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Re: Garter snakes
« Reply #25 on: April 26, 2012, 06:25:54 PM »
From Wineslob's inference.
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Re: Garter snakes
« Reply #26 on: April 26, 2012, 06:38:04 PM »
Quote from: Rebel on April 26, 2012, 06:25:54 PM
From Wineslob's inference.
No, where did you first hear about that ?
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Re: Garter snakes
« Reply #27 on: April 26, 2012, 08:24:46 PM »
Quote from: longview on April 26, 2012, 05:20:12 PM
I used to make sure we always had a bull snake in the yard/barn area.  They keep the prairie rattlers away, or dead.  They always got pretty comfortable around us and the kids named them.
Bull snakes are great, unless you have chickens.
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Re: Garter snakes
« Reply #28 on: April 26, 2012, 10:15:37 PM »
Quote from: MrsSmith on April 26, 2012, 08:24:46 PM
Bull snakes are great, unless you have chickens.

Never kept chickens.  Do bull snakes eat them?
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Re: Garter snakes
« Reply #29 on: April 27, 2012, 12:59:27 AM »
Quote from: obumazombie on April 26, 2012, 06:38:04 PM
No, where did you first hear about that ?

Google it. It was some letter to, IIRC, Someone like Ann Landers.
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Re: Garter snakes
« Reply #30 on: April 27, 2012, 01:03:14 AM »
What the hell is a bull snake? Chicken snakes, well, they don't eat chickens, but if you like eggs, keep'em away. I doubt a bull snake eats chickens, but I don't know what it is. It has to be pretty big to eat a full grown chicken. Only snakes native here that can eat'em are Eastern Diamondbacks. ...and they like mammals, not normally of the avian type.
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Re: Garter snakes
« Reply #31 on: April 27, 2012, 05:03:43 AM »
Quote from: longview on April 26, 2012, 10:15:37 PM
Never kept chickens.  Do bull snakes eat them?
Not the grown ones, but they eat the eggs and the chicks.  That's the only reason to kill bull snakes...if you have any type of fowl and want to either gather eggs or raise young.  We have a strong "live and let live" attitude toward non-poisonous snakes and spiders.  They do much good and little harm, leave them alone.
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Re: Garter snakes
« Reply #32 on: April 27, 2012, 08:59:44 AM »
Quote from: Rebel on April 27, 2012, 01:03:14 AM
What the hell is a bull snake? Chicken snakes, well, they don't eat chickens, but if you like eggs, keep'em away. I doubt a bull snake eats chickens, but I don't know what it is. It has to be pretty big to eat a full grown chicken. Only snakes native here that can eat'em are Eastern Diamondbacks. ...and they like mammals, not normally of the avian type.

Large, nonvenomous, beneficial snake.

BULL SNAKE
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Re: Garter snakes
« Reply #33 on: April 27, 2012, 06:02:16 PM »
The guy at work is now worried that all those garter snakes are moving as fast as they can into his house.  The temperature has dropped almost 40 degrees between yesterday and today.  He asked if they would be looking for somewhere out of the weather and I told him yes.  I gave an oversimplified explanation of cold-blooded reptiles and the effect of weather on them.  I also told him the snakes really didn't want to be near him and would prefer to be many other places.  He asked "Why?"  Holy smoly.  I don't know if he's going to adapt to the west or at least 'country' living.  I'm being nice.  His elderly landlady is being nice.  He's a great worker and decent enough fellow.  I hope he makes it.  His girlfriend is less than impressed with Wyoming, though.
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