First Snake of the year

[Gafn]

Not really tractor safety.....

But safety non the less.... first snake of the year... about 7 inches long, but the dang thing was right up against the house.... hate these things...

I think this is a young copperhead, but I cant really tell.
What do you guys think?

 

[DuckSlayer1017]

I'm not sure on the type of snake but I'm glad I live up north where there aren't' many of snakes to deal with.

 

[tractchores]

Need to see the head to tell, there are a bunch of harmless snakes with the same body colors.

 

[Gafn]

I killed this little thing on a gravel pathway... head disappeared into the gravel, and this snake's body was still twitching an hour after being killed - not interested in looking for a still biting severed head...

 

[CalG]

I saw a "first snake of the year " just the other day.

It was dangling in the clutches of a small hawk ;-)

Supper I suppose.

Vermont doesn't really have poison snakes, so I don't worry. Even if a local hill is called "rattle snake mountain". I suppose one was seen once, and it stuck! ;-)

 

[Gafn]

Well this was first snake killed - have seen two other black snakes - they eat these little guys if they can find them, so I never kill a black snake.
This looks like a little copper head that has not had its shapes formed on it's back yet...

I am just guessing...

 

[4570Man]

My dad saw a big black snake about a month ago. It was probably 4 feet long.

 

[Walkin Horse]

I just saw a post on fb that young copper heads have a yellow tip on its tail. I'm not sure at what size they loose that. It also said that the baby's are the most poisonous,because they can't regulate the venom. At my place 3 kinds make it. The black snake the racer and the king snake. I have a 3 yo GS full time here and I don't won't him picking up a giant fishing worm.

 

[phiferpharm]

We are seeing them daily here - most are just rat snakes that are mostly left alone (except when grandma catches them in with the Chickens and Ducks). Unfortunately my son's dog, who lives on the next property brought a Coral Snake offering into the house last week. The dog ended up at the UF Veterinary hospital for shots and an overnight stay. That was not cheap.

 

[tractchores]

Young copper beads do have yellow or green tail tips and usually a lighter color, but it can vary. It's easy to tell if it's venemous or not by the head. A triangle head is venemous, an oval one is not. These also have pits in the head. Some non venemous will try to look venemous by flailing their necks. My guess is not a copperhead but you need the head to be sure, it has a spot on the top that differentiates it from the look alikes.

If the head is in the gravel be careful, if someone steps on it and it's venemous its still dangerous. I am careful to not bother non venemous snakes, many eat other snakes, bugs or rodents. There are a few that are fantastic at eating other snakes (king snakes) that are great to have around.

 

[tractchores]

We are seeing them daily here - most are just rat snakes that are mostly left alone (except when grandma catches them in with the Chickens and Ducks). Unfortunately my son's dog, who lives on the next property brought a Coral Snake offering into the house last week. The dog ended up at the UF Veterinary hospital for shots and an overnight stay. That was not cheap.

Amazing the dog lived! I just spent some time in fl and we had a lot of cotton mouths, luckily they're pretty calm so the dog didn't get bit even after sniffing ones tail.dogs and snakes are a bad combo!

 

[phiferpharm]

Amazing the dog lived! I just spent some time in fl and we had a lot of cotton mouths, luckily they're pretty calm so the dog didn't get bit even after sniffing ones tail.dogs and snakes are a bad combo!

Don't know if it got bit- my guess is it didn't as Coral Snakes almost have to chew on you. When my Daughter in Law said she had taken the dog up there, my thought was it was either a dead dog or a waste of time. and money. Dog is home now, just as stupid as before. This one was "given" to them after her sister had to deal with the dog continually chewing on bricks and rocks. It would be a close contest between it and a rock for what was more intelligent.

 

[Looking4new]

Don't know if it got bit- my guess is it didn't as Coral Snakes almost have to chew on you. When my Daughter in Law said she had taken the dog up there, my thought was it was either a dead dog or a waste of time. and money. Dog is home now, just as stupid as before. This one was "given" to them after her sister had to deal with the dog continually chewing on bricks and rocks. It would be a close contest between it and a rock for what was more intelligent.

That gave me a good laugh!

The only snakes I have seen up here are Copper Belly Water Snakes (they like to get into the dug well) and Garter Snakes. The Copper Bellies get quite aggressive, more than the Garters.

 

[txdon]

I have dealt with many copperheads. That is not one.
But this snake with my pepper plant is.

 

[Gafn]

Looks to be a brown snake....

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Found him under a 55 gal drum on my gravel pathway...
Considering his diet... he was in a great place.... just shocked the chit out of me when I picked up the drum to put it into the FEL, and here is a snake moving towards me...
I reacted and a shovel was close at hand... dropped drum grab shovel and de-head the snake.... (normal procedure for anything other than black snakes)
poor little guy was just having lunch...

 

[Bird]

I think TXDon is right. That snake doesn't look anything like the copperhead I killed on March 30, which was the first snake I've seen this year.

 

[Garandman]

"A Florida teenager is recovering after being bitten in the face by a water moccasin.

The bite happened last Saturday, according to investigators with Florida Fish and Wildlife, two days after Austin Hatfield, 18, captured it in his girlfriend's yard in Wimauma."

 

[phiferpharm]

"A Florida teenager is recovering after being bitten in the face by a water moccasin.

The bite happened last Saturday, according to investigators with Florida Fish and Wildlife, two days after Austin Hatfield, 18, captured it in his girlfriend's yard in Wimauma."

Maybe he would like a nice dog that sounds like a perfect match....

 

[Turbys_1700]

The teen in question did not use sound judgement...
Teen bitten by water moccasin he kept on bed

 

[RDrancher]

The teen in question did not use sound judgement...
Teen bitten by water moccasin he kept on bed

You can't fix stupid, but apparently you can bite it!