just saw that lol

you should change ur avatar April :P

 

I aint fishing it out of the creek! Its all smelly and bloated now.

 

make the kids do it?

 

I live in the middle of a three acre clearing, we have cats to keep the mice away. With no food available the snakes don't cross the mowed field (this would make them birdfood) to get to the house.

 

You did the right thing. Not worth trying to relocate it. I would not hesitate. I would not take any chances with my kids. It was in the wrong place at the wrong time. That is why we are at the top of the food chain.

 

I remember last year, when I was outside, my father came out with his $1400 Grundig shortwave radio in his hands, and stepped on a step currently being housed by a 6 foot black snake. Scared the crap out of him. I could see the thing from about 60 feet away... But, two or three shots from the .22 gave it a nice scar. :P

 

Copperheads are not very aggressive, especially at night when there is no sun to keep it warm. It was most likely lethargic and just got scared of you. You can more often then not pick them up without incident. They are no where near as willing to bite as some species of rattlers or water moccasins (cotton mouths to you hillbillies) which are extremely pugnacious and will actually give chase to you.

I was out looking for snakes once many years ago and saw a nice reddish gold snake half under a pile of leaves. There was no rattle and it wasn’t a water moccasin so I assumed it was a rat snake and picked it up. A few moments later I noticed the pits under its eyes and realized what it was. It was a little of 3 feet long and had plenty of time to bite me if it had wanted to but it didn’t. I just let it go and figured I was lucky.

Last year I spent a week in SC at Myrtle Beach and was out messing around by a little pond area looking for gators and turtles to take pictures of and I ran into another one. Stupid me, forgetting what happened a few years before, picked it up without thinking again (plus I was a little drunk). Just like last time, I realized what it was a got a good hold of it, but it never even attempted to bite.

I have picked up water moccasins and eastern diamond backs before, and those suckers want to bite you in a bad way. They get pissed off really easy.

If a water moccasin did bite you and were less than 100lbs, you could get a nasty wound and some hemorrhaging around the bit area enough to need medical attention. Small kids and old or infirm people just need not take the chance. If you are a big or healthy male, you would almost certainly survive the bite without medical intervention (but you should still get it). These creatures have far far less potent of a bite then any other venomous snake species indigenous to the USA other then the Cat Eyed Snake, which is only really found in southern Texas here and has fangs in the back of its mouth, not the front, so they are not really designed to bite large prey. Odds are with them you wouldn’t even get envenomated.

 

I guess she should have waited till it was in the house then she could have claimed self defense. :bang:

 

His family hasn't made a re appearance either. THANK GOODNESS!

 

they are just biding their time waiting for the big assault on Chez April

 

Eww I was down in the wash this morning snooping on the new house behind me. I forgot about the freaker- I looked down and he was dried into the mud down there. GROSS!

I got a shovel and a hoe waiting if his family needs deliverance.

 

im telling you, ya shoulda sent it to that aunt :P

 

still not too late. probably even better now.

 

Naw- I got the ULTIMATE person to send a snake in a box to now

 

umm... who would that be?

*hopes to heck she doesnt know his adress*