Comments on Redneck Diva: Critter Central

Hey, from one diva to another, I like your snake p...

2007-07-26T20:46:00.000-05:00

Hey, from one diva to another, I like your snake post. I googled snake diva, and I found you, not too far from me. I learned to love snakes from a pair of 5 foot long chicken snakes, aka rat snakes. And no I am not weird. I I just think snakes are pretty and where I live we don't have poisonous ones. Where I grew up was another story. Keep on writing. You are magnificent.

Well I was about to defend you fearlessly and swea...

2006-07-13T11:34:00.000-05:00

Well I was about to defend you fearlessly and swear the dissenters was crazy and BTW I just found a copperhead in my hat shop at the bottom of the stairs but now it appears that living here a life time has taught me nothing and its surely a rat snake after all. Regardless I did not get to kill it and its still in the walls. I did kill two mature copperheads last week under the porch however as they cozied up mating.

Charlie
gladhatter

See my post here if you like :
http://www.gladhatter.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=22866#22866

I agree with anaymous - that is not a baby copperh...

2005-06-05T07:08:00.000-05:00

I agree with anaymous - that is not a baby copperhead or anything remotely poisonous - sorry. I know when they're small, who's going to look closely enough, but it is a juvie black rat snake. As a matter of fact, I raise mice to feed my snakes and I have a black rat that got into one of my cages yesterday and helped himself to seven of my mice - (he was a wee bit bigger than your baby - about 4 1/2 ft)!

Now that he's nice and full, he'll go to the woods today far, far away from the house so he doesn't come back for more.

For comparison, found a page that will show babies of both - the black rat however you show looks to be a young adult or juvenile, and the colors do change as they get older - most adults are black on top with white chin, throats, some with red between the scales.

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/gaston/Pests/reptiles/chamo.htm

Sorry to break it to you, but that's not a baby co...

2005-05-31T16:03:00.000-05:00

Sorry to break it to you, but that's not a baby copperhead. In fact, it's not a venomous snake at all. Looks to me like a hatchling black rat snake. If you don't believe, go retrieve the body (I assume you killed it, and try to find a pair of fangs. Betcha don't...

Mrs. Coach - It just looks big in the pictu...

2005-05-31T00:17:00.000-05:00

Mrs. Coach - It just looks big in the picture! Of course, even a little snake is too big in my opinion!

Babs - Amen!!

Yeah, when we started encountering our baby copper...

2005-05-30T10:18:00.000-05:00

Yeah, when we started encountering our baby copperheads in the house and yard I knew there was a mama somewhere coiled up close-by. Luckily she stayed hidden. May you never have to see mama!

A "baby" Copperhead in my demented little world is...

2005-05-27T16:10:00.000-05:00

A "baby" Copperhead in my demented little world is approximately the size of a worm. This would rank in the Anaconda-sized-snake if I were telling the story.

You're not the first to look at the picture and as...

2005-05-26T12:06:00.000-05:00

You're not the first to look at the picture and ask that. I was not standing close and had the camera on macro, full zoom, in order to get the pic. He looks huge in the pic, doesn't he? In reality he was only about 18 inches. Bleh. Still gives me the creeps.

How big is that baby?

2005-05-26T11:49:00.000-05:00

How big is that baby?