tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204283740895921092.post4471007825511163997..comments2024-03-05T09:22:39.828-06:00Comments on Wyvern Oaks: And now there are snakes!jenjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01737679332792618499noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204283740895921092.post-34178520469493711962012-05-18T16:22:31.934-05:002012-05-18T16:22:31.934-05:00Jen I'll come visit, your wildlife is still mu...Jen I'll come visit, your wildlife is still much less scary than ours is :)Aitrunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03328689160383637293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204283740895921092.post-75009232886235402692012-05-08T16:55:24.893-05:002012-05-08T16:55:24.893-05:00That would be "on the nose"... ;)That would be "on the nose"... ;)Calm, Forward, Straighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360276614916635500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204283740895921092.post-980629535382753412012-05-08T13:42:42.546-05:002012-05-08T13:42:42.546-05:00Your rat snake was so cute and small! I really qui...Your rat snake was so cute and small! I really quite like them, they're awesome hunters.<br /><br />You're right, there are a bunch of snakes that look like cottonmouths, especially "water snakes" (genus Natrix). They have more triangular heads so they are a little hard to tell apart, and they are quite aggressive and will stand their ground, like cottonmouths. They do have round pupils, but at that point, I'm not getting close enough!!!<br /><br />Scary to think about horses getting bitten. My neighbor down the street found a 4 foot rattlesnake on her back porch. Yikes. Hopefully they will stay away from the horses!jenjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01737679332792618499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204283740895921092.post-35333258064142068472012-05-08T13:25:39.091-05:002012-05-08T13:25:39.091-05:00I just posted about a snake encounter too. Mine wa...I just posted about a snake encounter too. Mine was a rat snake also. We have cotton mouths, copperheads plus several types of rattlers here. <br /><br />This morning, I watched a pair of (I think) red belly water snakes mate in a pond. They very much resemble cottonmouths, so much so that I spent some time at a snake id site just now, to confirm.<br /><br />That was very illuminating - lots of water snakes get mistaken for cottonmouths (water moccasins) and lots of others get confused with copperheads. Like you mentioned, the upshot is head shape and eye shape to be certain it's venomous. <br /><br />Some important horse vs snake info... horses often get bit on the hose by being curious, and slow. Very rare for a snake bite to kill a horse outright, but if your horses gets bit on the face, two six inch pieces of hose should be vaselined and put into the nostrils, as the extreme swelling can close off the airway. Infection of the bite site is more likely to endanger your horse's life that the venom. Sorry for the novel, <a href="http://transitiontoharmony.blogspot.com/2010/08/at-barn-17-if-it-had-been-snake.html" rel="nofollow">but ask me how I know...</a>Calm, Forward, Straighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360276614916635500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204283740895921092.post-28766937660058876512012-05-07T17:37:50.804-05:002012-05-07T17:37:50.804-05:00I love snakes too, they are misunderstood creature...I love snakes too, they are misunderstood creatures. I wonder if some snakes would eat the scorpions? Hmm...S. Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16254359036801822793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204283740895921092.post-73655065901653178812012-05-07T11:16:50.450-05:002012-05-07T11:16:50.450-05:00Hmmmm indeed. I think it might have to do with a c...Hmmmm indeed. I think it might have to do with a certain schpotted pony... ;)jenjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01737679332792618499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204283740895921092.post-53985931159531943982012-05-07T11:12:48.816-05:002012-05-07T11:12:48.816-05:00Not sure what it says about me, but it never occur...Not sure what it says about me, but it never occurred to me to stop coming, decline invitations to house sit, etc. Hmmmmn.Meidhbhehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12242836772022877980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204283740895921092.post-13354184606808884122012-05-07T05:07:57.338-05:002012-05-07T05:07:57.338-05:00I'd come visit. Australia has a nasty reputati...I'd come visit. Australia has a nasty reputation for venomous snakes and insects. :P I'm pretty used to it.Leeshhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08504626914889252270noreply@blogger.com