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Location: Texas | I can't speak for the other states, but Texas has received lots of rain in the past 6 months and it's starting to show. Snakes are every where! We have seen and killed at least 6 snakes already. We have seen them in our barn, by our dog pens and out in the pastures. This picture was taken this morning by our hay barn... (I do believe I had a minor heart attack) 
Long story short - keep your eyes open and be careful! It will be hot before long and they won't be nearly as easy to see... 
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| What kind of snake is that? |
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | Are those water moccasins or just king looking snakes. My dogs are already carrying snake around the yard I hope they don't meet up up those water moccasins. So far they manage the water/garden snakes. |
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Location: Texas | We think they are water moccasins, then again we aren't snake experts. Lol
Around us we usually see chicken snakes, rattle snakes and water moccasins. They all scare the crap out of me, no matter what kind they are! Lol
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| Looks like western rat snakes.. We just relocate the rat snakes, and kill the venomous ones. Last year this time I had a dang rattle snake in my laundry room, talk about heart attack!! |
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| EqualRanch - 2015-04-13 12:29 PM
We think they are water moccasins, then again we aren't snake experts. Lol
Around us we usually see chicken snakes, rattle snakes and water moccasins. They all scare the crap out of me, no matter what kind they are! Lol
What did the head look like? slender or the triangular shape |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | americanpride08 - 2015-04-13 12:23 PM What kind of snake is that?
These look like the Blue Indigo's I love having these around my place, they are harmless and they eat the bad snakes, so I know I will have less of the bad snakes when I see the Indigos.  |
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| I hate water moccasins, they are mean and they will chase you. Any snake scares the heck out of me, though. Have any of you noticed the rattlers are not rattling much anymore? We got an influx of wild pigs and have noticed lately that the snakes are not rattling a warning anymore. So now I am really watchful. |
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Location: Texas | Oh my. I would have to sell or burn my house if I ever saw a snake inside.
They had triangular heads and were fat snakes! Guess they've been eating good |
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Location: Texas | GLP - 2015-04-13 12:33 PM I hate water moccasins, they are mean and they will chase you. Any snake scares the heck out of me, though. Have any of you noticed the rattlers are not rattling much anymore? We got an influx of wild pigs and have noticed lately that the snakes are not rattling a warning anymore. So now I am really watchful.
We were just talking about this a few days ago. You use to could hear them way before you were standing on top of them, not so much anymore.
I can already see myself sporting my snake boots until November, no flip flops for me!
SouthTX you may be right, we aren't real educated in the snake department. If they are harmless, your more than welcome to come get ALL of them! Lol |
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| we get a lot of chicken snakes. The water snakes are the worst around here. But only on the river ways and creeks mostly.
Last time I went tubeing.. saw 7 water moccassins an a cotton mouth. I usually just move to the opposite side of the river, and they'll swim downstream opposite me until they find standing reeds or something. Was avoiding one once, and came within a foot of a VERY curious cotton mouth sunning on a rock just outside the water...
I pretty much walked on water for the next 5 mins. Lets just say I wont be tubeing that river anymore, canoeing is where it is at.. big sticks to protect yourself. It's unnerving to be on their level and KNOW they're faster than you. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | EqualRanch - 2015-04-13 12:40 PM GLP - 2015-04-13 12:33 PM I hate water moccasins, they are mean and they will chase you. Any snake scares the heck out of me, though. Have any of you noticed the rattlers are not rattling much anymore? We got an influx of wild pigs and have noticed lately that the snakes are not rattling a warning anymore. So now I am really watchful.
I can already see myself sporting my snake boots until November, no flip flops for me!
SouthTX you may be right, we aren't real educated in the snake department. If they are harmless, your more than welcome to come get ALL of them! Lol
Oh I have plenty of snakes out here, just hate it when a Copperhead or a Rattlesnake comes up in the yard, thats why I like having the Indigos and Kingsnakes around. I have chickens and they will kill the baby copperheads and rattlesnakes if they see them. |
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Location: Oklahoma | Just looking at that picture makes me sick!!! I had chickens last summer (babysitting them for my SIL) and, needless to say, I will never have chickens again!! |
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | I give you guys all the credit in the world i couldn't do it.....i couldn't even take a picture unless i had a 50000 zoom camera and was in a helicopter ....M
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Location: Texas | SouthTX, I wish we could have chickens, but unfortunately curr dogs think they are fun to pluck and eat.  Our barn/yard cats have been carrying around baby snakes, I'm just scared a big snake will eat them... 
