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It most likely was mistaken for another snake. Copperheads usually give birth in late summer to early fall and will have the yellow-greenish tail. Also, they're about 8"-10" long when born.
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I know it was the little garter snake I left alone.
I installed latches on all of our toilet lids to keep them closed down as tight as we can, since entry through toilets seems to be the number one means that snakes use to enter homes. Just have to make sure to turn the light on and give a look before sitting down in the middle of the night.
I too had a neighbor once who panicked at the sight of a garter snake, had shovel in hand, ready to kill it. He rang my doorbell and asked if I could confirm that it was a copperhead. It was a garter snake, with long yellow stripes running the length of it's body. They look NOTHING at all like copperheads. I had seen the same snake, or one just like it a few days before under my deck.
Well, I did what I rarely ever do. I killed a non-venomous snake. After my encounter with the mean black racer a year or two ago, I decided that I wouldn't let another "mean" snake stick around. I walked out with a trash bag, by my car, and there on the driveway beside my vehicle sat a black rat snake. Might be the one from the garage a few days ago, can't be sure. I grabbed a shovel and was going to persuade him back to the wooded area. He coiled up, hissed, and struck at the shovel a few times. So, he got the shovel. Not my usual M.O., but the kids had JUST asked if they could go out and play, and I told them as soon as they finished lunch, they could. They absolutely would have encountered this snake. And although I'm sure they'd come running inside yelling for me, I can't risk them stumbling across a snake that readily coils and strikes. My days of leniency are over. Coil and strike at me, and you get the shovel, birdshot, or a pellet!
I'd rather see a snake in my yard than a mouse or roach in the house! I just wish these snakes would take the "flight" of the "fight or flight" option when I approach them.
I installed latches on all of our toilet lids to keep them closed down as tight as we can, since entry through toilets seems to be the number one means that snakes use to enter homes. Just have to make sure to turn the light on and give a look before sitting down in the middle of the night.
I don't know who started that idea but it is totally bogus. A snake would have to open up your sewage drain line and crawl up through it, turning 45 or 90 degree turns to get to any particular toilet. Even a snake intelligent enough to do this would have no reason to. Rats, mice, insects and other food sources are not in the drain lines.
I don't know who started that idea but it is totally bogus. A snake would have to open up your sewage drain line and crawl up through it, turning 45 or 90 degree turns to get to any particular toilet. Even a snake intelligent enough to do this would have no reason to. Rats, mice, insects and other food sources are not in the drain lines.
When I was a youngster our next-door neighbor lady told everyone about a rat which came up from the sewers, into her toilet, and tried to climb out. She slammed the lid, flushed several times, and followed up with a dose of Drano to discourage further intrusions.
I didn't see the rat, but suppose the story was true. On the other hand, that woman was known to drink a little ...
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