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Our HOA sent around a note saying more snakes than usual have been seen recently, due to the extreme heat and dryness, as they are looking for water. Someone in the next block found a blacksnake and a copperhead in his yard on the same day. Supposedly even just watering your lawn can bring them in search of that moisture.
Well, I may be unkind, but if I THINK there is a copperhead in my koi pond, I'd just get someone to kill it. I am fairly certain the world has enough snakes!
OMG, I just put an offer on a house with a 'creek' in the yard. What was I thinking???
the trouble you run into with the non-venomous is not specific to the snake.
We had a great little friend (garter) that took up residence in our yard. after a month, I had to relocate him as our kids (2 and 5 y/o) and dogs were getting a bit too comfortable with him/her. Be careful if you have little ones....the harmless snake of today could be replaced by a venomous critter the next day....
practice safe snaking!
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Originally Posted by rainroosty
The original poster doesn't even know if it is a copperhead or not! Right away, everyone's chanting "kill, kill, kill"! The majority of times that someone says that a snake is a venomous snake they are so wrong. Most people don't know a venomous snake from a harmless/beneficial snake. Why not take a picture of it, post it, and find out for sure before you go commit murder on the creature. Is the tip of the tail "sulphur yellow"?
I agree...the benifits of snakes, including venomous, outweigh the paronoia and "biblical" reasons I hear folks mention as reasons for just outright killing..
Those on my side (live and let live) will be pleased to know that I think have positivly ID'd him as a northern water snake. I have YET to see the tail, to see if there is yellow, but I got a better look at his head yesterday evening.
I do NOT see the distinctive pits, And the eyes are round. remember he is only about a foot and a half long, and he stays IN the water all the time i see him...copperheads to my knowledge do swim, but prefer the sides of the lake/stream hidden preferebly in leaves (which I have none)
The wife still wants it gone, becuase she is worried about her frogs and her fish, but I am inclined to let him stay....its a neat addition to the pond.
If he gets to be a problem I will throw some gloves on and snatch him, and relocate to a big pond a few miles away
I do NOT see the distinctive pits, And the eyes are round. remember he is only about a foot and a half long, and he stays IN the water all the time i see him...copperheads to my knowledge do swim, but prefer the sides of the lake/stream hidden preferebly in leaves (which I have none)
Good news for many reasons (your safety as well as the snake's!). Also, Copperheads have very recognizable triangular heads.
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