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Old 03-17-2013, 01:56 PM
 
Location: Front Range > ATL > Western CO
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Colorado Springs has more than just garter snakes. According to these guys there are rattlesnakes in El Paso County:

List of Colorado Snakes
Yes, but they only live in ravines and out east a ways from town. I have seen them though. I did forget to mention bull snakes as well. They are not poisonous, but they look like rattlers and are more prevalent.
But where I live it's only garters.
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Old 03-18-2013, 07:27 AM
 
Location: Chattanooga, TN
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This thread has both good and bad information. Here are the snakes in EAST Tennessee.

Copperheads are far more common that rattlesnakes. I've lived in TN 8 years and have spent countless days outdoors (hiking, geocaching, camping, etc.) and have seen exactly zero. These account for the majority of venemous snake bites, but deaths are VERY rare. As already stated, if you go to the hospital they don't give you anything. They just monitor your vitals in case of complications.
Rattlesnakes exist, but are rare. I have seen exactly zero.
Cottonmouths (water moccasins) only live in the far western end of the state (near the Mississippi River).

I have seen many harmless snakes while out and about. Various king snakes, water snakes, even a ring-necked snake. The only way these will hurt you is if you hurt yourself trying to run away from them. But it's not like I see a snake every day.

Most of the time when a person says they saw a cottonmouth or copperhead they really saw a northern watersnake or an eastern milksnake. I've observed this first hand. My son spotted a northern watersnake in the creek at a local park and a small crowd gathered to watch it. The guy standing next to me kept swearing that it was a copperhead.
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Old 03-18-2013, 10:24 AM
 
Location: Cumberland Co. TN
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I've seen plenty of copperheads over the years. Most commonly around cool foundations and rock piles, I have also seen my share of northern water snakes, gardner snakes, rat/chicken snakes, hog nose snake and a couple of rattle snakes and black racers. I really dont like racers.
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Old 03-18-2013, 01:27 PM
 
Location: The Conterminous United States
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Yes, but they only live in ravines and out east a ways from town. I have seen them though. I did forget to mention bull snakes as well. They are not poisonous, but they look like rattlers and are more prevalent.
But where I live it's only garters.
Not true, actually.

There are several poisonous snakes in Colorado Springs. The most common are the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, Massasauga and Prairie Rattlesnake. These snakes are common in rock and brush piles, in shrubbery and under buildings.

Poisonous Snakes Colorado Springs | Animal Control & Animal Removal
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Old 03-20-2013, 06:04 AM
 
Location: Sango, TN
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Lots of snakes, depending on where you live especially.

Water moccasins, aka cotton mouths are the worst. More deadly snake bites each year from that snake in our country from this snake, then any other.

We also have copper heads, those bastards are everywhere. Few, but some rattle snakes.

Most snakes you'll find are chicken snakes, and other non poisoness varieties.

I grew up near reel foot lake. Had to keep a machete in the boat because if you bumped a tree, a cotton mouth may fall out and land on your boat. Pass by a duck blind, covered in snakes. So yeah, we have snakes
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Old 03-20-2013, 04:24 PM
 
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Short answer: Yes.
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Old 03-21-2013, 07:32 PM
 
Location: North Western NJ
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i live in the countryside...im RURAL..and ive seen no more snakes here than i did in CT...
my biggest probelm are none venemous snakes (racers and rat snakes) as they like eggs...

the venemous snakes...use common sense.

1: snakes are actually shy and typically reclusive...they dont WANT to bite and will only if they feel threatend...they need that venom why waste it on you?! a snake would much rather make you back off so it can escape...
so see one sunning itslef in the drive, give it its space...if you MUST move it use a hosepiipe to encorage it to leave....

2: keep the grass short and dont allow debris to pile up, snakes love wood piles, leaf piles, trash piles rock piles, anything with lots of nooks and cranies and hidey spaces...rememeber snakes are mid food chian...and lots of birds and critters willeat them if given a chance so they have to be on the defence and have an escape plan...

3: mocs...these guysget a feirce reputation and they do deserve it, they have a serious bite...
but they are typically easy to spot. keep grass aournd pnds/watering holes SHORT...dont aproach unknown wateringholes if you cant see the ground/short short grass...
they cant bite IN the water...(and will swim away if possible) so if your in the water and see one, dont panic and try to giveit space...the biggest risk form them is around the waters edge...your in ITS teritory it doesnt come looking for you...lol

4: no food=no snakes...keep your rodent opulation down and youll solve most of your snake issues around the house.

obviously that doesnt help when out hiking ect in which case carry a stick wear good boots and make noise...
they dont WANT to meet you...so dont be a ninja and theyll usually avoid you!
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Old 03-22-2013, 12:25 AM
 
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foxywench - good info except that water mocassins can bite underwater (they would starve if they couldn't bite fish and other prey underwater).

"...they are capable of biting while underwater."

Agkistrodon piscivorus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 03-22-2013, 05:36 AM
 
Location: Sango, TN
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foxywench - good info except that water mocassins can bite underwater (they would starve if they couldn't bite fish and other prey underwater).

"...they are capable of biting while underwater."

Agkistrodon piscivorus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yeah, a young kid jumped off his boat dock at Sunkist beach off of reel foot lake, and jumped into a bed of them. They struck him something like 20, 30 times. He died, the beach was shut down for many years.
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Old 03-22-2013, 05:39 AM
 
Location: Sango, TN
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i live in the countryside...im RURAL..and ive seen no more snakes here than i did in CT...
my biggest probelm are none venemous snakes (racers and rat snakes) as they like eggs...

the venemous snakes...use common sense.

1: snakes are actually shy and typically reclusive...they dont WANT to bite and will only if they feel threatend...they need that venom why waste it on you?! a snake would much rather make you back off so it can escape...
so see one sunning itslef in the drive, give it its space...if you MUST move it use a hosepiipe to encorage it to leave....

2: keep the grass short and dont allow debris to pile up, snakes love wood piles, leaf piles, trash piles rock piles, anything with lots of nooks and cranies and hidey spaces...rememeber snakes are mid food chian...and lots of birds and critters willeat them if given a chance so they have to be on the defence and have an escape plan...

3: mocs...these guysget a feirce reputation and they do deserve it, they have a serious bite...
but they are typically easy to spot. keep grass aournd pnds/watering holes SHORT...dont aproach unknown wateringholes if you cant see the ground/short short grass...
they cant bite IN the water...(and will swim away if possible) so if your in the water and see one, dont panic and try to giveit space...the biggest risk form them is around the waters edge...your in ITS teritory it doesnt come looking for you...lol

4: no food=no snakes...keep your rodent opulation down and youll solve most of your snake issues around the house.

obviously that doesnt help when out hiking ect in which case carry a stick wear good boots and make noise...
they dont WANT to meet you...so dont be a ninja and theyll usually avoid you!


I fear them less when away from water. I used to walk creeks, the sides of water sheds, and rivers. There I saw snakes, copper heads and water moccasins mostly. I have seen two rattlesnakes while I was in Tennessee. Both were killed by someone nearby who needed to show the rest of us. There are just a few of them.

The above advice is good, but water moccasins get into trees also. You can't live your life scared of snakes, but we have many of them. And I grew up in rural areas also. Rural has nothing to do with it
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