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22 Jun 09 - 08:11 PM (#2662478) Subject: BS: Snake not in the grass From: Mrrzy So, what is apparently a Striped Crayfish Sname has taken up residence under our mailbox. Any ideas on how to keep it happy? |
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22 Jun 09 - 08:15 PM (#2662480) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: Peace "Adult Striped Crayfish Snakes feed primarily on hard-shelled crayfish but juvenile also eat odonate (dragonfly) naiads or seasonally abundant shrimp in some areas. They use their coils not to constrict their prey but to hold them while they consume the crayfish alive. Like other natricine watersnakes, this species gives birth to 4 to 12 live young in the summer or early fall." |
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22 Jun 09 - 08:17 PM (#2662484) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: Peace I'd begin decorating. Looks like there will be lots--real soon. |
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22 Jun 09 - 08:25 PM (#2662488) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: Rapparee Where the heck is your mailbox located? |
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22 Jun 09 - 08:38 PM (#2662499) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: Bobert I'd bring it in the house and set it up with it's own TV... That'd make it happy... I used to keep snakes in the house when I was a teenager... One time my poor ol' mom found one that had escaped from his cage and was under the washing machine... My dad had just had an operation on one of his legs, was on crutches an' all, and my poor ol' mom screamin' and so dad hobbled over the the washing machine and coaxed it out the door with his crutch... Parents??? Whaddaya gone do wid 'um??? Let my snake out... Grrrrr!!! B~ |
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22 Jun 09 - 08:43 PM (#2662501) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: Bee-dubya-ell As Rapaire asked, "Where the heck is your mailbox located?" The Striped Crayfish Snake (AKA Striped Swamp Snake) only lives in peninsular Florida and the Okeefenokee Swamp region of south Georgia. If you live anyplace else, you got some other kinda snake. |
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22 Jun 09 - 08:44 PM (#2662503) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: jeddy i must be horrible then i was only going to suggest a cat box. jade x |
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22 Jun 09 - 08:49 PM (#2662504) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: Peace Mailbox is in background--third from left. |
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22 Jun 09 - 08:56 PM (#2662510) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: Peace Mrzzy, the SCS is not venemous, but are you 100% sure it's a SCS? |
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22 Jun 09 - 08:56 PM (#2662511) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: Peace Mrrzy, pardon me. |
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22 Jun 09 - 09:44 PM (#2662527) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: jeddy couldn't see a mial box but i would like the boat please, that looks like fun!!! my word i sound like a bloke about cars, but ever since we went on a little motor boat at the lake district, i am obsessed by boats, i am very jealous!! jade x x |
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23 Jun 09 - 10:53 AM (#2662682) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: SINSULL Is this the same snake that was loose in your house last week? Sure gets around. |
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23 Jun 09 - 10:57 AM (#2662687) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: GUEST,TIA To keep it happy, feed it plenty of striped crayfish of course. |
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23 Jun 09 - 03:40 PM (#2662937) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: Mrrzy Hmm, the site I looked at for "facts" on the Internet said it was all over the southern US. I live in Central VA, not too close to water but there is a creek a lot less than a mile away. I guess I'm not as sure as I was! It sure LOOKS like the pic of the crawfish snake... mostly dark brown, three stripes of yellower brown (one right on top, the others on either side of the back, the same yellowy brown on the bottom)... if it isn't the crawdad critter, what is it? I've been debating going to Whole Foods or something to get live crayfish... Will look again! |
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23 Jun 09 - 03:44 PM (#2662942) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: Mrrzy OK, per the VA wildlife site here, there are crayfish snakes in VA, but not usually around where I live, nore likely in the Blue Ridge mountains... but I haven't looked at it closely enough to be able to count the nose scales, so I guessed in places in the "how do ID a snake" app. Will keep looking. |
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23 Jun 09 - 03:48 PM (#2662951) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: Mrrzy This is *exactly* what it looks like. Maybe what with global warming they are coming North... |
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23 Jun 09 - 03:58 PM (#2662963) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: Mrrzy OK, maybe it's an Eastern Ribbon snake - although the guide said they had very bright yellow stripes while ours' are yellowish brown, there is a picture here that looks just like our friend. |
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23 Jun 09 - 04:44 PM (#2662991) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: SINSULL He's a handsome guy. TRUBRIT's daughter keeps snakes. She may have some suggestions. Send her a PM. |
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23 Jun 09 - 07:24 PM (#2663147) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: ragdall Mrrzy, What would happen if you just let the snake figure out what it wants to eat and how to get it and interfere with it as little as possible? Unless someone carried the snake a long distance to your mailbox and dropped it there, it's been managing okay along the way and knows what to look for and where. rags |
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23 Jun 09 - 08:45 PM (#2663187) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: Peace Try to avoid this. |
