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by rattlesnakeremover on December 11, 2002
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Ray does your friend with the make shift den have to bring the snakes to the den or will they show up in the fall at the fence?
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by j914_99 on December 12, 2002
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From the research I have found Western Rattlers will travel up to 1 mile from there den.
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by rattlesnakeremover on December 12, 2002
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I agree, weasterns will travel great distances from their den during the summer months. Western rattlers may be relocated to another den far from their original den and use the new den year after year.
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by PIGMAN on December 12, 2002
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Certainaly there are some snakes that will adapt to relocations while many others will not. I have relocated copperheads and I release alot of offspring on my property and I do have relocated copperheads on my land that I see from time to time while others I have never seen again and always are finding new specimens. It has a lot to do with the suitablity of the enviornment one releases the snakes in, and the stress factor of the snake and timeing. If the area you release the snakes in has a good supply of prey and a other snakes hanging around chances are you may release a snake that just might take up residence in the area you released it. I do know from experience that not all snakes leave an area after relocation. Also the more temperate climate one lives in will have alot to do with it aswell. Coastalplane snakes will relocate better than snakes that live in colder climates. Also Telemetry has given us better understanding of home ranges of snakes but at the same time there are snakes that hibernate, copulate, feed and live within a single trashpile and surrounding area as well. I have copperheads, cottonmouths, canebreaks, and pigmies that live in certain areas that I call my study spots and some of them are the same snakes that I have been observing on just about any summer day for the last five years. Those animals are almost always there or nerby when I go to observe them. If everything that a snake needs is close by it may not travel near as much. However I only use relocation as a last resort the snakes are better off left alone. I also know of dens that were dieing out due to small population and inbreeding Captive born offspring from another den sight were introduced to help the gene pool and that experiment was somewhat succesfull While the introduced offspring are still observed around that denning area both in the Spring and Fall
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by rattlesnakeremover on December 12, 2002
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I agree with everything you have said but one small part. Timbers are disappearing in middle Tennessee and alot of this has to do with the land owners killing them. I want to obtain a permit to collect unwanted snakes rather than have the land owner kill any snake. After I collect it I would relocate to my study spot or turn it loose close to my finding it and provide the removal over and over. This would be better than the land owner kill it.
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by PIGMAN on December 12, 2002
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I agree with you about the land owners killing them it is better to relocate. The closer probably the better. Although if there are rattlesnakes existing where you want to relocate I would say some would stick around while others may try to go back where they came from. If you know where a den is it may work if you were to take the snakes and release them near it in the fall but I wouldn't release any sick snakes back out into another population of wild snakes. Much research is needed to better understand this type of management, also it is good to remember that relocating snakes to neighboring habitat of other snakes is that the habitat can only support so many snakes and it may be at its full potential in those areas of relocation, so therefor the area will not support any snake additions. Some animal populations are low just because the habitat will not support large populations. While other areas may be adequate to support larger numbers of snakes but don't due to habitat alteration in the past. I hope this helps and good luck!
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by wls967 on December 12, 2002
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Here is a very interesting article on C. horridus relocation.
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http://www.venomousreptiles.org/articles/18
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by ZX11 on December 31, 2002
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As far as relocation goes, I beleive that self preservation instinct will forgo all other encounters.If you caught a wild snake and it adapts to captivity, you have sucessfully relocated the snake. Thats a domesticated relocation. If you tag and relocate the snake to another area, and, as has been documented, later refind that snake in the same area as you placed it, thats a sucessful wild relocation. Both wild and domestic relocations have been documented as sucesful, and both, sadly, have documented to fail. Not having the specialized equipment to refind a released animal, I honestly do not know if any of my wild relocations came out for the best. But, had they not been relocated, they certainly would have perished at the hands of a human.In conclusion, if the animal's life is in peril, relocate it to a safe haven and let nature do has it sees fit {read: self preservation}.
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