Only thing that startled me was how big he is. 3 inches from tip to tip.
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That's what she said
Your mom correctly id'ed it as a 3 inch trouser snake and let it live.......again, and again, and again.
I guess I need to get the bird feed out of the garage.
Rat snake?
What would be the approximate length of the snake?
Rat snake?
What would be the approximate length of the snake?
Burdizzo said:
Between the black and yellow pattern and the zigzag web, those garden spiders always creeped me out when I was a kid.
We used to catch crickets and feed them to these kind of spiders. We also used to have competitions to see who could catch the most black widows.
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Yeah, I was remembering a time when I threw a good sized grasshopper (locust in biblical terms) into one of these webs and watched that garden spiders go to town.
I used to catch garden spiders from one web and throw them into another. Surprisingly, they almost always fight and don't just fall off the web, and then one eats the other.
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Depending on how old the shed was it could be very close to the measurement you got (if new),or actually a few inches longer if the shed was old. Sometimes shed measurements are a little longer than the snake too if the shed is very stretched and/or torn, but that one looks to be in pretty good shape.
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jgh85Ag said:
I guess I need to get the bird feed out of the garage.
Rat snake?
What would be the approximate length of the snake?
Sheds can expand up to 30% so you never know
I think I will tell the wife 50% to save from burning down the house.
Do they naturally expand 30 percent or is that a figure from those people who try to pass off large anaconda sheds and proof of near 50 foot snakes after artifically stretching them?
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jgh85Ag said:
I think I will tell the wife 50% to save from burning down the house.
Just tell your wife about how some snakes are "show-ers" and some are "growers". Calmly explain that this snake is just a "show-er" and not really 50" long.
Hognose
Haha, my eastern hog doesn't do that. All he does is hood. He thinks he's the scariest thing ever.
I know a lot about a little, and a little about a lot.
Are they picky eaters as pets?
ttha_aggie_09 said:
Are they picky eaters as pets?
Usually. I had one previously that would only eat toads or frogs.
Over the years keeping different snakes, I've discovered some tricks in feeding them.
My current Eastern eats frozen thawed mice soaked in chicken broth with no issue. Chicken broth is thought to lessen the mouse scent; Easterns eat about 2/3 amphibians and 1/3 mice/birds/other in the wild.
I know a lot about a little, and a little about a lot.
Interesting! Only experience I have with picky eaters are ball pythons that refused to eat dead pinkys, mice, and rats.
Mexican hognoses are usually lizard eaters. I had one I had to feed baby food to for about a year.
I discovered the chicken broth truck with a baby corn snake who wouldn't eat.
I later ended up feeding my first Hognose frozen-thawed bullfrog tadpoles from the bait shop.
I discovered the chicken broth truck with a baby corn snake who wouldn't eat.
I later ended up feeding my first Hognose frozen-thawed bullfrog tadpoles from the bait shop.
I know a lot about a little, and a little about a lot.
Our elementary school had two baby eastern hognoses that were kind of the unofficial school mascot for about two years. Those buggers would also only eat frogs and toads, but they didn't mind if they were frozen and then thawed out. I basically supplied all the frogs and toads for their diet so they would send them home with me to take care of during the summer for the two years they were there. When I went to junior high, they donated the snakes to the Texas Zoo in Victoria.ttha_aggie_09 said:
Are they picky eaters as pets?
CM
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Saw this guy on my walk yesterday morning. I see these more than any other snake, other than garter snakes.
Had an interesting convo with the bro-in-law about corals this weekend. He's a wildlife biologist and works a big reserve near Corpus. Basically, in the very unlikely event you get bit, which is almost always caused by dumbassery on the part of the victim, you are screwed. Might not die, but might wish you had. Life long badness.
Morale...don't fondle the corals.
Morale...don't fondle the corals.
So red on yellow will F up a dumb ass fellow.
Any that I've seen have made a great effort to get away from me. They are not aggressive and I have no desire to test how aggravated they have to be before trying to bite.
They do struggle to get to the top of the curb, they thrash wildly in an attempt to get up and away.
They do struggle to get to the top of the curb, they thrash wildly in an attempt to get up and away.
NextDoor people posting about "Snake on the loose!" (central Houston), some calling this a rattlesnake, lol. DBWS?
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High as your hat, it's a rat
This!!quanah said:
High as your hat, it's a rat
Texas rat snake.
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OK, I'll quit holding out on everyone and update a grab bag of recent captures. Tonight was a warm, still, humid night, and I ended up getting two juvenile copperheads, and also found a 30" rat snake and a 5" texas brown.
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You and I need to go to a copperhead 12 step program together.
Had this guy get into the garage today near Lake Lewisville and get stuck. What kind??
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Greatly appreciate your posts!
AggieTailgate84 said:
Had this guy get into the garage today near Lake Lewisville and get stuck. What kind??
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ETA - I'm holding off on the ID to let others guess.
Tail looks like a coachwhip.
You're in the same pantheon as people that walk on fire or walk on wires between buildings without a net in my book. I don't like snakes in my same zip code but you go out to capture them. Bravo and great pics.
OnlyForNow said:
Tail looks like a coachwhip.
YESSS!!! This is what I guessed before I saw your post!
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