So I almost stepped on this little guy today and Im trying to figure out what kind of snake it is. I dont know snakes very well so I grabbed a broom and tried to chase him out of the yard but I think he went into a drain pipe and disappeared. Im pretty sure its just a black snake but it has a pointy head so maybe its a moccasin? It was mostly black/grey with a whitish belly and some kind of irregular markings along its body and it was about 4-5 foot long.
I am going to throw up. I only clicked this thread because I have an orange and yellow snake that lives in the stones by my house. No snake is a good snake. Be careful.
Im not a fan of them either and I dont know anything about them. I almost stepped on this one as I was walking outside talking on the phone. I was hoping for a snake fan to confirm my thoughts on the identity of this creepy fellow.
My wood stack are full of gardener snakes and northern ring necks. I don't mind they are just eating bugs, and the chickens love finding mice nests when I start moving wood!
Don't like snakes at all. They give me the creeps. I will tolerate the common grass snakes, but I do encourage them to move along while I am in the garden.
Thats what I was thinking also but like I said I dont know snakes. Im not sure how to tell if its poisonous or not I know that water moccasins can look black too sometimes.
I had a tarp covering my shoulder wood all last summer, when I uncovered it to move some of the wood I saw two decent sized black snakes sitting on top of the pile all coiled up. I think they liked the idea of the cover and the heat from the cover. Same color and size as Matts snake. they also shed their skin sometime before I opened it up, there was 2 sets of skins at the bottom of the pile too. I'd think the eating was good too, I'm sure the field mice enjoy living in a pile of splits.
Ive had rattlesnake before many years ago when I was a kid I recall enjoying it. I wouldnt have a clue how to prepare it though is there a certain way to do it so as to avoid the deadly venom packed inside of them?
You just cut their heads off...... Careful is the word......they can still bite on instinct for several hours after death.
I think cottonmouths have more triangular shaped heads than what you have there. http://www.247wildlife.com/images/watermoccasin.jpg
I think you could pick up the head with a shovel and bury it to be safe. I wouldn't be going anywhere near one of those.
How long did those twist around once you cut the heads off? They say those rattlesnake round ups are dangerous since the snakes that don't alert to their position are left behind to breed and further that trait. So passerby's don't even see them till too late.
So you are right in snake country? Not much of those this far north. We have timbler rattlers very rarely and maybe one other poisonous snake you never would see.
