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Copperhead(s?) Under House
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by Frustrated on August 12, 2014
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Help! I live in very rural Arkansas. Closest Snake Removal Persons several hours away and can't afford due to disability, etc.
Water main under house burst. Had plumber out to repair, but Immediately left premise stating COPPERHEAD was under there.
HOW Do I get this/them out??
Will throwing tennis balls soaked in Ammonia and leaving crawl space doors open do the job? Ifso, how many? (Bought 18 so could cover the place! lol) Have Diatomaceous Earth (like flour)on hand; place around openings so can see if they've slithered away? I'm at a total loss and frustrated.
I know advice of everyone is "call an expert", but some of us aren't fortunate enough to be able to do so. I've got to get it out so I can have water in home again! :( Can't risk anyone getting bit.
From all my reading, know about totally cleaning leaves, etc., from around the place and closing up any possible entrances to under house they may be sneaking in by. BEFORE I do that, though, MUST get rid of the Copperhead(s).
ANY Sincere Advice is GREATLY APPRECIATED.
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by BobH on August 13, 2014
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Just call another plumber. They chances are excellent that the snake is gone or will not be obvious to the next plumber. We have all had way too many calls for copperheads and rattlesnakes that turn out not to be either. The next plumber should know to look for snakes. We would have all asked plumber #1 if he took a picture. Sorry for your problem, I have been there with pipes under a house too.
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by Nakita on August 13, 2014
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I'm with Bob on that one. While I'm not doubting the possibility that its a Copperhead, I've responded to a huge number of removal calls where it ended up being a young Colubrid such as a Black Rat, Racer, or Corn.
Regardless, best of luck with your situation!
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by LarryDFishel on August 17, 2014
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Sorry, it's been a few days since I was on this board, so I just saw your question.
1) If I lived within 200 miles of you, I'd be willing to come take a look for free, but it's more like 2,000 and I can't really afford the time off work (or even the gas at the moment).
Even if you are not a snake person, you might be surprised at the amazing inability of the average human to identify a snake. Any snake they see is a copperhead/cottonmouth/rattlesnake (whatever is most feared in his neck of the woods), until you prove otherwise. It could just as easily have been a stick.
Since you, or anyone else, are unlikely to ever find whatever snake he saw (or convince him it could possibly have been a stick), you'll probably never get HIM to come back out again, unless you're willing to lie to him and tell him you had it removed. (Which is more deceptive than I'm willing to recommend, but I won't think less of you if you do.)
I'm with the others. If there is one, call another plumber. Since there probably never was a venomous snake (and possibly no snake at all) and it's his job to look for things like that if he's crawling under houses, I say you're under no moral or legal obligation to tell him about the other plumber's sighting...
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by tippy on August 24, 2014
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yeah, I see no problem if you don't tell him and he get's bitten and dies, and his 3 kids don't have a father for the rest of their lives
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by LarryDFishel on August 25, 2014
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Um.... Ever if the last plumber was one of the 1% of the population that can correctly identify a copperhead (probably in low light), and on the off chance that there happened to be one there that day, and it happens to still be there today, and the new plumber doesn't do what he should, and he manages to get bitten but a not particularly aggressive species of snake, the chances of dying from a copperhead bite are hardly worth worrying about. (I still use a hook with mine because a bite can be painful and cause local damage, and I'm required by law to report a bite from a captive venomous snake.) When you call the new plumber, make sure you tell him if you've ever had peanuts in your kitchen, or if you've ever seen a bee on your property, since both kill far more people than all species of snakes combined.
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by Frustrated on August 28, 2014
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Thank you, everyone, that left practical and sincere advice! I greatly appreciate it!
After cleaning up outside and throwing tons of rat poison under crawl spaces, leaving crawl space doors opened in eveings, etc., No Sight of any kind of snake from anyone.
Eventually called new plumblers, and had no problems whatsoever.
Best wishes to all & thanks again!
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