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kind miss my python "monte". had her for 15 years and gave her away after I became married to a reef aquarium. they are a great pet. only bit me twice...
 
Seen Burmese and especially Reticulated that were quite aggressive. And seem to get more so when they get large.
Retics are notoriously grumpy.

Balls are the perfect snake to keep!
 
MacEntyre said:
Why would she have a growth spurt at 15 years old? o_O
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HaHa OK I know nothing about pythons! I had a ribbon and I started feeding that guy all the 25cent goldfish it would eat and it got waaaaay bigger than I anticipated.
 
Just got back from Repticon, holy crap that’s a lot of snakes!
 
Dude my daughter is dating had this sucker in his backyard a couple nights ago. My daughter snapped a photo of it...

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2 questions:
I did not know that they got that big
Is the copperhead same as a cotton mouth
 
KnotRight said:
2 questions:
I did not know that they got that big
Is the copperhead same as a cotton mouth
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Negative. Two different species. Although they are both venomous. Cottonmouths are usually found near water and given the name due to their white mouths. Copperheads are more land based. Found under rotting logs and rock structures.
 
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KnotRight said:
2 questions:
I did not know that they got that big
Is the copperhead same as a cotton mouth
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The average copperhead is probably under 3 feet long, but thick. I caught one several years ago that was 42 inches long. That was the biggest one I had seen.
 
Burt Gummer said:
Copperhead. No diamondbacks up this way
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Interesting, the rattlers are the ones that are around here. Not sure if that was water snakes or cotton mouths in the creek the other day. I know one swims on top of the water and the other's body is below water. I am not getting close enough to find out. I love looking at snakes behind 2" of glass.

I think this weekend is the Claxton Rattle snake round up. They pull some huge snakes out of their dens.
 
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KnotRight said:
Interesting, the rattlers are the ones that are around here. Not sure if that was water snakes or cotton mouths in the creek the other day. I know one swims on top of the water and the other's body is below water. I am not getting close enough to find out. I love looking at snakes behind 2" of glass.

I think this weekend is the Claxton Rattle snake round up. The pull some huge snakes out of their dens.
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Those roundups are stupid. I know lots of folks think that because they’re venomous they need to be killed. I’d rather have snakes that rats
 
Jan. 31, 2012
In its 45th year, the festival formerly known as the Claxton Rattlesnake Roundup is undergoing something of a midlife transformation.
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No more roundup.

This morning one of the farm workers heard a rat squeal and saw a black rat snake with it's haid in a hole!
 
Sorry @MacEntyre, I ruined another hat band....
First of the warm weather- seems he was injured not long ago but not by me...patch of skin healing in the shovel picture is visible.

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Pulled a 3' eastern king outta a birdhouse yesterday.

Sitting in the shop eating lunch. Owners wife comes hauling ass up, comes in looking for the mechanic.

Says a snake got into her birdhouse with baby birds in it.

I said no babys in there now but we'll get it out lol.

Go to her house about the time the mechanic shows up.

My buddy and I dismantle the bottom of the bird house. Out drops the snake. I snag him behind the head.

Then watch as the owners wife, her 10 yo daughter, the mechanic, his assistant and another employee all freak out, lol.

The guys wanting to kill the poor fella, the girls being dramatic and insisting it be killed:rolleyes:

All the while standing there holding this harmless fella with a full belly. Extra drama when he wrapped up around my forearm:)

No convincing them he was good to have around since they eat vermin and actually seek out other snakes to eat:cool:

Bosses wife was pissed at me today when I told her why I didnt kill him and that I released him on the back side of the 15 acre property lol.

Wish I had taken a pic. He was a purty one.
 
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Trevillian said:
Pulled a 3' eastern king outta a birdhouse yesterday.

Sitting in the shop eating lunch. Owners wife comes hauling ass up, comes in looking for the mechanic.

Says a snake got into her birdhouse with baby birds in it.

I said no babys in there now but we'll get it out lol.

Go to her house about the time the mechanic shows up.

My buddy and I dismantle the bottom of the bird house. Out drops the snake. I snag him behind the head.

Then watch as the owners wife, her 10 yo daughter, the mechanic, his assistant and another employee all freak out, lol.

The guys wanting to kill the poor fella, the girls being dramatic and insisting it be killed:rolleyes:

All the while standing there holding this harmless fella with a full belly. Extra drama when he wrapped up around my forearm:)

No convincing them he was good to have around since they eat vermin and actually seek out other snakes to eat:cool:

Bosses wife was pissed at me today when I told her why I didnt kill him and that I released him on the back side of the 15 acre property lol.

Wish I had taken a pic. He was a purty one.
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Good job.
 
It's been way too long since I've seen a king snake around here.
 
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MacEntyre said:
If they didn't want it, I'd have taken him home and released him at my house.

Kinda rude to watch you remove the snake, and then get mad at you for not killin' it!
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This was Highlands, NC at lunchtime. My house is an hour away. But I did consider it:)

Na, she and her husband are good people. I wouldn't work with the company if not.

She's just like a liberal when it comes to snakes lol.

A pervasive fear from stories and beliefs about a subject that isn't understood or experienced, much less accepted. Creates an irrational fear of the "unknown" that must be dealt with by elimination. Regardless of facts, figures or the truth.

"Head in the sand" fear of the "possible/potential" all are one and the same type of thought where the only way to fix it is to make the situation/thing not exist or "all I've ever known is THIS solution fixes the problem:rolleyes::eek::(


Not rude, just that out of touch with the reality of that subject:)
 
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Gotcha! Good description of the problem with people that know nothing about snakes.

Had 7 people over for dinner, a whole family of friends. Two of them wanted to hold deBrus, the Ball Python. The rest stood back 8 feet and watched!
 
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Smallest snek I have ever found. It doesn't look like
what I call a worm sneak, it had a small white band around it's neck.
What say the pros? He did try to bite me.:eek:
 
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