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Well, maybe more like I was startled. About dusk I went out to fill the birdbath and grabbed the hose laying on the ground (one of those black collapsible ones) and it slithered out of my hand. Damn rat/chicken snake.

I don’t mind snakes but I’m not overly fond of handling them.

On a positive note, I haven’t seen any poisonous snakes in quite a few years. The first couple of years after we had the house built I was killing 5-10 baby copperheads a year but never saw an adult. After I got some chickens the mice appeared, then the rat snakes, and haven’t seen a copperhead since.
 
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If you pick one up and it's an Alabama black snake, put it down!



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A rather good snake to have around. Does keep the copperhead population in check...


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If I had a place with copperheads and/or rattlesnakes, I would build several brush piles on the property and buy some black snakes to release.

http://www.backwaterreptiles.c...-snake-for-sale.html

http://www.backwaterreptiles.c...-snake-for-sale.html


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FLASHLIGHT!!!! Eek




 
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I woulda sharted. Snakes are some sneaky bastards
 
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Come on...tell the truth. You squealed like a little girl didn't you? Razz


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You squealed like a little girl didn't you?


I did just reading the OP's post!




 
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That's shrink your sphincter.
 
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the birds called, they say thanks for the water





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I just moved a tarp today. Gardner snake startled me. It was the thickest one I ever saw.



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I found my first snake of the year by accident yesterday...I was digging out some wild violets and grabbed a ringneck with my pull. I'll admit it startled me. It looked at me like "who are you and why are you holding me " Big Grin


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Creepy.


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I just missed grabbing a baby copperhead doing some yard work a couple of weeks back. Thankfully a shovel was close by and took care of that problem. Scared the hell out of me though!
 
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I just missed grabbing a baby copperhead doing some yard work a couple of weeks back. Thankfully a shovel was close by and took care of that problem. Scared the hell out of me though!

Did you wait until it finished doing the yard work?




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Well, my little buddy was back tonight. I don’t know if it’s a male looking for a hole in that black hose or a female impressed with the length but it seems infatuated with that hose. I did make sure I got hold of the hose and not my little friend tonight. Big Grin
 
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I'd get a different color hose.
 
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I just missed grabbing a baby copperhead doing some yard work a couple of weeks back. Thankfully a shovel was close by and took care of that problem. Scared the hell out of me though!

Did you wait until it finished doing the yard work?


Wink

I just decided to rid the world of that evil little thing right then and there!
 
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Start at the hydrant and work you way out to the end of the hose.
 
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On a positive note, I haven’t seen any poisonous snakes in quite a few years. The first couple of years after we had the house built I was killing 5-10 baby copperheads a year but never saw an adult. After I got some chickens the mice appeared, then the rat snakes, and haven’t seen a copperhead since.

This is the long-term key. Remove the snake's food source, and they won't come around.
 
 
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