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vander54 said:

Here you go. These are not my pictures but I am trying to help someone out. Also the bottle cap is from a 16 oz water bottle.

https://www.flickr.com/gp/55680900@N08/57D690
I forgot to share these are from south Fort Worth and are located next to the house.
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vander54 said:

vander54 said:

Here you go. These are not my pictures but I am trying to help someone out. Also the bottle cap is from a 16 oz water bottle.

https://www.flickr.com/gp/55680900@N08/57D690
I forgot to share these are from south Fort Worth and are located next to the house.


Still going with bobwhite...
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Bobcat-Ag said:

How would I remove a rat snake from my chicken coop if I'm too chicken to reach in and grab it?

YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW???
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Badace52 said:

Poke it with a long stick until it runs away and give it a clear path out or just pull it out to the middle of the coop and let the chickens chase it off.

Edit: If it is the one in the basket you posted, just cover the top with a piece of plyboard or throw a feed sack on top of it and carry it out in the basket.


If he was still in the basket, that would be a great idea. Now he is curled up underneath a basket and it's dark. Looks like he gets to stay the night.
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And in the morning he gets eggs for breakfast
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ellebee said:

Bobcat-Ag said:

How would I remove a rat snake from my chicken coop if I'm too chicken to reach in and grab it?

YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW???


Then you can stop by and get it. The wife will make you some food!
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Do you have a car hart jacket or welding/work gloves?

Put them on and grab the dude. He ain't gonna hurt you.
ellebee
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She's gonna make you sleep in that chicken coop and not make you dinner for a week!
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ttha_aggie_09 said:

Do you have a car hart jacket or welding/work gloves?

Put them on and grab the dude. He ain't gonna hurt you.

What he said. Not like it's poisonous.
Bobcat-Ag
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No & no.
Bobcat-Ag
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ellebee said:

ttha_aggie_09 said:

Do you have a car hart jacket or welding/work gloves?

Put them on and grab the dude. He ain't gonna hurt you.

What he said. Not like it's poisonous.


Could it be poisonous!?
ellebee
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*whispers*

Bring him to work tomorrow and put him in you know who's drawer.
Bobcat-Ag
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I would be fired!
ellebee
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Worth it
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Bobcat-Ag said:

No & no.
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Venomous*

Unless he was rolling around in a bunch of poison ivy or is excreting a bunch of poison from some frogs he ate (all of which are not really possible with a rat snake, to my knowledge), he's not poisonous either.
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Bobcat-Ag said:

ellebee said:

Bobcat-Ag said:

How would I remove a rat snake from my chicken coop if I'm too chicken to reach in and grab it?

YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW???



Then you can stop by and get it. The wife will make you some food!


Where do you live?
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Bobcat-Ag
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We are south of Austin. I think I'll try and rig up something tomorrow evening. I'll have more daylight.
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I haven't posted much on this thread since I haven't seen many snakes this year. It did get me to thinking about a scene I witnessed a few years ago. I was camping at Brazos Bend State Park, and was standing on a trail talking to a buddy of mine. Something out of the corner of my eye caught my attention. There was one of several nest boxes scattered around the park intended to be used by the ducks there. These nest boxes are placed on poles several feet tall in the middle of water with the intent, I assume, to deter predators from reaching them. It didn't seem to phase these rat snakes, apparently. I don't believe there were any eggs in it at the time. I didn't see any bulges as they exited.






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I lament that I have but one blue star to give.
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ttha_aggie_09 said:

Venomous*

Unless he was rolling around in a bunch of poison ivy or is excreting a bunch of poison from some frogs he ate (all of which are not really possible with a rat snake, to my knowledge), he's not poisonous either.

Check your sarcasm detector.
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MouthBQ98 said:

Yep, all those snakes came off my 10 acres, and really just the 2 acres around the house is the only part I search. I let them go at the fence line and figure there's 50/50 odds they go play with my neighbor's vermin, and all my neighbors have bigger properties than mine. I think I just get a lot because much of my pasture is fallow and largely going back native...better habitat.
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Just did and my batteries were dead. Replaced and up and running now.
ellebee
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ttha_aggie_09 said:

Just did and my batteries were dead. Replaced and up and running now.

I figured they just needed replacing.
Bobcat-Ag
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ellebee said:

ttha_aggie_09 said:

Just did and my batteries were dead. Replaced and up and running now.

I figured they just needed replacing.
Ok, so you're saying that the snake is not poisonous?
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Collies.
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https://imgur.com/gallery/8DMAQJB
Coachwhip?
Badace52
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Yep!

Posting help:
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Finally have one to share this year:



Stive
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Hey there Mr Timber Rattler.

He's pretty stout!
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Yeah, he was pretty pissed too and buzzing. There was a big log pile nearby so figured that's where he lived and he was just out by the road getting some sun. We were at the in-laws cabin in upstate PA and driving up the shale road to go back to the cabin and we almost ran over him with the truck so he wasn't too happy.

My F-I-L does a wildlife calendar every year with animals he catches on the game cams he places around the property and he's been wanting to get a good pic of a rattler so we stopped and he got his big camera with zoom lens out and snapped some pics while I took some with my phone.

I've seen a few of these "black phase" timber rattlers up there but have yet to see a good "yellow phase" one.
ellebee
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Bobcat-Ag said:

ellebee said:

ttha_aggie_09 said:

Just did and my batteries were dead. Replaced and up and running now.

I figured they just needed replacing.
Ok, so you're saying that the snake is not poisonous?

Definitely poisonous
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ellebee said:

Bobcat-Ag said:

ellebee said:

ttha_aggie_09 said:

Just did and my batteries were dead. Replaced and up and running now.

I figured they just needed replacing.
Ok, so you're saying that the snake is not poisonous?

Definitely poisonous


Definitely not poisonous. Highly venomous though.
I know a lot about a little, and a little about a lot.
ellebee
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zooguy96 said:

ellebee said:

Bobcat-Ag said:

ellebee said:

ttha_aggie_09 said:

Just did and my batteries were dead. Replaced and up and running now.

I figured they just needed replacing.
Ok, so you're saying that the snake is not poisonous?

Definitely poisonous


Definitely not poisonous. Highly venomous though.

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