[Big_Monkey]

"Yes, a tragic loss.

In the almost ten years that we've lived in our suburban Atlanta home (that backs up to wooded/pond acreage), we've have had three snakes that have fallen victim to similarly natural diseases. Two were struck down in their prime by buckshot poisoning and the other had a sever case of German Shepard Toothitis.

We too were saddened by their untimely deaths.

[nina0113]

Would little plastic BB’s from a little plastic BB pistol solve this problem? I'd prefer not to use a real gun in the subdivision unless I really needed to, but venomous snakes do have to be dealt with.

I started up a snake in the back yard a couple of weeks ago, and it looked harmless to me (round head and longitudinal yellow stripes) but the handyman working next door insisted it was a copperhead and killed it with a shovel. He made such a mess of it I didn't care to look for any fangs, since it was too late anyway.