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country living is new to me!

Bluerosy May 28, 2011 09:21 PM

I know this is probably not the most interesting post for some of you who have snakes on their property. But i basically moved from a subdivision into the country. And i am loving it!

Yesterday i saw a black racer in my yard from my bathroom window. Needless to say i was estatic to see ANY snake in my backyard and ran down to catch it and gets some quick pics.
Then later that night I heard a noise under the house and I shned my flashlight under it and there was a armadillo...(I didn't know there were many armadillos this far north) and I got close enought to touch it. It wasn't afraid of me, or maybe the flashlight made it curious, anyway, cool creature.

So far i my backyerd has also produced deer, chipmunks, fence lizards, anoles, skinks, tree frogs and toads. Then I had one more...well, not in my backyard, but down the street..There was a racoon that been hit by a car on the side of the road. It was alive and just sitting in the hot sun in the open. So I called 911 for an officer to come out and take care of it and made my way to the store. So an hour later after returing from the market, I still see the raccon there. No law enforcement showed up. So since I had a handgun in the car I decided to put an end to its suffering. My tghinking is that is better than having it die slowely baking away in the sun. I just wish i would have done it earlier when i first passed by rather than rely on a sheriff or police response.

Anyway, that is life in the country. I guess I am learning how life should be.

But I yet have to see my first kingsnake in my backyeard. Can't wait for that to happen. It has just been extremely dry and hot since i moved in. So i am sure one will show up one day.


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www.Bluerosy.com

Does anyone interested in hybrids have, or know where I can get, detailed information on cross breeding kings with corns?

(l___l)
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Replies (26)

varanid May 28, 2011 10:09 PM

Enjoy the country living! One of these days I'm moving so far away from the big city that grocery shopping takes an hour commute...I like it remote.
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We wouldn't have 6 and a half billion people if you had to be beautiful to get laid.
1.3 African House Snakes
3.2 reticulated pythons
1 corn snake
4.3 Florida Kings
2 speckled kings
1.2 ball pythons
1 Argentine boa
1 Texas Rat Snake
1 checkered garter snake

mfoux May 29, 2011 03:51 AM

Enjoy it!
I grew up in the country in SW Louisiana catching ribbon snakes, buttermilk racers, speckled kings, various water snakes, hognose, prairie kings, anoles, skinks, amphiumas, box turtles, red eared sliders, softshells, snappers, various other small turtles, birds and even bats. Probably a bunch of stuff I'm forgetting. Alot of this stuff we found in our own back yard or in nearby woods and canals.
Even when I lived in town, I would occasionally come across various wildlife in the yard and nearby.
I finally made it back to the country, this time outside of Austin. So far we have in our yard: hognose and rough green snakes, black racers, toads, at least two road runners and rabbits. Plus tons of invertebrates like scorpions. Saw a tarantula crossing the road the other day.
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www.snakerack.info
www.mikefoux.com

Hondurans
Pueblans
Corns
Grey-banded King
California Kings
Speckled Kings (Calcasieu Parish locality)
Brooksi
Goini/Brooksi Crosses
San Diego gophers
Texas Rat
Jungle Carpet Python
Ball Python
BCI
Sulcata
Leopard Geckos
Wife, Caucasius Mexicana Integrade WC

Bluerosy May 29, 2011 07:35 AM

So far we have in our yard: hognose and rough green snakes, black racers, toads, at least two road runners and rabbits. Plus tons of invertebrates like scorpions. Saw a tarantula crossing the road the other day.

HA HA HA! I LOVE IT!
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www.Bluerosy.com

Does anyone interested in hybrids have, or know where I can get, detailed information on cross breeding kings with corns?

(l___l)
(='.'=)
("_("

pyromaniac May 29, 2011 09:09 AM

How wonderful for you that you are in the countryside now! To wake up to the sound of bird song instead of random sirens, and walk by a dead roadkill not a dead guy in his car that just got shot...priceless! I have always lived in a rural setting and would freak out if I tried to live in an urban or suburban environment.
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

CrimsonKing May 29, 2011 09:13 AM

Mr. Haney? Kimball? Ziffel?? If not, you're in for a treat...

