Ambulance Driver had himself a neat catch
Neat! Personally I’m not a huge fan of Glue traps, I prefer The Maxim Traps m’self
But something tells me a Maxim trap won’t catch a snake as well as this. Not that I have any problems with snakes in my house.
Good Catch!
i was going to get upset at the snake death, until i realized HOLY CRAP COPPERHEAD IN THE HOUSE.
nonvenemous snakes get gentle treatment in my domain…if i were to encounter a hot like a copperhead, though, that sucker dies.
In the comments there are a lot of people saying it isn’t a copperhead. I really wouldn’t know m’self, not many snake species in New England.
I don’t like to kill critters that don’t need killin’ but as a general rule trespass into my house is just one of those lines you don’t cross. The only exception I generally make for in-house biologics is spiders, as I see them as a solution and a self-solving problem.
Spiders eat bugs. When bugs are all et, spiders eat spiders. I see no reason to disrupt this unless commanded by my wife.
it’s definitely venomous. that head is not the head of a nonvenomous snake…the venom sacs near the base of the head are pretty prominent. US constrictors tend toward a more slender head…see this photo of a corn snake for an example. going by the photos i’ve seen of copperheads, it matches pretty well. he’s in Louisiana, so i wouldn’t be too surprised if that’s in their range.
i understand your thought process. i tend toward removal if i can, and killing if i can’t remove them. the last time we had a mouse, i managed to capture it (by hand, because i rule) before we could get traps. released her at the pond on campus at my work, and haven’t had a mouse problem since. if i encountered a corn or rat snake in my home i’d be half tempted to keep it (but would be more likely to drive to a park and let it go). snakes are handy critters to have around, and the nonvenemous ones are especially useful…since they can’t hurt humans.
Mice inside the house get killed. They are godless heathens, I see what they do to each-other in the labs, I can only imagine what happens in the wild.
Actually I’ve heard relocated mice are mostly killed within 24 hours either by predators or other mice. A Maxim trap is a better way out if you ask me.
i really didn’t want to deal with the possibility of parasite introduction to my cat. the sooner i got the bugger out, the better. i’m almost positive it became a snack for a hawk. i see one flying around here pretty regularly…and that’s fine with me.