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I walked up to the snake, slid my snake hook under it, lifted it up and dropped it in the bucket. Quite a simple quick move, but unfortunately it was able to hook a small bit of its head and upper body over the edge of the bucket and then slither out before I could plop it in. At that point it got scared and tried to make it run for it and so it took me a couple more tries to actually get it in the bucket. It never once tried to strike or even rattle.
They really are quite docile creatures that mostly want to be left alone.
The neighbors were very grateful that I took it away.
By the way, I learned how to handle snakes like this by watching professional herpetologists. If you do it right it's quite safe. The snake hook I use is made out an old golf club with the head cut off. I fabricated a large metal hook that I epoxied into the shaft.
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I walked up to the snake, slid my snake hook under it, lifted it up and dropped it in the bucket. Quite a simple quick move, but unfortunately it was able to hook a small bit of its head and upper body over the edge of the bucket and then slither out before I could plop it in. At that point it got scared and tried to make it run for it and so it took me a couple more tries to actually get it in the bucket. It never once tried to strike or even rattle.
They really are quite docile creatures that mostly want to be left alone.
The neighbors were very grateful that I took it away.
By the way, I learned how to handle snakes like this by watching professional herpetologists. If you do it right it's quite safe. The snake hook I use is made out an old golf club with the head cut off. I fabricated a large metal hook that I epoxied into the shaft.
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I walked up to the snake, slid my snake hook under it, lifted it up and dropped it in the bucket. Quite a simple quick move, but unfortunately it was able to hook a small bit of its head and upper body over the edge of the bucket and then slither out before I could plop it in. At that point it got scared and tried to make it run for it and so it took me a couple more tries to actually get it in the bucket. It never once tried to strike or even rattle.
They really are quite docile creatures that mostly want to be left alone.
The neighbors were very grateful that I took it away.
By the way, I learned how to handle snakes like this by watching professional herpetologists. If you do it right it's quite safe. The snake hook I use is made out an old golf club with the head cut off. I fabricated a large metal hook that I epoxied into the shaft.
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I walked up to the snake, slid my snake hook under it, lifted it up and dropped it in the bucket. Quite a simple quick move, but unfortunately it was able to hook a small bit of its head and upper body over the edge of the bucket and then slither out before I could plop it in. At that point it got scared and tried to make it run for it and so it took me a couple more tries to actually get it in the bucket. It never once tried to strike or even rattle.
They really are quite docile creatures that mostly want to be left alone.
The neighbors were very grateful that I took it away.
By the way, I learned how to handle snakes like this by watching professional herpetologists. If you do it right it's quite safe. The snake hook I use is made out an old golf club with the head cut off. I fabricated a large metal hook that I epoxied into the shaft.
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I walked up to the snake, slid my snake hook under it, lifted it up and dropped it in the bucket. Quite a simple quick move, but unfortunately it was able to hook a small bit of its head and upper body over the edge of the bucket and then slither out before I could plop it in. At that point it got scared and tried to make it run for it and so it took me a couple more tries to actually get it in the bucket. It never once tried to strike or even rattle.
They really are quite docile creatures that mostly want to be left alone.
The neighbors were very grateful that I took it away.
By the way, I learned how to handle snakes like this by watching professional herpetologists. If you do it right it's quite safe. The snake hook I use is made out an old golf club with the head cut off. I fabricated a large metal hook that I epoxied into the shaft.
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CW: Bitey snake in a bucket!
I have some new neighbors across the street, from the Pacific Northwest. We've chatted a few times and yesterday I gave them a whole bunch of cuttings off of my cactus here to help them landscape their yard. I was talking about all the lizards and snakes that live here and how I had to catch and relocate a rattlesnake from under the crawlspace in my house. I suggested to them that they look into rattlesnake aversion training for their dog.
I also said that if they found a rattlesnake in the yard, I'd be happy to come get it and relocate it. Jinx, I guess, because she walked over this evening and said that there was rattler in their yard. A western diamondback, like the one that was under my house. Absolutely beautiful snake with 14 rattles! It's much bigger than it looks like curled up in the photos in the bucket.