:Mark
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Surrender Dorothy!

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a153fish May 30, 2011 04:49 AM

Don't forget Arnold! (00)

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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
Jorge Sierra

My Site > www.Sierrasnakes.com

Upscale May 29, 2011 09:19 AM

Make sure when you build that rodent breeding shed you do it down wind of your house!

varanid May 29, 2011 10:53 AM

but do wait for a bear or raccoon to get into your trash...countryside isn't all fun and games
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We wouldn't have 6 and a half billion people if you had to be beautiful to get laid.
1.3 African House Snakes
3.2 reticulated pythons
1 corn snake
4.3 Florida Kings
2 speckled kings
1.2 ball pythons
1 Argentine boa
1 Texas Rat Snake
1 checkered garter snake

fliptop May 29, 2011 12:11 PM

Yeah, finding stuff in your backyard, even the "common" stuff, is awesome. I have a real tiny yard but have found: cuban treefrogs, southern toads, narrowmouth frogs, black racers, ringnecks, brahminy blindsnakes, fence lizards, glass lizards, and of course brown anoles. In a local park I saw my first six-line racerunner. Very cool stuff. I think armadillos can carry leprosy, so be careful!

Bluerosy May 29, 2011 02:07 PM

Ya I read up that armadillos carry leaprosy. They have long claws and can scratch you.

I guess man and infected them with the leaprosy for tests. They chose armadillos because they have up to 4 baby clones from one egg.
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www.Bluerosy.com

Does anyone interested in hybrids have, or know where I can get, detailed information on cross breeding kings with corns?

(l___l)
(='.'=)
("_("

rtdunham May 29, 2011 02:32 PM

That's very interesting. I'd known they might carry leprosy but not that it started in them from man's research. I've stopped picking up roadkill dillos for joke photos, but I'm still willing to grab a live one by the tail.

rtdunham May 29, 2011 02:43 PM

>>That's very interesting. I'd known they might carry leprosy but not that it started in them from man's research. I've stopped picking up roadkill dillos for joke photos, but I'm still willing to grab a live one by the tail.

There's very interesting info on Armadillo -man -leprosy connections at the link below. Turns out ( if this site is correct) that while a scientist used dillos for leprosy research, thatdoesnt seem to be how the disease got in the critters.

http://www.secretsciencegeek.com/general/leprosy-in-wild-armadillos-is-old-news-yet-fascinating/

I liked the methodical approach used to test the hypothesis that escaped lab animals were the vector to leprosy-carrying animals in the wild.

Anyone know what the other two animals are that carry leprosy in the wild?

DMong May 29, 2011 02:58 PM

I understand Mangabey monkeys, rabbits, and mice (on their footpads) can carry it. I heard of the rabbits and monkeys being potential carriers long ago, but the foot pads on mice is a new one to me. Probably some of the ones in other countries I hope, like India, China, Europe, etc..., but who knows??

...........scary thought!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

mfoux May 30, 2011 09:28 PM

My dad used to put armadillos in people's mailboxes. And I think in a teacher's file cabinet, too. I'm just sayin'...
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www.austinreptileshows.com
www.snakerack.info
www.mikefoux.com

Hondurans
Pueblans
Corns
Grey-banded King
California Kings
Speckled Kings (Calcasieu Parish locality)
Brooksi
Goini/Brooksi Crosses
San Diego gophers
Texas Rat
Jungle Carpet Python
Ball Python
BCI
Sulcata
Leopard Geckos
Wife, Caucasius Mexicana Integrade WC

a153fish May 29, 2011 06:10 PM

This is a guy that I see all the time. He has dug many holes and you know what lives in Gopher Tortoise holes right?


