NWI INGO General Post - Part 13

[actaeon277]

I'm not a snake expert. I have no idea.

 

[CTC B4Z]

thing that gets me is this thing was out in open field. not in brush. do they live underground?

 

[Ballstater98]

Water snake? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_snakes_of_Indiana

 

[actaeon277]

I thought I heard rain.
I'm hoping for another clear day tomorrow. I finally got my fence fixed, well all but the gate.
And I started taking leaves off the pool cover. 3 winters worth of leaves. Ugh. Going to take a while.

 

[hoosierdaddy1976]

Water snakes and bull snakes live around here and can get sizable. Neither are dangerous, but can be temperamental.

 

[CTC B4Z]

western fox is what i was thinking

 

[CTC B4Z]

Water snakes and bull snakes live around here and can get sizable. Neither are dangerous, but can be temperamental.

have you seen one this big though?

 

[Ballstater98]

it hit me in the hand and my stomach. I used .22 cause its kinda late and dint want any issues, although I could of probably got the AR out for where I live. no issues...

My wife (who HATES snakes) said you should have grabbed the AR.

 

[CTC B4Z]

next time i weed eat ill have the saiga 12 strapped up....

 

[Ballstater98]

have you seen one this big though?

"That's what she said."

 

[hoosierdaddy1976]

have you seen one this big though?

Once in high school coming home from football practice , we caught a bull snake that was every bit of six feet. Kept it in a duffel bag overnight, then put it in a teammate's truck, who of course hated snakes. Fun to watch your buddy scream like a little girl.

 

[CTC B4Z]

got a guy at work that is terrified of them. but i feel bad enough about the situation...

 

[hoosierdaddy1976]

I used to catch every one I could. Been bit a few times (non-venomous), and had a hognose vomit a toad on me, but that's been the worst of it.

 

[CTC B4Z]

yea you def grew up down here, thats for sure LOL

 

[Ballstater98]

Snakes would rather just typically slither away than defend themselves. Just walk/stomp a little heavier than usual. The vibrations should take care of the problem. Until then, sleeeep tight.

 

[tv1217]

The only venomous snake around here is the massasauga. If it's anything else, you should just let it be, it will keep rodents away.

 

[Ericpwp]

There was a mouse in our waiting room today. A co-worker tried to catch it with two cups... She did... From under my foot. Squish.

 

[repeter1977]

Rained a bit last night, looked like Chicago got hit hard watching the Sox game. Supposedly a 50% chance today.

 

[2A_Tom]

I just leave them alone, most snakes will just slither away. When my kids were young, all girls at that time we would catch them and play with them.

A hog nose will put on a ratttle snake show for you and then commit suicide. It is amazing to me how evolution equipped them to inately know how a rattle snake acts.

They eat mice and rats.

 

[tv1217]

Strangely enough, some species of snake that don't even live on the continents where rattlesnakes exist will do the tail shake.