Was thinking of settling in NC, now these snake bite news makes me wonder (live, move to)
Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, CaryThe Triangle Area
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I am moving too and I am officially freaked out now... but then I went through this very same fear before moving to Texas because I dreaded I would have alligators literally hanging out in my backyard - thankfully I never met one in 4 years. I am from Rome and I am seriously scared of spiders and snakes. This thread was not good for me! LOL
Dont be freaked out. This is just drama for the sake of drama on the internet. In this very thread you have someone who visits a town telling someone who has lived in that general area (presumably) for 15 years what to look out for. That right there is a microcosm of what this is - a bunch of people sharing (and in most cases exaggerating for theatre) their random run ins with a snake.
I saw big hairy spiders in DC, oh NOES cant live in DC there are spiders everywhere! I saw a rat in Kansas - OH NOES rats are everywhere they will get in your trash and into your house and into your bed and eat your children in Kansas stay away, far away!!! Take these stories with a grain of salt and listen to the people who are telling the truth/not exaggerating/maintaining a level head. Are there snakes here? Yes. Are there snakes most places? Yes. Are there more here? Maybe? Is it noticeable? No. If you see a snake, once every 5 years, you stay away from it poisonous or not. If you see a coyote somewhere, you stay away from it. Its like anywhere else. Freak out if you want, but its unnecessary, I suggest you ignore the drama, and enjoy your move. Exactly like your alligator experience - you dreaded it for no reason, based on what? Same deal.
Good grief. I've lived in Raleigh for 30 years and have never once seen a snake on my property, not even a harmless one. In comparison my grandparents had a dairy farm in central Alabama, and when I worked on that farm as a teenager, we would not go anywhere without a shotgun to kill rattlesnakes.
Two people told me yesterday that a person can only get anti-venom once in their lifetime. I asked them what happens if they get bit by a Copperhead (or other venomous snake) more than once, and they said "they're pretty much out of luck".
Two people told me yesterday that a person can only get anti-venom once in their lifetime. I asked them what happens if they get bit by a Copperhead (or other venomous snake) more than once, and they said "they're pretty much out of luck".
Is that true???
Not sure about that, but the good news is that a Copperhead bite is unlikely to kill you anyway. You might just wish you were dead
Thanks for this thread! I've seriously been freaked out after reading about the snake posts. I grew up in Texas and only saw a snake 3 times in my 22 years living there. Never saw them in the neighborhood, but only on hiking trails or tall grass area. So it wasn't something I was afraid of.
Now I live in Seattle and while beautiful, I hate the weather and really need to find a new place. The only nuisance to deal with in the neighborhood is deer, bunnies, mice, slugs, spiders, and seldomly coyotes, black bears and bobcats. But you rarely see bears and bobcats. Coyotes are after the pets, not people. I just went to my garage to get something and never worry about anything in there except mice. If I was in NC, would I be afraid of a snake hiding behind my luggage that I have to look out for? Threads make it sound like they're in your back yard, on the driveway, etc.
Also, we love hiking, going to the lake and mountains. If we did that in NC, would we see snakes every time? Are there certain areas you wouldn't see them? Sorry, I'm just deathly afraid of them.
Thanks for this thread! I've seriously been freaked out after reading about the snake posts. I grew up in Texas and only saw a snake 3 times in my 22 years living there. Never saw them in the neighborhood, but only on hiking trails or tall grass area. So it wasn't something I was afraid of.
Now I live in Seattle and while beautiful, I hate the weather and really need to find a new place. The only nuisance to deal with in the neighborhood is deer, bunnies, mice, slugs, spiders, and seldomly coyotes, black bears and bobcats. But you rarely see bears and bobcats. Coyotes are after the pets, not people. I just went to my garage to get something and never worry about anything in there except mice. If I was in NC, would I be afraid of a snake hiding behind my luggage that I have to look out for? Threads make it sound like they're in your back yard, on the driveway, etc.
Also, we love hiking, going to the lake and mountains. If we did that in NC, would we see snakes every time? Are there certain areas you wouldn't see them? Sorry, I'm just deathly afraid of them.
If it bothers you that much, there are many better places to live.
Why waste your time on NC.
We only saw one snake here in 28 years and it was a tiny one.
I see several snakes every year, but I am alert to my surroundings. Other people who don't watch where they're going and don't get out near wooded areas probably miss them. They're out there, though. But they were in Texas, too. And probably are in Washington.
Here's a snake tale from last year...and true I have family still living out on Sunnybrook Rd. My cousin lives in small frame house set back off the road in a wooded section. Last September he was having a large section of Masonite siding and some sheathing replaced near the ground due to rot and moisture damage. When the crew started pulling away a section of sheathing Copperheads started falling down from inside the wall. They were able to kill a few, but most were able to slither away. My cousin said he displaced over a dozen Copperheads last summer, and had to kill only a few if they posed a threat to one of his dogs.
My dog almost was but I caught it in time. I used to see a ton of copperheads on the Duke trail and we killed the one in our yard that went after our dog (well our dog went after it).
But... our house was in a very wooded neighborhood. Never an issue besides that one time.
There was a small garden snake in our gardenia bush that my son named "snakey" and would pick up and play with everyday He was cute.
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