Close call - Be careful BNutter

[coh]

Non-venomous blue racer on the farm, it can put quite a bite on you, draw blood, but usually is very quick to get away. It's a big snake, can get up to 6 feet long. So far have not seen any Rattlers. We do have trash pandas.

When we lived in Virginia, I found a large black racer that got caught in some plastic mesh fencing I had left outside. That was one unhappy snake! I put on thick gloves and a long sleeved sweatshirt and got to work. I had to carefully cut the plastic mesh he was caught in. But he was pretty fat and was caught in a number of loops. Took a while and when the last loop was cut he was out of there like a bolt of lightning. Didn't take any bites but he tried!

Up here we don't seem to have anything that is venomous. Haven't seen any black widows (they were everywhere in Virginia), no recluses, no poisonous snakes. Supposedly there is a small population of Massasauga rattlesnakes in a swamp about 10 miles from here but I don't know of anyone who has ever seen one there.

 

[Cajunrider]

When we lived in Virginia, I found a large black racer that got caught in some plastic mesh fencing I had left outside. That was one unhappy snake! I put on thick gloves and a long sleeved sweatshirt and got to work. I had to carefully cut the plastic mesh he was caught in. But he was pretty fat and was caught in a number of loops. Took a while and when the last loop was cut he was out of there like a bolt of lightning. Didn't take any bites but he tried!

Up here we don't seem to have anything that is venomous. Haven't seen any black widows (they were everywhere in Virginia), no recluses, no poisonous snakes. Supposedly there is a small population of Massasauga rattlesnakes in a swamp about 10 miles from here but I don't know of anyone who has ever seen one there.

Louisiana is like Autralia of the South. We got everything nasty and then some.
Good thing we can eat most of them.... except for cotton mouth. They just are not edible under normal circumstance.

 

[Forsoothe!]

I put a pellet in the ass of a dangerous Ground Hog yesterday. That's as much action as I want. I'll poison my own mice, thank you.

 

[leatherback]

We only have rabbit.
Although, only..

 

[Traken]

We only have rabbit.
Although, only..

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That's no ordinary rabbit! That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on!

 

[leatherback]

That's no ordinary rabbit! That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on!

What's he do, nibble your bum?

 

[Traken]

What's he do, nibble your bum?

Look at the bones, man!

 

[amatbrewer]

That's no ordinary rabbit! That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on!

Look, that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide! It's a killer!

 

[AaronThomas]

Caught this guy hanging out in the garage... not poisonous but still a bit of a shocking when your trying to get a box off the top shelf and ya grab hold of something that moves.?

 

[Ali Raza]

Caught this guy hanging out in the garage... not poisonous but still a bit of a shocking when your trying to get a box off the top shelf and ya grab hold of something that moves.?
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here comes the hunter

 

[Nanuk]

So far my only find in my plants are the occasional bee.
I have managed to not get stung, yet.

 

[AaronThomas]

here comes the hunter

Used to have tons of geckos living in the garage… Now I know where they all went

 

[ihaveaspaceship]

Only black widows here for me. Usually under my benches so they don't bother me much.

Caught this little guy taking refuge from the sun

 

[Carol 83]

We have had a ridiculous amount of rain here this spring, so the mosquitoes, gnats, ect have been terrible. I was outside for maybe 45 minutes repotting a tree yesterday and after a shower, we ran some errands. Welts started appearing on my arms and neck, where apparently something other than a mosquito had bitten me. Then I noticed a couple little red dots right below my eyebrow and my eye started puffing up. When I woke up this morning, my eye was swollen completely shut. Took 15 minutes with an ice pack just to be able to open it a bit.

 

[Cajunrider]

We have had a ridiculous amount of rain here this spring, so the mosquitoes, gnats, ect have been terrible. I was outside for maybe 45 minutes repotting a tree yesterday and after a shower, we ran some errands. Welts started appearing on my arms and neck, where apparently something other than a mosquito had bitten me. Then I noticed a couple little red dots right below my eyebrow and my eye started puffing up. When I woke up this morning, my eye was swollen completely shut. Took 15 minutes with an ice pack just to be able to open it a bit.

Are you going to see a doctor for this?

 

[Carol 83]

Are you going to see a doctor for this?

No, the swelling is going down. I just think I am very sensitive to bug bites. Won't be going outside anymore without dousing myself with Cutter.

 

[Cajunrider]

Look, that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide! It's a killer!

Well, even though I put animal repellent on my precious Medjool palm trees that I planted a few weeks ago, yesterday evening one rabbit insisted on biting off my palm to feast on the palm core. Well. Let's just say that I temporary became Robin Hood and the gator in the pond was fed.

 

[CasAH]

Well, even though I put animal repellent on my precious Medjool palm trees that I planted a few weeks ago, yesterday evening one rabbit insisted on biting off my palm to feast on the palm core. Well. Let's just say that I temporary became Robin Hood and the gator in the pond was fed.

Yum, I love heart of palms as well.