Longneck and M, I honestly don't know how I was able to stand there and take the picture. When I walked around the barn, I was screaming like someone was killing me. You better believe after seeing that this morning, I haven't looked up from the ground once! Lol
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | EqualRanch - 2015-04-13 1:15 PM SouthTX, I wish we could have chickens, but unfortunately curr dogs think they are fun to pluck and eat. Our barn/yard cats have been carrying around baby snakes, I'm just scared a big snake will eat them...
Longneck and M, I honestly don't know how I was able to stand there and take the picture. When I walked around the barn, I was screaming like someone was killing me. You better believe after seeing that this morning, I haven't looked up from the ground once! Lol
LOL I feel your pain, I always walk with my head down and when it gets dark I carry a flashlight. Snakes dont scare me if I know their there, but I really hate suprises. |
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| Longneck - 2015-04-13 1:02 PM Just looking at that picture makes me sick!!! I had chickens last summer (babysitting them for my SIL) and, needless to say, I will never have chickens again!!
If you take crushed red pepper and put it around the perimeter of the chicken coop it keeps snakes, coyotes and foxes++ out. just redo it every month |
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Location: Texas | americanpride08 - 2015-04-13 12:57 PM we get a lot of chicken snakes. The water snakes are the worst around here. But only on the river ways and creeks mostly.
Last time I went tubeing.. saw 7 water moccassins an a cotton mouth. I usually just move to the opposite side of the river, and they'll swim downstream opposite me until they find standing reeds or something. Was avoiding one once, and came within a foot of a VERY curious cotton mouth sunning on a rock just outside the water...
I pretty much walked on water for the next 5 mins. Lets just say I wont be tubeing that river anymore, canoeing is where it is at.. big sticks to protect yourself. It's unnerving to be on their level and KNOW they're faster than you.
I would have left that tube behind and grew wings! Lol
To this day, I cannot watch the snake scene in Lonesome Dove without screaming and/or crying!
ETA: My boys find it absolutely hilarious that I "freak out" because of snakes in a movie.
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Location: Oklahoma | americanpride08 - 2015-04-13 1:19 PM Longneck - 2015-04-13 1:02 PM Just looking at that picture makes me sick!!! I had chickens last summer (babysitting them for my SIL) and, needless to say, I will never have chickens again!! If you take crushed red pepper and put it around the perimeter of the chicken coop it keeps snakes, coyotes and foxes++ out. just redo it every month
I thought I had tried everything, but I didn't try red pepper flakes.... Moth balls, golf balls, snake granuals... nothing helped! Someone told me to put a hook into an egg and hang it from the ceiling and it would catch the snake.... umm... last thing I want to do is have a p!$$ed off snake hanging from my coop!!!!!!!!!
Good luck, Equal... we've been getting so much rain (heck, it's pouring right now and has been for 6-7 hours) I know it's probably just a matter of time. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | EqualRanch - 2015-04-13 1:19 PM americanpride08 - 2015-04-13 12:57 PM we get a lot of chicken snakes. The water snakes are the worst around here. But only on the river ways and creeks mostly.
Last time I went tubeing.. saw 7 water moccassins an a cotton mouth. I usually just move to the opposite side of the river, and they'll swim downstream opposite me until they find standing reeds or something. Was avoiding one once, and came within a foot of a VERY curious cotton mouth sunning on a rock just outside the water...
I pretty much walked on water for the next 5 mins. Lets just say I wont be tubeing that river anymore, canoeing is where it is at.. big sticks to protect yourself. It's unnerving to be on their level and KNOW they're faster than you.
I would have left that tube behind and grew wings! Lol
To this day, I cannot watch the snake scene in Lonesome Dove without screaming and/or crying!
ETA: My boys find it absolutely hilarious that I "freak out" because of snakes in a movie.
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