Hilder you live in TX not SoFL. Your dogs have little to worry about. Chase the snakes off with a stick or a water hose and sleep well at night.
Texas has a shit load of poisonous snakes, especially here in the bayou city, shit load of water moccasins and rattlers.
Could work, could make it more pissed "This dangerous semi-aquatic snake is truly an aggressive reptile that will stand its ground or even approach an intruder." http://www.wf.net/~snake/moccasin.htm
I posted earlier that we have those around the house. They will leave. I almost stepped on one's head once. Scared the hell out of me when I looked down and had a water moccasin staring at my toe. I jumped and ran back. I didn't kill it though - I intruded on it's space.
I had a few bad run-ins with them while I was a lifeguard, so naturally I feel compelled to warn people about them. Believe me you'll do anything to get one of those out of a drain short of getting in the water. In any case not saying you are wrong just that people should use caution, yes?
Of course, I'm just always sad to see a non poisonous snake killed because someone thought it might be poisonous. But hey I like in the middle of bumfuck nowhere. :cheers2:
A snake normally won't eat anything larger than the fattest part of it's body. This would include the larger boidae such as Molurus Bivittatus, the Burmese Python, and Boa Constrictor with the possible exception of Python Molurus and Python Sebae, the Indian and African Rock Pythons respectively. But all these species can reach 25+ feet in length and none are native to North America. While there are several poisonous species native to Texas, they normally don't attack house pets unless they are small enough for consumption. Attacks by poisonous snakes on house pets normally occur when the pet attempts to protect the owner from a perceived threat. NOT from an attempt to feed. So if you see a snake, put the babies in the house and chase it off with a water hose or a long stick. And remember that striking snakes (water moccasins and rattle snakes) can strike from a distance of 2/3 their body length. Learn to recognize poisonous snakes and give them wide berth, ok? And don't kill them, they really are beneficial to the local ecosystem.
Me too. Kingsnakes are beautiful, and not poisonous - on the contrary, they hunt poisonous snakes. So if you are truly worried about poisonous snakes, you just killed an ally. A 2ft baby would do no harm even if it did bite, hell, a fully grown kingsnake wouldn't do much damage with a bite. If you live in an area that has poisonous creatures, educate yourself for your own protection. A lot of people kill snakes, spiders etc for no reason other than "they're gross!!!!!" and it's pretty sad.
Imagine running into this MF'er February 05, 2009 Researchers excavating a coal mine in South America have found the fossilized remains of the mother of all snakes, Titanoboa, a nightmarish tropical behemoth as long as a school bus and as heavy as a Volkswagen Beetle. At 2,500 pounds and 43 feet in length Titanoboa is as long as a school bus, and could eat crocodiles for breakfast Hotwater
Yeah, my bro-in-law got mad coz I killed it. Whatev. Next time I will recognize a non poisonous snake. the last snake I ran across was a copperhead. I got scared. I need to learn these things. I know squat about snakes. The Blue Heeler had a turtle in her mouth and just carried it around like a ball. lol I yelled at her and put the turtle in the pond. I wonder where it came from. do they eat up the fish?
a decent rule of thumb is that most venomous snakes have a distinct arrowhead shaped head. esp rattlesnakes and vipers.
