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SNAKE!!!

Coastal

Coastal

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What the hell is that? lucky for him I found him already dead in the pool or he would have seen me get all....well you know, it's just lucky for him if you know what I mean.
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Its either a Florida Scarlet or a Scarlet King, either way you would have been ok. If the under belly is pale or blank and the circles dont encompass the whole body its a Florida Scarlet.

If you see one with a black nose start running thats the Coral snake.
 
From the pointed nose, it looks like a scarlet snake to me. Perfectly harmless. Pretty tough to keep as a pet though, because they are fossorial and have a specialized diet.

Yeah, it's normally "red touch yellow, kill a fellow", but don't rely on that 100 percent. Abnormal coloration and pattern is not all that unusual in any animal.... Make sure you KNOW what it is, not what you THINK it isn't..
 
Red to Black, venom lack, Red to yellow, kill a fellow...
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Yeah, and old mother hubbard sat in her cubbard.....Like I'm gonna remember a nursery rhyme while I'm crapping myself and loading the gun:lmao:

If the under belly is pale or blank and the circles dont encompass the whole body
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Ok, you think I'm getting that close or staying long enough to see?:lmao:


Too bad, it would have made a nice pet.
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Well it's too small for boots or a belt and no fangs for a redneck belt buckle:lmao:
 
Well this is the first time I've come across a snake in the lanai. The occasional lizard or frog but even those have been one here and there.

I will try to remember the red touch yellow but I think I would go the other way and not try to get a closer look.

So, lets say you come across a snake in your house or lanai and suspect it's something dangerous, what are you supposed to do? broom, shovel, magnum? I had a damn lizard get in the house and I have no idea if he left. He went under the fridge, then dishwasher and there was no way I was going to start pulling appliances for a lizard. But a snake, that's another story. Is there something we can feed them that will render them....verwy verwy still?
 
I found one of these that scared the crud out of me as-well, I'm not sure what I would rather see LOL. I tried to smash it but those things a super fast. I later learned it was a huntsman spider, and its a good thing i didnt smash it because if it was a pregnant female I could have released 1,000 babies in the house LOL. It was the size of my hand. You know you found a big spider when its eyes light up from the camera flash.:ack2:

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RelentlessNiSMo said:
I found one of these that scared the crud out of me as-well, I'm not sure what I would rather see LOL. I tried to smash it but those things a super fast. I later learned it was a huntsman spider, and its a good thing i didnt smash it because if it was a pregnant female I could have released 1,000 babies in the house LOL. It was the size of my hand. You know you found a big spider when its eyes light up from the camera flash.:ack2:

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mommy!

Kind of makes you long for those months of sub freezing temps to kill off those devil creatures.

OK, I'm done longing, time for a topless drive.
 
Coastal said:
...So, lets say you come across a snake in your house or lanai and suspect it's something dangerous, what are you supposed to do? broom, shovel, magnum?
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When I've had to kill rattlers and moccasins, I've always (except once) used either a hoe or steel (old fashion types) rake.

Long reach, heavy duty to remove the head or at least hol it down while I remove it with a machete;)

Shot one one time but I was in the woods on duty. Patrolloing an area known for dumping stolen cars. Stepped out of my car and this arrogant little mofo struck my boot!!! :mad:Scared the chit outta me!:eek:

Got the hell out of the way and it coiled up.....bad damned mistake little slithery dude...couple warning shouts to clear the area...all quiet....BANG!!

1 shot, 1 kill (shut up Carrie!:rofl1:)


1) .357 silver tipped hollow point...$.45 cents.
1) cleaning kit material...$1.50

1) dead, headless, slithery lilttle critter dude....f**king priceless...!:D:lmao:


And as a bonus...1 very happy Deputy:D

Did I mention how much I HATE snakes?

Also, found a rattler along the tile in my pool once. We were going out to swin, took a walk around the pool for no particular reason and whoa!!:eek:

This SOB is plastered against the reddish tile along the top.....!!!

Sum Beach!! Every body outta the way!!!

Can't shoot it (I'd screw up the marcite and most likely the bedroom window:lmao:), ain't gonna get in there with it (Johnny Weismuller I'm not!)
and certainly not gonna let it crawl away alive:NoNo:

Out comes the trusty hoe (garden type beotch!), coax it outta ma damn pool and onto the cool deck..It's really pissed about now!

I sling it into the grass and well.....wish I knew a little something about taxidermy:D:D


As for what you can feed them?

Lead works:D:thumbsup:

But seriously, Shooting snakes with anything less than a shot gun is risky on a lot of fronts.

With anything, you risk collateral damage from the impact and/or the ricochet unless you're in soft sand.

Stick with striking impliments with looooooong handles:thumbsup:

OR....just call the cops.....we just love coming out on that sort of chit:rolleyes::lmao:
 
Shadow said:
When I've had to kill rattlers and moccasins, I've always (except once) used either a hoe or steel (old fashion types) rake.

