Chair snake
Had to snatch another egg out of the mouth of the resident black snake. Not sure of the exact type of black snake. Just know it is welcome to continue its life in the barn to keep the rodent population down. Wish it didn't like free range eggs.
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looks like a good old snake to have around
if my wife happen to sit in that chair and the snake catch her off guard she would be in the next county before slowing down ,
she is OK with snakes will do no harm to one and as long as she is aware of them not afraid but when caught by surprise is a different story0 -
excellent mouser........like our bull snake here 0 -
Black rat snake. Get He Dog to give you the scientific taxonomy, because it changes with the wind. 3 -
We have more snakes than I care to live around. People keep telling me they keep the rodent population down.
Well, they aren't doing their job!
The snakes must be eating something else because the mice are taking over.
Mice are in the cars, my hunting blind, in the air filter on the tractor, in the sheds and the cats stay busy keeping the house mouse-free.
I have tried 2 of the electric repellers I learned about on this fourm. They did not work.
I placed the first one in the trunk of a car and set a trap beside it. 2 days later I caught a mouse. I sent the thing back for a refund and the company sent me another unit to test.
Having reached my tolerance limit with the mice, I put it in the trunk then placed a paper plate beside it with a chunk of rodent poison on it. 2 days later the poison is covered with chew marks and the plate is covered with mouse turds. The repeller was happily flashing its lights.
I'm declaring war on mice and snakes.
Anyone that feels snakes should be protected, please post your mailing address then watch for the arrival of cardboard boxes with little holes in the top. You are welcome.
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bknee, let me see if I understand this...You are overrun with mice, and you want to get rid of one of the two control animals? No logic there that I can see. BTW, you have snakes BECAUSE you have mice. 0 -
I'm so tired of cleaning flywheel fans on my mowers and other similar things, that I'm trying sloshing a little bit of waste kerosene down over and through the engine. I do wish I had more or hungrier snakes. 0 -
I figure if the control animal isnt controlling the mouse population it now falls to me to control the mouse problem (they built a nest in my hunting hat!).
Once the mice pop is reduced it will be interesting to see if the snake population reduces as well.
I suspect not. I think they will survive just fine on birds, eggs, baby rabbits, frogs, etc.
Its my belief that when most people say, "snakes keep down the rodent population" they are simply repeating something they have heard, when in reality mice are a small segment of their diet.
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The difference is that a snake only needs to eat once every few days - or weeks. Your resident snakes may all be busy digesting in their cold-blooded way. Cats, however, can eat several times a day - and often kill just for the heck of it besides. Cats may be much more efficient, but don't count those snakes out altogether. Every mouse down counts, after all! 0 -
Good on you Suzie for realizing not all snakes need to be killed. Many are beneficial and good to have around.
Rat snakes (Elaphe) are great mousers.0 -
Crikey, she's a beauty 0 -
We have snakes but most are rattlers or cottonmouths. If you are wanting to do a trade I would do box for box even trade.bustedknee said: Anyone that feels snakes should be protected, please post your mailing address then watch for the arrival of cardboard boxes with little holes in the top. You are welcome.0 -
Rattler is supposed to be good eating.
With the price of meat going up and up....and I have a can sealer???
This may work out.
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Rattler is okay. It has the flaky texture of fish, but is less flavorful - and very bony. Battered and deep fried is how most places make it when they're getting people to try it, but that way just tastes like (surprise!) fried batter. All reptiles have a faint metallic aftertaste to them, are dry, and low in nutrients. 0 -
I ate a killed rattlesnake one time, on a camping trip, spit cooked over a wood fire. It was okay but not great. I'm sure if us 15 year old kids knew how to cook it, it would have been better. 0 -
I picked up a rat snake about the size of the one pictured a couple weeks ago. Those things are strong and quick. After several seconds it managed to whip itself out of my grasp and headed into some tall grass. We'd been appraising some timber and the two loggers with me ran like school girls at the sight of the 4'+ snake. They thought I was crazy or maybe just confirmed the "wild man" image . 0 -
The Timber Rattlesnake is protected in Texas. If you kill one, best not post pictures on the net. 0 -
I've always respected snakes and even let the copperhead, rattlers and water moccasins go on their way if they weren't in the yard. Poisinous in the yard meant it was a goner. Little kids and their curiosity are not a good combination in that regard.
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Sorry, Snakes in the furniture I am going to sit down on.
Not happening.
Long history of Snakes. (Beginning with working at an Exotic Animal Importer in Miami, in the 70's.)
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Sorry, Snakes in the furniture I am going to sit down on.
Not happening.
Long history of Snakes. (Beginning with working at an Exotic Animal Importer in Miami, in the 70's.)
The chair is an old one sitting on an old TV in the barn. The chickens believe it to be a nesting box.
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