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Came home from the lake to find this guy with a box stuck on his head taking a nap under my truck in the garage.

Long story short, SAPD came and took him. 

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    Flipped a board just outside of Austin and found 2 Coachwhips and one Western Diamondback.  The buzz worm tagged one of the coachwhips and he took of.  I can't find anything definitive on whether thei

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    Awesome ratsnake SurlyBDR. Well, it was a very active day out in the Katy Prairie.  I figured it would be a good day to go with all the rain that we had, but wasn't expecting all the flooding.  I

  • Patricio Swayze
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    I thought I was going to find a bunch of cool snakes today.  Only saw two ribbon snakes.  However, one was being eaten by a hawk, so that is pretty cool.  Not the best or sharpest shots, but still coo

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Noticeed Lots (5)of dead rattlesnek on the road shoulder during the MS 150 last weekend. Maybe they are chasing those fuzzy little black caterpillars.

15 hours ago, Underdog said:

You think SAPD set him free? 

 

14 hours ago, Homesickhorn said:

Some SAPD dipshit has a new belt being made.

lol. I missed that. Y’all are probably correct

  • 2 weeks later...

Stumbled upon this one on my morning walk today. Was looking down at my phone when I noticed movement in front of me. He was getting out of the way from me quicker than I got away from him. 

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SAIP (I can't believe that it hasn't been . . . but not on this page).

 

 

7 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said:

I miss @Patricio Swayze's snake photos and board/rock-flipping stories.

Wow, last post was a year ago!  Do we know what happened to him?

1 hour ago, Bullneck said:

SAIP (I can't believe that it hasn't been . . . but not on this page).

 

 

Duuuuuuuuude. Not sure I'd try a joke like that on someone of that age and weight. Lucky he didn't have a coronary.

But I'll give the pranksters credit--that totally would've freaked me out, too. 

1 hour ago, SurlyGator said:

Wow, last post was a year ago!  Do we know what happened to him?

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On 5/11/2024 at 6:20 PM, miguelito said:

Coachwhip?

Coachwhip?

 

2 coachwhips. 

 

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There was a picture of a Western Ratsnake in a tree on the Nextdoor this morning.  Three or four people identified it as a rattlesnake (one very specific - dimoND back rattlesnake) and one person said it was either a rat snake or water moccasin.  I think I prefer snakes over most people.

This was in my yard this afternoon. Also a Western Rat Snake? 

 

 

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He (She) was not pleased when I guided him away to the empty lot next door.

On 5/18/2024 at 7:59 PM, miguelito said:

Just saw this fellow.

 

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I think you're the "fellow" in this instance.

Very true. That may have been in my head when I typed that. 

I'm certainly not Jack.

On 5/13/2024 at 7:14 PM, SurlyGator said:

Wow, last post was a year ago!  Do we know what happened to him?

He's fine and taking some time off to adjust to his 38 DDs.

Yes, I know it’s the wrong thread.

anyone know what the hell this is and, do I release it in my 1/4 acre back yard as a long-term pet or in the woods?

Im going with generic tortoise.

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8 minutes ago, CoTex said:

Yes, I know it’s the wrong thread.

anyone know what the hell this is and, do I release it in my 1/4 acre back yard as a long-term pet or in the woods?

Im going with generic tortoise.

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Tortoise snek?

Or snek hiding in Tortoise shell.

Or sneck hiding in tortoise snek shell.

17 minutes ago, CoTex said:

Yes, I know it’s the wrong thread.

anyone know what the hell this is and, do I release it in my 1/4 acre back yard as a long-term pet or in the woods?

Im going with generic tortoise.

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Don’t forget to offer Sherry with the soup. 

Lifted up a wooden barrel planter today to check for rot and found a family of mice. Mama and about 6 babies. No pics but I'm guessing I'll have some snakes hanging around soon enough. 

No rot. Was gonna plant a bunch of volunteers in my compost in that planter but didn't wanna drown an innocent family of mice. They were pretty damn cute. Far enough from the house for me not to worry too much about it. I've got some other pots that will work in the meantime. 

 

I'll check back in a couple weeks to see if they're still there. Afterwards I was scolding myself for lifting that thing up while standing right next to it in flip flops. Coulda been a big ol' snek instead of mice chillin under there. 

3 hours ago, butthurt said:

 

 

Trouser snek? 

On 5/21/2024 at 2:22 PM, NorthLoop said:

No rot. Was gonna plant a bunch of volunteers in my compost in that planter but didn't wanna drown an innocent family of mice. They were pretty damn cute. Far enough from the house for me not to worry too much about it. I've got some other pots that will work in the meantime. 

 

I'll check back in a couple weeks to see if they're still there. Afterwards I was scolding myself for lifting that thing up while standing right next to it in flip flops. Coulda been a big ol' snek instead of mice chillin under there. 

had a few mice invade. Told wife, can I release the python under the house? She looked at me in horror. Poor little mice. Did not remind her she feeds that worthless critter frozen ones. Let him earn his damn keep.

4 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

had a few mice invade. Told wife, can I release the python under the house? She looked at me in horror. Poor little mice. Did not remind her she feeds that worthless critter frozen ones. Let him earn his damn keep.

Ball?

11 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

Told wife, can I release the python under the house?

I'm going to have to try that one... whole lot more romantic than "hey, wanna' screw?"

Looked out my car window and this cute little guy was staring at me. 

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24 minutes ago, B00M said:

Looked out my car window and this cute little guy was staring at me. 

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Coachwhips are cool snakes.  Sight predators which is why you can see them periscoping out of the grass. 

Back in middle school, before there were really any rules, a buddy and I traded a Texas Alligator Lizard to the science teacher in exchange for a five and a half foot coachwhip.  Can you imaging the uproar today if an 11 year old kid came home with a large snake from a middle school teacher?

17 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

what is going on there

Nothing fits inside a snek better than ... a slightly smaller snek.

5 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said:

Nothing fits inside a snek better than ... a slightly smaller snek.

oh hah i see it now.

Eastern King snek eating another snek I can't identify.

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