Coral Snake...Highly venomous...

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andrewsmith1 wrote:What did you end up doing with it?
feederband wrote:andrewsmith1 wrote:What did you end up doing with it?
Relocated it...I have handeld them before...As well as every other snake in Florida..
On a side note if you dont know what you are doing and find one of these guys in your yard and you have pets or kids take a shovel to it...
fact789 wrote:feederband wrote:andrewsmith1 wrote:What did you end up doing with it?
Relocated it...I have handeld them before...As well as every other snake in Florida..
On a side note if you dont know what you are doing and find one of these guys in your yard and you have pets or kids take a shovel to it...
you touched it? Ive heard that Coral Snake venom can seep out through their skin. And I think the shovel bit was common sense (and a comedy act to see one do it).
fact789 wrote:feederband wrote:andrewsmith1 wrote:What did you end up doing with it?
Relocated it...I have handeld them before...As well as every other snake in Florida..
On a side note if you dont know what you are doing and find one of these guys in your yard and you have pets or kids take a shovel to it...
you touched it? Ive heard that Coral Snake venom can seep out through their skin. And I think the shovel bit was common sense (and a comedy act to see one do it).
andrewsmith1 wrote:Good for you. I try to relocate them as well. I don't have kids but I have 4 dogs. Fortunately the Coral snakes are pretty calm. I can easily get them into a bucket and move them to the lake down the road. The pigmy rattlers are a lot more aggressive and I have had to kill a few of them that decided to strike at me instead of going into the bucket peacefully. I don't like to kill them, but I am not going to risk them biting my pets or my wife and I.
cag1953 wrote:Hey feederband,maybe you can help me. I've been trying to figure ouy what kind of snake was in front of my garage last weekend.I haven't found any pictures that resemble it at all! It was a cream color(almost like a heavy cream cup of coffee-very light colored) and I didn't see any markings on it at all. It was probably a little less than a foot long and the body was pretty big around for as short as he was. I didn't think to get a picture,I just took my broom and got him to move into the grass and he slithered behind our trash cans! He didn't want to move at first,I had to push him a couple times!
MiamiensisWx wrote:I know one thing: the "venom seeping out through their skin" tidbit is an absolutely false myth. However, too many people treat these snakes as "docile", when they're quite agile and can quickly bite portions of the body if a person holds an agitated specimen. They ARE extremely venemous, and it benefits the snake and human when a professional biologist or expert handles and relocates these specimens.
feederband wrote:cag1953 wrote:Hey feederband,maybe you can help me. I've been trying to figure ouy what kind of snake was in front of my garage last weekend.I haven't found any pictures that resemble it at all! It was a cream color(almost like a heavy cream cup of coffee-very light colored) and I didn't see any markings on it at all. It was probably a little less than a foot long and the body was pretty big around for as short as he was. I didn't think to get a picture,I just took my broom and got him to move into the grass and he slithered behind our trash cans! He didn't want to move at first,I had to push him a couple times!
Cream with no markings...For some reason this one came mind sometimes a larger one can get their tails chopped off and look real short and stubby..
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/ ... lizard.htm
cag1953 wrote:Thanks! Even though it looked nothing like the picture,some things were similar. It said they have trouble moving on roads and this one was on the driveway.It took a few pokes with the broom before he even moved. Also when he did start moving,it moved like a sidewinder! It struggled to get off the driveway,but once in the grass it moved pretty fast.
CajunMama wrote:Cag, maybe one of these?
Eastern Coachwhip (non venomous)...but i think yours might have been too small unless it was a baby
Florida Brown Snake (non venomous)
I found this website for you that shows all the snakes in florida http://www.floridabackyardsnakes.com/
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