Missouri-Flyer
667 posts
Jun 29, 2007
1:35 PM
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Everyday when I go out to check on the birds, the first thing I do is check on the new hatchlings. I think I am as excited for the new babies as I am for any of them..
Well........ I went out to check on them yesterday morning and noticed after close counting that I had a pair of week old nestmates missing. I check high and low with no luck.. Last evening my wife and I go out so she could see the 10 new babies I had left, and when I opened the loft door, something didn't look right.
Inside a breeder box was a huge black snake, finishing his 2nd meal of the evening.
After all was said and done, he had eaten 5 babies. I was able to measure him as he laid there on the ground, just watching me..He measured 6' 7"..
Frustrating as hell.
No harm to human occured during this incident.
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Jerry
Home of "Whispering Wings Loft"
Last Edited by on Jun 29, 2007 1:59 PM
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Skylineloft
68 posts
Jun 29, 2007
4:11 PM
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Jerry,
Is that those black snakes you see in the water out there in the mid west?
Ray
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belle
258 posts
Jun 29, 2007
4:37 PM
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no that is going to be a black snake, what you are thinking of is called a Water Moccasin
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Missouri-Flyer
668 posts
Jun 29, 2007
7:36 PM
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Hey Ray,
Justin is right. A black rat snake is a different type than the water moccasin. The black snake looks for his prey in grass,fields,my pigeon loft, etc..LOL
Still haven't found how he got in, but he did.
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Jerry
Home of "Whispering Wings Loft"
Last Edited by on Jun 29, 2007 8:27 PM
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RUDY..ZUPPPPP
58 posts
Jun 29, 2007
8:10 PM
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hey jerry...
may i have that snake????????
LOL..
RUDY
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Missouri-Flyer
671 posts
Jun 29, 2007
8:13 PM
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Hmmm,
Lets see Rudy,...I think he slivered away! :)
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Jerry
Home of "Whispering Wings Loft"
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Santandercol
1200 posts
Jun 29, 2007
9:23 PM
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You want to have the machete handy for those guys.They're not protected are they???Only get garder snakes here.
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Kelly
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C.J.
1450 posts
Jul 06, 2007
5:19 AM
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Ahh the great white north in Ontario Canada we only have garder snakes here as well. Good thing because snakes and I don't mix well.
C.J.
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Otis
38 posts
Jul 06, 2007
5:55 AM
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Jerry, How in the world could a snake get in your loft, especially one that large? Mouseproof is certainly snakeproof!
How do you keep out mice and rats? Best of Luck.........Otis
Last Edited by on Jul 06, 2007 5:58 AM
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Missouri-Flyer
698 posts
Jul 06, 2007
6:34 PM
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good question Otis. I have seen the occasional mouse, maybe 1 or 2 a year, but have a live trap that catches them. The largest opening I could find was the size of chicken wire that I use on the avery.. He is gone now...Last year I had one get in the kitbox and swallow a year old bird alive.. That was a surprise when I opened the door at 6am to let them fly and seen that sucker!
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Jerry
Home of "Whispering Wings Loft"
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classicpony
239 posts
Jul 08, 2007
12:22 PM
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YUK Snakes! I hate snakes yes I hate all snakes.... I hope I never run into one cause after wetting myself, I will be the other way.
Jim
@thesnakesless-birdhouse
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Missouri-Flyer
709 posts
Jul 08, 2007
12:56 PM
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LMAO Jim,
the Black snake is a tree snake that eats mice,small critters, pigeons,etc..They wont do ya much harm if bitten, but scare the shit out of ya..
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Jerry
Home of "Whispering Wings Loft"
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