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by MOjack on June 21, 2006
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Isn't this snake a live bearer? Found one with eggs. Is there something to use as a repellant? Don't like it living in my yard and I don't want to kill it.
Thanks.
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by Venomjunkie on June 21, 2006
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well first of all, thank you for not wanting to kill it!
yes, coppers are live bearers so i have no idea why one would have eggs with it. but anyway, they do make a product called Snake-A-Way. i dont think it kills the snakes, just repels them. either way, i dont like it but in your case you may want to use it, as it is better than killing the snakes.
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by rickyduckworth on June 21, 2006
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pet stores sometimes know who to call to remove it
sure it's a copper?
sure it isn't a rat snake about to eat some eggs?
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by Snake18 on June 24, 2006
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What do you mean it had eggs ? Copperheads are ovoviviparous, which means that the eggs don`t have a hard shell and hatch inside the snake or right after being layd.
Alex S.
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by Buzztail1 on June 24, 2006
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Before all the snake experts overreact,
Finding a snake with eggs does not mean the snake was laying the eggs when it was found.
There are plenty of plausible explanations.
1. The eastern milk snake lays eggs and is found in many of the same areas and is often mistaken for southern copperheads.
2. The southern copperhead, if that is indeed what it was, could have been cruising through a nest of something else when it was found.
3. It could have been a rat or king snake which also lay and eat eggs.
People come here and ask questions because they don't know everything about snakes. Don't berate them because their questions don't make sense to you. Try to figure out what they saw.
Karl
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by Cro on June 25, 2006
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Jack; We have a section here in the left coloum called ``Photo Album,`` and there is a sub-section called ``Snakes for Identification.``
If you can take a digital photo of the snake you saw, you can post it there and get help identifying what it is. There are many harmless snakes that are often confused with copperheads.
You could also look through the photo sections labeled Crotalinae I, II, and III. There you will see hundreds of photos of copperheads that you can compare with what you saw.
A copperhead giving birth does produce young snakes that are encased in a membraneous, jello like sack, that sort of looks like an egg without a shell. The baby copperheads escape from that sack shortly after birth and crawl away. Is it possible you saw something like that? If the eggs had a hard leathery shell and were whitish in color, they did not come from a copperhead. Many harmless snakes that resenble copperheads lay shelled eggs.
As far as repelling snakes from your yard, you need to clean up areas that are attractive to them. Things like log piles, brush piles, and old boards all attract mice, and snakes will come there to feed.
You can also sprinkle moth crystals around ( nampha ). This is the strong smelling ingredient in the commercial snake repellents. It is possible that it smells bad enough to keep snakes out of an area, but I am not sure how well it works.
Hope this helps. JohnZ
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by Cro on June 25, 2006
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Jack: Another thing you could do is fill out your profile here. It is possible that one of the members here lives close to where you live, and would be willing to come and catch the snake and re-locate it for you the next time you see it. Do you live in the S.E. US ? If you do, you can go to Chad Menter`s website at:
http://www.envenomated.com/infusions/person_database/personlist.php
You will find a list of Snake Re-Locators who live in many areas of GA, FLA, SC, and perhaps other states.
Hope this helps.
JohnZ
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by MOjack on June 28, 2006
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Thanks people. The snake was definately a southern copperhead. It was in a wood pile and the eggs probibly belonged to another snake. We removed the wood pile and haven't seen her sence. I live in the woods and feel other critters besides myself have a prior right to live here too, unmolested. We have had deer, groundhogs, raccoons, fox, coyote, skunk, possums, armadillo, and now we can add copperhead to the list. We have a busy yard!
Thanks for your comments and suggestions!
jack
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