2021 Snake Spotting

[avvidclif]

Look closely and tell what is going on here???????

 

[Hoji]

Look closely and tell what is going on here???????

Toad is about to be lunch

 

[Sasquatch]

Toad is about to be lunch

Looks like he got bit already, but can that lil skinny snek actually eat that big toad?

 

[avvidclif]

Looks like he got bit already, but can that lil skinny snek actually eat that big toad?

That's sorta what I was asking. He already tried once from the blood on the back. After the picture we were noticed and they went their separate ways.... Both still alive. That was the first Texas Garter Snake I've seen in years.

 

[Hoji]

Looks like he got bit already, but can that lil skinny snek actually eat that big toad?

He tried. Snakes will stretch quite a bit, but that toad was out of its league

 

[BRD@66]

I saved a baby rat snake from the feral cat patrol this evening- til he stumbles back onto open ground.

 

[Hoji]

I saved a baby rat snake from the feral cat patrol this evening- til he stumbles back onto open ground.

Good job. Is the feral cat yours or is it a nuisance cat?

 

[BRD@66]

Good job. Is the feral cat yours or is it a nuisance cat?

Nuisance cat. I know, I know....

 

[bbbass]

Look closely and tell what is going on here???????

He's asking if he can borrow some Grey Poopon!!

 

[bbbass]

Good job. Is the feral cat yours or is it a nuisance cat?

I know it's past my nappy time, but please explain how a feral (stray) cat can be "yours"... does it just mean wild, as in having barn cats, etc?

Nuisance cat. I know, I know....

All the feral cats in suburbia are nuisances!!! And when in the field they get shot for the pheasant and quail egg/baby munchers that they are... I know everything gotta eat, but people need to quit dumping unwanted cats into bird habitat.

 

[satx78247]

I know it's past my nappy time, but please explain how a feral cat can be "yours"... does it just mean wild, as in having barn cats, etc?



All the feral cats in suburbia are nuisances!!! And when in the field they get shot for the pheasant and quail egg/baby munchers that they are... I know everything gotta eat, but people need to quit dumping unwanted cats into bird habitat.

bbbass,

Pardon me for saying that EVERY sort of animal should NOT be dumped into the wild.
(Here in the SW, it is becoming commonplace to DUMP "unwanted" cats, dogs, snakes, donkeys & other animals in large numbers, to let them starve, be hit by vehicles, to destroy wildlife and/or be eaten by predators.)

yours, satx
TMN, Alamo Area Chapter

 

[Texas45]

Dog and I both had a close call last night, didn't see this guy until we both almost stepped on it.

Damn dumbass dog never, ever even saw the snake or if he did, he though it was a stick. He didn't even acknowledge its presence.

My wife had yet to have seen a live, venomous snake since we moved here. I called her out for a little look at the local wildlife. Damn dog started bouncing around like a pogo stick, so we had to take him in the house and come back out for a a peek at Mr. No Legs. Also brought my boy out for a look, so he could see a real venomous snake up close and realize how well they blend in, even when you're close to them.

This guy was over 20 yards from the house, out hunting near some of our tall trees. We let him be, after our little lookie-loo session. All the rain we've had has the grass way tall, but the ground isn't firm enough yet to run the mower over without sinking, so I'm giving it another day to dry out.

This reiterated why we don't go outside at night without footwear or a flashlight. Not that my leather sandals would've been much protection had I stepped on this thing, but it beats being barefoot. I didn't see this snake until we were damn near on top of it. Stupid lab came within a foot of it before I drew him back.

We both got lucky that copperheads are generally chill animals and not usually aggressive or quick to strike.

This one was not small, but not huge. Thinking a juvenile, but maybe a young adult snake. He was probably 18-20 inches long.

Killed 3 on my place.
20yds from the house and dogs and kids that for sure would be one dead CH.

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[vmax]

Can you guys help with a snake ID?
This one was in Taylor County

 

[Hoji]

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Can you guys help with a snake ID?
This one was in Taylor County

Diamond back water snake.

 

[thescoutranch]

Well it is official, just got on the side of our house we have discovered that we have a pair, not one but two “copper headed diamondback coral Moccasins”.

 

[Haystack]

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Can you guys help with a snake ID?
This one was in Taylor County

Harmless water snake. They eat fish and frogs. The stripes on the lower jaw are the tell tale markings that this is NOT a cotton mouth.

 

[Haystack]

Well it is official, just got on the side of our house we have discovered that we have a pair, not one but two “copper headed diamondback coral Moccasins”.



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Those are good snakes. No worries.

 

[Glenn B]

No snakes seen yet but my mongrel Skye dragged me over to the brush line, bordering the park where we walk, twice in the last week and each time I looked at what she was sniffing - there was a three toed box turtle under her snout.

 

[gamboolman]

I grew up hunting and fishing on lakes, creeks and ponds in East Texas.
I have many snake stories. I was never bit but have been struck on the old fashioned Snake Leggings I wore when hunting in the Bottoms
Dog(s) bit and survived
As others have said, I learned to carry a shotgun with me in the boat
When we lived in Africa while working for megaoil corp, we had Green and Black Mamba's and Cobras and big Pythons....
Will have to look from some pics of the Mamba's that was killed in / around the Compound.
Hope this gif works

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Dayum!
He doesn't look too scared of ya'll...