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23 Jun 09 - 09:28 PM (#2663215) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: Mrrzy Oh, yes, it's fine, we aren't bugging it or trying to feed it, I just want it to stay. Needs a name, though. Scarlet? As in, ribbons? That's folky at least... Suggestions? |
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23 Jun 09 - 10:25 PM (#2663232) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: Rapparee Spot. Fido. Rover. Lassie. Ol' Blue. Ol' Shep. Yukon King. |
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24 Jun 09 - 03:16 AM (#2663306) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: Micca Sssssyril? (ya gotta love them sibillants) |
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24 Jun 09 - 08:48 AM (#2663408) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: SINSULL I like Amanda. But is this the same snake that was in your house last week? |
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24 Jun 09 - 10:41 AM (#2663480) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: GUEST,leeneia Mrrzy, have you considered the possibility that the snake is so far from its home territory because somebody mailed it to you? It is in the mailbox, after all. Check with your letter carrier. |
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24 Jun 09 - 11:32 AM (#2663522) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: Mrrzy The snake in my house was years ago, and was black... And we can do better than that on the naming, no? So far Scarlet as in Ribbons is the most mudcatty... I'm trying to think of other folk songs either about snakes, or ribbons... or crawdads, for that matter, in case it really is a Georgian? We got songs about Georgia? I can think of my favorite about swamps in Florida, being that Running Like A Dog In The Everglades... maybe I should call it Kingston. |
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24 Jun 09 - 05:40 PM (#2663835) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: Gurney Well, I looked at Peace's mailbox, and I looked at his Postie.... Our Postie has to get by with a bycycle! A snake called Rover, Rapaire? That should go down well with the neighbours. |
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24 Jun 09 - 06:24 PM (#2663863) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: Bee-dubya-ell On the off chance it really is a Striped Crayfish Snake, one of their favorite hunting grounds is masses of water hyacinth (a non-native aquatic plant that can grow into immense masses and completely clog waterways in Florida). The dangling roots of water hyacinths are good habitat for small crustaceons upon which the snakes feed. So, name the snake "Hyacinth". If it's a Ribbon Snake, it won't mind. Just don't tell it where the name came from. |
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24 Jun 09 - 08:19 PM (#2663959) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: Mrrzy Hyacinth! Keeping up appearances, perfect! |
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24 Jun 09 - 08:25 PM (#2663968) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: Peace What if it's a boy snake? Them's tough waterways for a boy snake named Hyacinth. Have a heart . . . . |
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24 Jun 09 - 08:30 PM (#2663970) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: Dorothy Parshall Not to worry: Hyacinth has interesting roots Hyacinth may refer to the following persons: Hyacinth (mythology), divine hero in Greek mythology Hyacinth and Protus (martyred 257-9), Christian saints Saint Hyacinth (c.1185-1257), Polish priest, canonized 1594 Hyacinth Mariscotti (Hyacintha, Giacinta), Italian female saint (see also San Jacinto, "Saint Hyacinth" in Spanish) |
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25 Jun 09 - 01:08 AM (#2664111) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: Gurney Water Hyacinth has interesting roots, too. Purple and pendulous, like.... Er, just like! I had some in the pond. A dog ate it. Crunched up one plant per visit. |
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25 Jun 09 - 05:39 AM (#2664194) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: bubblyrat Monty ?? Naughty Lass (if it's a girl) Slithern (if you like Harry Potter) Hissing Sid (if you have "Captain Beaky and his band " in the US ?) |
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25 Jun 09 - 06:13 AM (#2664202) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: catspaw49 How about Dick? Spaw |
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25 Jun 09 - 08:12 AM (#2664265) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: SINSULL I favor Cleopatra or Satan. |
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25 Jun 09 - 11:03 AM (#2664354) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: Bee-dubya-ell We had water hyacinths in our acre-size pond for a couple of years. We had to corral them in close to shore using floating ropes tied off to the banks. Otherwise, they would have taken over the whole pond. They were my Hoosier wife's idea. She thinks they're lovely. I, being a native Floridian and having seen miles-wide rivers made impassible by the things, want no truck with them. Fortunately, we're in northwest Florida, not the peninsula, and it gets cold enough here to knock them back pretty hard in the winter. They didn't survive the second winter. I'm glad. |
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25 Jun 09 - 12:45 PM (#2664431) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: Mrrzy Perhaps Trouser Dick? I rather like that one too. I'm still going with Kingston if it's a boy... But it may only be a garter snake, in which case, Victoria, right, for a girl? She's the Honni Soit Qui Mal Y Pense queen, isn't she? |
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25 Jun 09 - 12:59 PM (#2664449) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: katlaughing Fang...just like Phyllis Diller's hubby, except yours is a Wild Fang and does not make my heart sing.**bg** |
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25 Jun 09 - 01:35 PM (#2664499) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: Art Thieme As you intimate, I think a snake in the ass would be a real problem for someone. It would beat a tapeworm---for sure!! Art |
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25 Jun 09 - 06:04 PM (#2664742) Subject: RE: BS: Snake not in the grass From: Gurney And when it departs, Fangs for the memory, Kat? |
