. Awareness does a lot to end prejudice, I guess.

I'd still rather not come across ANY snake, but am hopeful that if/when I do, I can make the informed and correct decision on what it is and how to handle it. Will have to see if it translated IRL.

Thanks to posts like this, of course.

I'm still not too great with IDing cottonmouths - there seems to be a lot of variation in them. Right now I go with black/dark brown and fat bodies/thin necks.
When in doubt, nuke 'em out.
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In reply to GoneGirl • 1:59p, 6/23/17
When I was a kid we had a snake in the dryer. Mom went to put a load in and it was sitting there with its face against the lint basket.

Dad and a neighbor got the dryer outside and it must have taken 3 hrs to get the snake out. Finally a second neighbor came along with a can of wasp spray and the snake gtfo quick when he got a nose full of it. Big ole stinky bull snake.

Mom was always extra careful when she opened the dryer after that.
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4:00p, 6/23/17
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In reply to Rick Dalton • 4:16p, 6/23/17
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Holy hell, they have a LOT of cameras!
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4:47p, 6/23/17
My brother had a 5-6 foot long boa when we were teenagers. One day it got out and we couldn't find it anywhere. A couple of days later the housekeeper came and about had a heart attack when she picked up a laundry basket full of clothes and it was there just hanging out.
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12:24a, 6/24/17
On top of the backdrop at the Everclear concert in new braunfels. People were screaming and I'm cracking the hell up. Best pic I could get.
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5:06p, 6/25/17
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What do we have here with this cute little fella? He and his lady friend were chilling under a hay bale.
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In reply to Sean98 • 5:11p, 6/25/17
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100% water moccasin!!
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In reply to Sean98 • 5:20p, 6/25/17
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Sad to say I accidentally killed his cousin yesterday trimming the yard.
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In reply to 1990AG • 5:20p, 6/25/17
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1990AG said:
100% water moccasin!!


Too many people confusing rat snakes for moccasins on this thread.
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5:31p, 6/25/17
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I'm assuming it's a brown snake? No line down the back like a checkered garter, right?
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In reply to Sean98 • 5:35p, 6/25/17
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That was my mildly educated opinion.
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In reply to Sean98 • 5:36p, 6/25/17
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I'd say checkered garter. But that confuses me. There was one I'd swear was a garter but 12th called it a brown.
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In reply to Sean98 • 5:57p, 6/25/17
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I am pretty confident that's correct. The pattern fades towards the tail... that's usually an indicator for me.
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In reply to Daddy-O5 • 6:17p, 6/25/17
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Not sure if you are over-sarcasming my sarcasm!!

the snake is obviously harmless....
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In reply to Sean98 • 7:17p, 6/25/17
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That one looks gravid... but I have no idea could be earthworms.
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In reply to Sean98 • 7:36p, 6/25/17
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Wait, a lawyer got their hands dirty with actual dirt?
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