Pygmy Rattlesnakes

[DD]

Did this by chance involve an exploding cactus???

No, nothing quite as sensational as that....it was in my house, and I tried to "gently" remove it with a towel, the babies came out, millions of them! My daughter was here and was freaking out, so what followed involved a vacuum cleaner, a broom and some insect spray. Like I said, not pretty. We looked like Lucy and Ethel!

 

[30A Skunkape]

No, nothing quite as sensational as that....it was in my house, and I tried to "gently" remove it with a towel, the babies came out, millions of them! My daughter was here and was freaking out, so what followed involved a vacuum cleaner, a broom and some insect spray. Like I said, not pretty. We looked like Lucy and Ethel!

I've seen this too;seemingly hundreds of baby spiders hitchhike on mama's abdomen, and if she is disturbed they scatter into as many directions. Guess it is instinct. :shock:

 

[DD]

I've seen this too;seemingly hundreds of baby spiders hitchhike on mama's abdomen, and if she is disturbed they scatter into as many directions. Guess it is instinct. :shock:

And unfortunately for the spiders, I followed my instinct. :shock:

 

[aquaticbiology]

buy the biggest, most realistic fake poisonous snake you can find and put it half coiled up in the bushes - then get a plastic owl from a boat store like west marine or overtons and hang or mount it where it can be seen from all the yard - no mice or snakes in yard since snakes are territorial and the owl keeps away snake food

 

[Tatertot]

buy the biggest, most realistic fake poisonous snake you can find and put it half coiled up in the bushes - then get a plastic owl from a boat store like west marine or overtons and hang or mount it where it can be seen from all the yard - no mice or snakes in yard since snakes are territorial and the owl keeps away snake food

THANK YOU, Aquaticbiology, for answering my post and giving me an idea to try! :clap_1:

 

[SlowMovin]

There is a kind of 'fence' on the market now. It is a wire mesh which is nailed or tacked onto an existing fence, while the bottom part is buried. I am not going to guarantee it's effectiveness as I have seen snakes climb conventional fences, so I don't know whether they can get past the anti-snake portion or not.

Generally, snakes don't like people any more than people like them. The one exception is the harmless rat snake. A guy at FWC told me one day that they tend to like getting into structures. So typically, if you find a snake in a house or building (I had one in a rental one day scaring the cleaners) it will usually be a rat snake. They're harmless. Catch-and-release. Just make sure to ID them first.

If it has rattles, it's a rattlesnake--those are easy.

Copperheads are not so common near the beach--they tend to hang out more inland.

Moccasins are usually dark grey or black with markings that are not particularly pronounced...and fairly thick bodies with triangular heads.

Black snakes (which are common here) have no markings and narrow, slender bodies & heads.

Rat snakes look like this...

 

[Cil]

Just encountered what I am fairly certain was a pygmy rattlesnake.
It was curled up right on the walkover.
Tiny snake, tiny rattle.
Elwood never even saw it; I herded him away in another direction.

 

[Smiling JOe]

Just encountered what I am fairly certain was a pygmy rattlesnake.
It was curled up right on the walkover.
Tiny snake, tiny rattle.
Elwood never even saw it; I herded him away in another direction.

Good call. That is a Pygmy Rattle Snake.

 

[Jdarg]

Good call. That is a Pygmy Rattle Snake.

Just encountered what I am fairly certain was a pygmy rattlesnake.
It was curled up right on the walkover.
Tiny snake, tiny rattle.
Elwood never even saw it; I herded him away in another direction.

Are y'all mocking me???:roll:

Cil, I almost stepped on one of these when we were house hunting in July. Apperently he came with the house.

 

[Rudyjohn]

Are y'all mocking me???:roll:

Cil, I almost stepped on one of these when we were house hunting in July. Apperently he came with the house.

So frightening, a real nightmare.