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RE: Snakes Are A Crawling - 9/19/2007 12:52:59 AM    wonkapete   Posts: 261 Joined: 4/5/2007 From: Mobile, AL Status: offline Yep, be careful out there.  Just this past Thursday night (9\13\07), about 1 AM, my dogs were barking.  I get the flashlight and go out.  Under the house one of the dogs was standing over a baby snake yapping away.  I get my shovel and dig him out: Dang cottonmouth!!  I'm a critter lover too so I don't kill it.  I just take it and throw it over the fence into the woods.  As I'm going into the house, one of my dogs is sitting there, not acting himself.  I shine the light at him and his face is swollen.  I take him on in and he's got a softball size mass under his neck.  That damn snake had got him.  Then, he became allergic to the venom and  broke out in hives.  I gave him some Benedryl and take him to the vet in the morning.  He's gonna be OK.  Luckily, it didn't kill him.  Then, the next night they are out barking again and this big guy is in the yard! Needless to say, I wear my boots when I go outside at night now.  Be careful out there! < Message edited by wonkapete -- 9/21/2007 5:36:24 PM > (in reply to madman) Post #: 21

RE: Snakes Are A Crawling - 9/21/2007 8:36:28 AM    logueb   Posts: 1384 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Yesterday as the wife and I  were eating supper, Harley (the black lab) was barking in the back yard.  He had something in the grass at bay.  I could see from the sliding glasss doors of the dining room, the brown ball shaped object that he was attempting to pounce on.  You got it, a snake, a rattlesnake, coiled and ready to strike, which he did a couple of times before I could get Harley onto the deck.  That dog can really move, and so could the snake.  It would have made a nice pic, but not worth the risk of Harley being bit.  And that was what was about to happen.  The fenced in back yard  is Harley's domain, and he's very protective of this area when it comes to other animals.  He will carry around his "trophies" until I take them and bury them in the animal cemetery behind the pond.  A rattlesnake in the striking position. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to wonkapete) Post #: 22

RE: Snakes Are A Crawling - 9/21/2007 8:40:39 AM    logueb   Posts: 1384 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline I've never photographed a rattlesnake coiled and ready to strike.  Here I approach to get a closeup and the snake focuses his attention on me.  It has its tail up with its head directly behind the rattles.  Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 23

RE: Snakes Are A Crawling - 9/21/2007 4:58:16 PM    capsoda Posts: 7923 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: online Hey Buster, The rattles in front of the head is the a warning. Whe the rattles start to slide to the side like the first pic then the strick is emminent. Cool shots. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to logueb) Post #: 24

RE: Snakes Are A Crawling - 9/21/2007 8:17:23 PM    OsiaBoyce Posts: 1759 Joined: 12/8/2005 From: Chinquapin, S.C. Status: online Buster how big was that snake? Looks pertty small. I've seen the Canebreaks here and the one Doug posted looked like a Timber I don't know. Ya ever seen an Eastern Diamondback? I haven't I don't think they come this far from the coast and thats what 90 miles the way the crow flys. What all this boils down to is,is that a Pygmie Rattler? I've only caught one and that was about three years ago,didn't have a bucket so I had to through him in the back and by the time I got home he was gone. One of my smarter moves was when I again didn't have a bucket,but I did have a glass gallon milk bottle. That was a job getting him in that and a fun trip home. Rattlers are selling any where from 75-150 ft. now as we were getting 50 a pop 25 year ago. Sell them for anti-venom. If I get brave I'll show you how we can milk them. One last note,what do 90% of people who are bitten in the U.S. have in common? If you guessed they were drunk you are Absolutey right. (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 25

RE: Snakes Are A Crawling - 9/21/2007 8:21:40 PM    OsiaBoyce Posts: 1759 Joined: 12/8/2005 From: Chinquapin, S.C. Status: online I caught this one in my grapevines the other day,the best place to find these is at night in a brair patch,and you got to be fast to grab them. Attachment (1) (in reply to OsiaBoyce) Post #: 26

RE: Snakes Are A Crawling - 9/21/2007 8:24:03 PM    OsiaBoyce Posts: 1759 Joined: 12/8/2005 From: Chinquapin, S.C. Status: online Must have been a male it was pretty small I didn't check. Attachment (1) (in reply to OsiaBoyce) Post #: 27

RE: Snakes Are A Crawling - 9/21/2007 8:26:31 PM    OsiaBoyce Posts: 1759 Joined: 12/8/2005 From: Chinquapin, S.C. Status: online And of course I let it go closer to the house,I like to see the in the flower beds Attachment (1) (in reply to OsiaBoyce) Post #: 28

RE: Snakes Are A Crawling - 9/22/2007 12:33:59 PM    logueb   Posts: 1384 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Thanks for the info Cap, The first shot was after he had made a couple of strikes at Harley, the second was when I approached.  So that was my warning, see my rattles, don't come any closer. Yea Pat, Wasn't that large of a snake , but just as dangerous. My brother and I used to play with those garter snakes, freaked Mom out, especially when you pulled him out of your pocket. _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to OsiaBoyce) Post #: 29

RE: Snakes Are A Crawling - 9/22/2007 9:38:52 PM    CALDIGR2   Posts: 527 Joined: 6/20/2005 Status: offline I have also handled venomous snakes and seldom pay any attention to rattlers, unless they are in the yard. Those trespassers are usually stuffed in a pillow case for a quick ride to the other side of the river. The snakes do a nice job of helping to rid the ranch of young ground squirrels, rats and mice. It does no good to arbitrarily kill them out of fear and loathing. _____________________________ Mike Dig no privy before it's time. (in reply to madman) Post #: 30

RE: Snakes Are A Crawling - 10/1/2007 5:16:29 PM    capsoda Posts: 7923 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: online Went to dig out some druggest bottles in my shop and found this little fella hidin in the corner. Got a shovel and flicked him out the door on the back skirt and he decided he was commin back in. I flicked him put again and he charged and struck at the ole carbon fiber leg so I wacked him a goodun. I try not to kill them when ever possable but copperheads are perticularly nasty little critters. They come up on the hill during mating season and are plentiful around here right now. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to CALDIGR2) Post #: 31

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