Buzzard
two corny
Okay its actually two different incidents. Now that I've been in this little sleepy town, people seem to come to me for anything snake related. Not to bad of a thing, because I see some neat stuff, and there isnt anything else to do here in LA(Lower ALabama).
Roughly 2 weeks ago, my neigbor came running over to the house and told me his dogs got a hold of a snake and he wanted me to check it out. So I jumped the fence and proceded to pull a snake out from one of the dogs mouths. What a pretty eastern king they had found. I jumped back over the fence and took it inside to inspect the damage that the dogs did. a few bent up scales and one small punture near the vent.
So I proceeded to treat with water and neosporen(?). For several days I watch and made sure he was moving fine and decided 1 meal. If he eats and poos I will release him. My problem was if I released him near the house or in my yard that he would wonder back to the dogs yard and I may not be there to swoop in and rescue him again. So the other evening, after he poo-ed, I took him to a near-by(5 miles away) woods. I had to get at least one pic before releasing it.
The most awesome thing, this snake never showed any agression towards me, never musked or poo-ed on me, and never bit me.
#2
Okay, the mouse shed sits at the back of my property. Over the last 2 years I have found countless grey rat snakes raiding the shed and even a cornsnake. But last night I ran into this.....
Timber rattle snake(roughly 4 1/2 ft long)
So needless to say, It got a little scary at first because I was less than a foot away from stepping on his head (it was dark, you can see the flashlights light in the pic). So what to do, the door to the shed was wide open. I did not want him going in there. So I grab the snake hook, and attempted to lift it into a garbage can. It was having none of that. So i use the hook and scared it back into the woods at the end of the property. Knowing it will probably come back. I now know I will be wearing my boots(not flip flops) evertime I go to shed......
Roughly 2 weeks ago, my neigbor came running over to the house and told me his dogs got a hold of a snake and he wanted me to check it out. So I jumped the fence and proceded to pull a snake out from one of the dogs mouths. What a pretty eastern king they had found. I jumped back over the fence and took it inside to inspect the damage that the dogs did. a few bent up scales and one small punture near the vent.
So I proceeded to treat with water and neosporen(?). For several days I watch and made sure he was moving fine and decided 1 meal. If he eats and poos I will release him. My problem was if I released him near the house or in my yard that he would wonder back to the dogs yard and I may not be there to swoop in and rescue him again. So the other evening, after he poo-ed, I took him to a near-by(5 miles away) woods. I had to get at least one pic before releasing it.
The most awesome thing, this snake never showed any agression towards me, never musked or poo-ed on me, and never bit me.
#2
Okay, the mouse shed sits at the back of my property. Over the last 2 years I have found countless grey rat snakes raiding the shed and even a cornsnake. But last night I ran into this.....
Timber rattle snake(roughly 4 1/2 ft long)
So needless to say, It got a little scary at first because I was less than a foot away from stepping on his head (it was dark, you can see the flashlights light in the pic). So what to do, the door to the shed was wide open. I did not want him going in there. So I grab the snake hook, and attempted to lift it into a garbage can. It was having none of that. So i use the hook and scared it back into the woods at the end of the property. Knowing it will probably come back. I now know I will be wearing my boots(not flip flops) evertime I go to shed......
