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by: annimc19 Active Indicator LED Icon  OP  New Member
~ 9 years ago   Mar 16, '15 8:26am  
New to the area, and deathly afraid of snakes.  We live in Atascocita Shores, which has been around forever I know.   Just wondering if snakes in the yard are a day to day thing.  And if so, what do you do to make your yard unappealing to them. 4951
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FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 9 years ago   Mar 16, '15 8:30am  
Texas Ribbon snakes are harmless, and eat a lot of smaller pests. Don't freak from them 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 16, '15 8:33am  
If you also see this little brown snake (garden), it is also harmless. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 16, '15 8:34am  
Probably not the answer you're looking for, but I'd recommend you learn to identify the 4 indigenous venomous snakes we have here and then leave the rest alone as they are a harmless and a useful part of the environment.We have a lot of copperheads, a few water moccasins, a few coral snakes, and very few rattlesnakes in this area.A good resource to start with might be    http://www.texassnakes.net/index.htm  Clint has a section in there on snaking proofing your residence.  4951
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 16, '15 8:36am  
If you also see this little brown snake (garden), it is also harmless.
 
@FoFa: So many people think these are baby copperheads and kill them.  It's a shame, really.  They are great insect eaters. 
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 16, '15 8:37am  
Probably not the answer you're looking for, but I'd recommend you learn to identify the 4 indigenous venomous snakes we have here and then leave the rest alone as they are a harmless and useful part of the environment.We have a lot of copperheads, a few water moccasins, a few coral snakes, and very few rattlesnakes in this area.A good resource to start with might be    http://www.texassnakes.net/index.htm  Clint has a section in there on snaking proofing your residence. 
 
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Excellent post. Please don't kill the snakes. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 16, '15 8:40am  
I have also seen a green tree snake (one time) around my yard, they are harmless also.Not sure if this is a picture of that actual snake, but it looked green, slender and is rather small (the one I saw was about foot and half). 4951
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Francita Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 9 years ago   Mar 16, '15 8:44am  
These are my favorite. The eastern hognose that plays dead as his defense. It's funny to see.
 
 
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 16, '15 8:51am  
I have also seen (and killed a couple) of water moccasins (cottonmouth) but I live on a greenbelt with a bayou, so I might get more than the norm, and also a couple copperheads.And not to freak you out to much, I have chased off (actually left alone) a few scorpions also.Never been stung by a scorpion, but I understand it hurts more than is dangerous.If you were to ask my wife however, she would say the biggest danger are the tree roaches that fly 
 
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 16, '15 8:55am  
New to the area, and deathly afraid of snakes.  We live in Atascocita Shores, which has been around forever I know.   Just wondering if snakes in the yard are a day to day thing.  And if so, what do you do to make your yard unappealing to them.
 
@annimc19:
Honestly, i put moth balls around my property every few months during the warm season. I haven't seen any snakes in my yard since. When we first moved in, we had quit a few snakes in our yard including a coral snake. My youngest and my dog like to play in th he back yard so needless to say this was a problem.
 
Be sure to put them when your animals and kids can't get them.
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 16, '15 8:56am  
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 16, '15 9:00am  
Don't plant bamboo, and get rid of any bamboo already there.  Mothballs are also a good deterrent for lots of unwanted critters. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 16, '15 9:18am  
Ugh - I really didn't want to open this post, as I HATE HATE HATE snakes, but I need to learn more about them as well.  We had two ribbon snakes under our decking last Summer and I about died when I saw them peeking out of the floorboards at me, but I know they're good for the other rodents. Sigh. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 16, '15 10:45am  
I HATE HATE HATE snakes, but I need to learn more about them as well.
 
@ctl74: It really is all about education.  For whatever reason, maybe it's the old part of our brain (coincidentally enough called the "reptilian brain"), we tend to recognize snakes as a threat and it puts us into a panic.  Exposure and knowledge are the cure.  Once you get past that "they move all creepy" stage, they are truly beautiful creatures.  Beyond that, learn about their diets and you'll see that even the venomous flavors are a huge benefit to our ecosystem.
I would submit to @Nurse3 that the coral is only a threat to your pets or children if they try to handle it.  Of course I realize that with small children this is a valid concern and if my child were too young to be taught to leave them alone, I'd absolutely make sure my area was rid of them.  Although the coral is technically part of the cobra family and has by far the most potent venom, its delivery system isn't anything like the other 3 venomous snakes in our area.  They don't have fangs and their mouth only opens wide enough to get around small fingers or a little toe, etc.  Instead of one quick and hard bite, they sort of gnaw on their prey injecting very little venom each time.  You have to get bit multiple times for there to be an effect.  They are also incredibly skiddish.  I've seen a few out on the greenbelts over the years and you generally just get a glimpse of them as they high-tail it away from you.  This is why they stopped producing the anti-venom years ago and why the last death from a coral snake bite in the US was in 2006 (a drunk 29 year old man trying to kill it).  Previous to that it was 1967.   4951
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 16, '15 10:50am  
I caught a few water mocassins in my yard several times when I first moved into the area and I just placed them carefully in the bucket and released them at back at the wilds in Eisenhower park 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 16, '15 11:01am  
I use snake away in my yard.   Seems to work.  I cannot even stand pictures of snakes so you know you all have totally grossed me out for the day. 4951
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