Long reach, heavy duty to remove the head or at least hol it down while I remove it with a machete;)

Shot one one time but I was in the woods on duty. Patrolloing an area known for dumping stolen cars. Stepped out of my car and this arrogant little mofo struck my boot!!! :mad:Scared the chit outta me!:eek:

Got the hell out of the way and it coiled up.....bad damned mistake little slithery dude...couple warning shouts to clear the area...all quiet....BANG!!

1 shot, 1 kill (shut up Carrie!:rofl1:)


1) .357 silver tipped hollow point...$.45 cents.
1) cleaning kit material...$1.50

1) dead, headless, slithery lilttle critter dude....f**king priceless...!:D:lmao:


And as a bonus...1 very happy Deputy:D

Did I mention how much I HATE snakes?

Also, found a rattler along the tile in my pool once. We were going out to swin, took a walk around the pool for no particular reason and whoa!!:eek:

This SOB is plastered against the reddish tile along the top.....!!!

Sum Beach!! Every body outta the way!!!

Can't shoot it (I'd screw up the marcite and most likely the bedroom window:lmao:), ain't gonna get in there with it (Johnny Weismuller I'm not!)
and certainly not gonna let it crawl away alive:NoNo:

Out comes the trusty hoe (garden type beotch!), coax it outta ma damn pool and onto the cool deck..It's really pissed about now!

I sling it into the grass and well.....wish I knew a little something about taxidermy:D:D


As for what you can feed them?

Lead works:D:thumbsup:

But seriously, Shooting snakes with anything less than a shot gun is risky on a lot of fronts.

With anything, you risk collateral damage from the impact and/or the ricochet unless you're in soft sand.

Stick with striking impliments with looooooong handles:thumbsup:

OR....just call the cops.....we just love coming out on that sort of chit:rolleyes::lmao:
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haha too bad there isn't some little exploding BBs.

I don't have any garden tools, I'll have to pull out my driver. I only hope I connect better with his head than I do with the ball. :D
 
When I was around 7 or 8 I had a CO2 powered pellet gun, and I kid you not that thing would go through a small piece of wood. I used to shoot at the birds and squirrels that ran across the power lines behind my house. My neighbor behind me used to sit outside with a cold one and just count off the dead as they fell to the ground haha.
 
I've got to admit that I'm pretty surprised and disappointed to read this sort of animosity towards snakes........ :NoNo:
 
I walked in my house one day to find a diamondback hanging out of the roof vent for the Ac in the kitchen. I seriously looked at it, walked under it to the fridge, got whatever it was I wanted, and almost made it to the garage before it hit me WTF it was hanging out of that vent. So I go to catch the little guy and he slithers his ass back up in the ducting. So at that point I then have to go up in the attic and start tearing apart the AC ducting. Finally found him and threw him out of the attic's window.:hehehe: Then I go to put everything back together and I see a yellow rat snake slithering away from under the disturbed ducting... :toetap05:

Anyway, we have this metal bar with a forked end on it that makes catching snakes pretty easy. Which is a good thing since I find a lot of them slithering around. With the exception of one water moccasin, I've never killed any of them. Too much fun to set them free and watch them terrify the neighbors.
 
floridaZ said:
I walked in my house one day to find a diamondback hanging out of the roof vent for the Ac in the kitchen. I seriously looked at it, walked under it to the fridge, got whatever it was I wanted, and almost made it to the garage before it hit me WTF it was hanging out of that vent. So I go to catch the little guy and he slithers his ass back up in the ducting. So at that point I then have to go up in the attic and start tearing apart the AC ducting. Finally found him and threw him out of the attic's window.:hehehe: Then I go to put everything back together and I see a yellow rat snake slithering away from under the disturbed ducting... :toetap05:

Anyway, we have this metal bar with a forked end on it that makes catching snakes pretty easy. Which is a good thing since I find a lot of them slithering around. With the exception of one water moccasin, I've never killed any of them. Too much fun to set them free and watch them terrify the neighbors.
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HA! You lost me at slithers back up in the vent. I would have turned the AC on to sub zero and made a pop cicle out of him.

No way I'm going up there without those exploding BBs
 
Rich Z said:
I've got to admit that I'm pretty surprised and disappointed to read this sort of animosity towards snakes........ :NoNo:
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Then I'm just going to have to continue to be a big dissapointment to you!!

I don't like snakes, never have and never will!

That said, I've become more tolerant of the non-poisionious types we generally find around here lately. I've got one, a little garter snake, that I call "sneaky snake." He used to stick his little head out of the Sago Palm when it was by the door and look at us as we went in and out. No biggie after the first WTF!:eek: was over:lmao:

The gardens gone and what do I find? This little SOB sunning himself on the dirt!:rofl1: Shoot! let him live, he's ok:thumbsup:

Now, for that snake in the attic! I ain't puttin up with dat chit for 1 second!:thumbsdown:

If there's one, there's probably more and I'm NOT sharing my house (or my grandaughters safety) with any poisionious reptile....PERIOD!:mad:

I don't care what any one thinks about it or me!:mad:

How's that for succinct? (sp)
 
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