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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
Jorge Sierra

My Site > www.Sierrasnakes.com

Bluerosy May 29, 2011 06:35 PM

Cool vid. What part of the country are you in?
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www.Bluerosy.com

Does anyone interested in hybrids have, or know where I can get, detailed information on cross breeding kings with corns?

(l___l)
(='.'=)
("_("

a153fish May 29, 2011 07:10 PM

>>Cool vid. What part of the country are you in?
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Central Florida.
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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
Jorge Sierra

My Site > www.Sierrasnakes.com

DMong May 29, 2011 07:15 PM

LMAO!!!

Love the captions the tortoise is saying to ya there..HAHA!!

"Desert tortoise??",........"I'm a Gopher Tortoise fool!".

Had a few of those in my old back yard and neighborhood too when I lived out west sevral years back. That is also where I caught that nice Yellow Rat and your "Big Bertha" corn of course.

Sadly one of the Miniature Wire-haird Dachshunds was found chewing on a tiny Gopher tortoise hatchling that was only about the size of a golf ball like it was a rawhide chew toy. I felt terrible about it, but had to put it out of it's poor misery. It was just way too SEVERELY injured. I wish I would have seen it a few minutes earlier. At that age their shells are still very soft and rubbery, and it was too far gone to survive the mauling.

I just hate seeing poor animals in misery like that.

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

a153fish May 30, 2011 04:38 AM

Yeah I'm still looking for that Florida desert, lol.

The little ones are cute, and straw yellow, but your right they have soft shells. We're still on dirt raods here, so i see all kinds of stuff.
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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
Jorge Sierra

My Site > www.Sierrasnakes.com

DMong May 30, 2011 02:00 PM

Yeah, dirt road areas in Florida can be pretty darn productive now and then. Even with the paved roads out where I used to live way out west, I would see a good number of corns, coachwhips, Black Racers, Gopher tortoises, Pine Woods Snakes, Yellow Rats, etc..., and even saw a DOR coral snake too. It was really sad to see the amount of DOR snakes around the time they started to clear and develope a HUGE area of land across the main road leading into my neighborhood. Most that I saw where dead cornsnakes.

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

ShadyLady May 29, 2011 08:16 PM

Found a yearling size grey rat in my rat room a few weeks ago. Stretched out across some cages. It looked hungry and thirsty so I put it in a sweater box with a mouse and a water bowl. Next morning it was in the water bowl soaking, mouse gone. It was still soaking when I released it that evening. Mice and grey rats find their way in some how.

Country living is great!
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Amy Claiborne

Don't let them take your wasted time. J.T.

pyromaniac May 30, 2011 11:06 AM

I find rattlesnakes in inconvenient places sometimes, like in out buildings.
But the worst case of a wild animal coming in the house was this little skunk who came into the cabin one hot summer night when I had the front door open to try to cool the cabin down. He went behind the refrigerator and was seemingly lost and confused, but I successfully got him to leave without a smelly incident by opening the back door and gently shooing him out with a strong flashlight.
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

ShadyLady May 30, 2011 07:42 PM

OH! That could have been very bad.......
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Amy Claiborne

Don't let them take your wasted time. J.T.

varanid May 30, 2011 10:57 PM

growing up there was a case when a coon got into my bedroom...and once an elk got into our garage. And squirrels got into the house a few times...so'd rabbits...

fun times
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We wouldn't have 6 and a half billion people if you had to be beautiful to get laid.
1.3 African House Snakes
3.2 reticulated pythons
1 corn snake
4.3 Florida Kings
2 speckled kings
1.2 ball pythons
1 Argentine boa
1 Texas Rat Snake
1 checkered garter snake

thomas davis May 29, 2011 08:36 PM

congrats amigo im happy for you, country living is where its at!

,,,,,,,thomas davis
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Morphs... just like baseball cards BUT ALIVE, how cool is that???

my website www.barmollysplace.com

ChristopherD Jun 02, 2011 10:04 PM

Rainer, Are you now a sunshine state resident? C

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