Last week a possum in the garbage by the front door. Today......

[Boudie]

This Son of a Gun in my workroom



Country liven at it's finest!!

 

[irratebass]

Ok @xjsnake which kind is it? & Boudie, did it eat the damn opossum????

 

[bwhite220]

That's how I feel after smoking a Rocky Patel.

 

[Boudie]

I'm saying copperhead and big ass rat. Didn't kill it, just covered it with a bucket and threw it outside

 

[DustinFuente]

Oh hell naw

 

[xjsnake]

Based on the avatar flag this is in Louisiana, so Western Ratsnake. Completely harmless and good to have around as they control the local rodent population.

 

[bwhite220]

Western Ratsnakes are much easier to deal with. A bit snooty but they love avocados. It's the liberal Eastern Ratsnake that is a massive nuisance.

 

[DustinFuente]

I hate all snakes equally

 

[Boudie]

I'm almost sure he had a triangular head?

 

[xjsnake]

I'm almost sure he had a triangular head?

That's an unreliable way to determine if a snake is venomous or not as many snakes will flare their necks to look big and scary (they will also rattle their tails in the grass to sound like rattlesnakes). Before I switched my avatar to the green beans (@bwhite220), it was a stereotypical example of a Copperhead. Here's a bigger version

Notice the Hershey's kisses along the side of the body, that are very common of a Copperhead.

 

[bwhite220]

Notice the Hershey's kisses along the side of the body, that are very common of a Copperhead.

Hershey's kisses? That's the poo emoji, brah.

 

[Boudie]

Good information, glad he's still protecting the house. I'm also glad I found him before the Realtor did.

 

[Glassman]

Yeah, as xj said, definitely not copperhead. Corn snakes can be a much closer look alike to copperhead, but the design is different. Though sometimes atypical patterns occur. Keeping a few outdoor cats around has significantly cut down on my copperhead problems.

 

[Nacho Daddy]

and Copperheads have cut down on your outdoor cats problem !! mee out.......

 

[xjsnake]

Yeah, as xj said, definitely not copperhead. Corn snakes can be a much closer look alike to copperhead, but the design is different. Though sometimes atypical patterns occur. Keeping a few outdoor cats around has significantly cut down on my copperhead problems.

We need to discuss the ecological ramifications of outdoor cats...

 

[Glassman]

We need to discuss the ecological ramifications of outdoor cats...

Hahaha, yeah.... They're not extinctifying anything here, have an abundant surplus of critters here on the side of the mountain.. But we finally no longer have mouse problems and no more copperheads on the back porch...

 

[Boudie]

Probably not a lot of quail and rabbits either

 

[Glassman]

Probably not a lot of quail and rabbits either

I don't think we have much quail here. Absolutely covered up in rabbits, (and probably due to that coyotes) squirrels, frogs, lizards, salamanders, groundhogs, possums, untold numbers and types of other birds. On the side of a mountain of hundreds of acres of forest.
They get a blue Jay or cardinal every so often, but mostly moles, voles and mice. Only 2 rabbits so far.