Alt text in first pic has info about distinguishing western diamondbacks from Mojave rattlesnakes.
#Rattlesnake #HerpReport #Herpetology #LifeInTheSonoranDesert #Snake
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CW: Bitey snake in a bucket!
I have some new neighbors across the street, from the Pacific Northwest. We've chatted a few times and yesterday I gave them a whole bunch of cuttings off of my cactus here to help them landscape their yard. I was talking about all the lizards and snakes that live here and how I had to catch and relocate a rattlesnake from under the crawlspace in my house. I suggested to them that they look into rattlesnake aversion training for their dog.
I also said that if they found a rattlesnake in the yard, I'd be happy to come get it and relocate it. Jinx, I guess, because she walked over this evening and said that there was rattler in their yard. A western diamondback, like the one that was under my house. Absolutely beautiful snake with 14 rattles! It's much bigger than it looks like curled up in the photos in the bucket.
Alt text in first pic has info about distinguishing western diamondbacks from Mojave rattlesnakes.
#Rattlesnake #HerpReport #Herpetology #LifeInTheSonoranDesert #Snake
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CW: Bitey snake in a bucket!
I have some new neighbors across the street, from the Pacific Northwest. We've chatted a few times and yesterday I gave them a whole bunch of cuttings off of my cactus here to help them landscape their yard. I was talking about all the lizards and snakes that live here and how I had to catch and relocate a rattlesnake from under the crawlspace in my house. I suggested to them that they look into rattlesnake aversion training for their dog.
I also said that if they found a rattlesnake in the yard, I'd be happy to come get it and relocate it. Jinx, I guess, because she walked over this evening and said that there was rattler in their yard. A western diamondback, like the one that was under my house. Absolutely beautiful snake with 14 rattles! It's much bigger than it looks like curled up in the photos in the bucket.
Alt text in first pic has info about distinguishing western diamondbacks from Mojave rattlesnakes.
#Rattlesnake #HerpReport #Herpetology #LifeInTheSonoranDesert #Snake
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CW: Bitey snake in a bucket!
I have some new neighbors across the street, from the Pacific Northwest. We've chatted a few times and yesterday I gave them a whole bunch of cuttings off of my cactus here to help them landscape their yard. I was talking about all the lizards and snakes that live here and how I had to catch and relocate a rattlesnake from under the crawlspace in my house. I suggested to them that they look into rattlesnake aversion training for their dog.
I also said that if they found a rattlesnake in the yard, I'd be happy to come get it and relocate it. Jinx, I guess, because she walked over this evening and said that there was rattler in their yard. A western diamondback, like the one that was under my house. Absolutely beautiful snake with 14 rattles! It's much bigger than it looks like curled up in the photos in the bucket.
Alt text in first pic has info about distinguishing western diamondbacks from Mojave rattlesnakes.
#Rattlesnake #HerpReport #Herpetology #LifeInTheSonoranDesert #Snake
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CW: Bitey snake in a bucket!
I have some new neighbors across the street, from the Pacific Northwest. We've chatted a few times and yesterday I gave them a whole bunch of cuttings off of my cactus here to help them landscape their yard. I was talking about all the lizards and snakes that live here and how I had to catch and relocate a rattlesnake from under the crawlspace in my house. I suggested to them that they look into rattlesnake aversion training for their dog.
I also said that if they found a rattlesnake in the yard, I'd be happy to come get it and relocate it. Jinx, I guess, because she walked over this evening and said that there was rattler in their yard. A western diamondback, like the one that was under my house. Absolutely beautiful snake with 14 rattles! It's much bigger than it looks like curled up in the photos in the bucket.
Alt text in first pic has info about distinguishing western diamondbacks from Mojave rattlesnakes.
#Rattlesnake #HerpReport #Herpetology #LifeInTheSonoranDesert #Snake