They sell epoxy heating pads that get buried under the gravel about an inch in the pet store(reptile specific).
Those things love/need heat always.

 

Update: I was checking the eggs and noticed that the first "hatchling" is completely out of his shell. We have a healthy baby snake!

 

What type of snake are they?

 

Probably Diamond Backs or Water Mocosins.😮😮😮🤣🤣

 

The only good snake is a dead snake.😎

 

Somewhere deep down inside, I know this isn't true. But fuck that, I agree,100%.

 

THIS is a snake to fear and respect. Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake. I found this guy crossing the road right down the street from me. Took a few pictures and a short video then watched him go off into the weeds.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2024/jul/17/rattlesnake-mega-den-with-as-many-as-2000-snakes-livestreaming-from-colorado-video

 

I can tell by the markings that they're Cottonmouth Cobra Viper Rattlers. You're lucky to be alive, the mothers usually hunt down nest raiders and kill them with a thousand bites followed by severe constriction squeezing.

 

⤴Fact!!!!!!

 

Update: 2 snakes have come out of their shells completely and 3 of the 4 remaining are "pipping". Pipping is what they call it when the baby snake has penetrated the shell but only has the tip of their head outside breathing air. So only 1 of the 6 eggs hasn't hatched.
I want to get a picture of one exiting their shell but once they decide it's time, they must do it rather quickly because the first 2 got out completely without me seeing them exit. Here is a picture of the second one who must have just emerged from the shell right next to him.

 

Wow. The second baby is a mean one. The first one I easily picked up and moved to the container I'm keeping the completely hatched ones in. The second one didn't want to be handled at all and acted like a tough guy! LOL

 

That is interesting!!!! I know NOTHING about snakes, well, I only know to stay away from all of them.
They sure seem to be independant, don't even need the mother....
Top, did you put your finger by it's mouth to see if it will bite even being that young?, do they have teeth yet?

 

That is interesting!!!! I know NOTHING about snakes, well, I only know to stay away from all of them.
They sure seem to be independant, don't even need the mother....
Top, did you put your finger by it's mouth to see if it will bite even being that young?, do they have teeth yet?

When they hatch their ready to rock and roll. Yes, they have teeth but I've been bitten by adult Black Snakes and even their bite is not a big deal.

 

I decided to catch a smallish lizard to give "Mr. Tough Guy" something to work with.

 

I'd have given them all the bottom side of a flat shovel.

 

I live on a pond. Back in June the Snapping turtles emerged and laid eggs in the yard next to me and another across the street. During the week Box turtles emerged and laid eggs in my and my neighbors. A Snapper crossed my yard and the street and another one was in yard but I don't know if it laid eggs or not.

I've researched both and their gestation period is around 90 days. They should be hatching any time now. The local Osprey should get a little more active now too, especially the juveniles that just moved out of the nest.

I'm always digging around the yard. Haven't seen any snakes though. Wonder if my cat keeps them in check?

 

I live on a pond. Back in June the Snapping turtles emerged and laid eggs in the yard next to me and another across the street. During the week Box turtles emerged and laid eggs in my and my neighbors. A Snapper crossed my yard and the street and another one was in yard but I don't know if it laid eggs or not.

I've researched both and their gestation period is around 90 days. They should be hatching any time now. The local Osprey should get a little more active now too, especially the juveniles that just moved out of the nest.

I'm always digging around the yard. Haven't seen any snakes though. Wonder if keeps them in check?

A number of years ago this thing was crossing the road in the marsh about a half mile from our house, people don't pay attention and 2 cars almost hit it so I moved it to the side of the road. I did so very carefully cause I have no idea what a snapping turtle looks like. When I showed the Pic to my vet he told me it was a biter and could have taken a finger off, it was pretty big, shell was over a foot long, maybe 18". Also saw a Mountain Lion standing near the road one night in the spring, couple months later what I believed to be the same Couger was showing up on the news getting captured on people's doorbell cameras. Last thing cool was a couple of Bald Eagles perched in a tree at the back of our property.

 

So you grab a shovel with they intent to make 2 snakes out of one? If that's the case I assume the handle gives you enough distance to usually not get bit? I'm not sure it's something I would try without seeing someone else do it first, I'm not as fast now as I was when I was in my 20's.

So you grab a shovel with they intent to make 2 snakes out of one? If that's the case I assume the handle gives you enough distance to usually not get bit? I'm not sure it's something I would try without seeing someone else do it first, I'm not as fast now as I was when I was in my 20's.

At work each truck had one of these in either 8’ or 10’ length. They work real good repurposed as a snake catcher. I have some real good pics in my old phone but I didn’t start sending pics to the cloud till I got this 11 about the time I retired. Biggest one we ever killed at work was about 6’ but most were 3’ or smaller. They say that the small juvenile’s are the worst because they can’t or don’t control the amount of venom and they often give a big dose. But yes here at the house it’s what ever you can find that’s long because you’re usually on the run so the little bastard don’t get away.

 

Oooooppppfffff!

 

Update - All 6 eggs are fully hatched and we have 6 healthy baby snakes. Interestingly, it was just around 24 hours from the first one leaving his shell until the last one was out.
Some are definitely meaner than the others, I have a video of one of the last ones to leave it's shell but don't know how to post a video on YB. He's been out of his shell for less than an hour but he's ready to defend himself. If someone wants to see the video it's posted on my Bacebook page linked below.



In the video I took he strikes at my hand and "rattles" his tail. This is common for a lot of Rat and Racer snakes. They mimic a real rattlesnake and sometimes it will even sound like a Rattlesnake if they're on the ground surrounded by dry leaves.

 

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You've heard the saying "like herding cats"? Well, I wanted a picture holding all 6 of the baby snakes. Getting them all into one hand for the picture was worse than herding cats!

 

Throw them in your Wife's bed.......film it.......and produce it into a hit movie......called "Snakes in a Bed!" LOL.

Don't know where that came from......I'm not even drinking anything!

 

Oh, I've already threatened her with that!

 

I no see you snakes.
Shut up now, eat you snake...I mean sushi!

 

Interesting event last night. I went out into my garage, turned on the light and was surprised to see a large armadillo inside. I closed the garage door (trapping him inside) and we had an in depth discussion about all the damn armadillo holes I have to fill in regularly. He did not survive the discussion and my baseball bat has a new notch in it.

23 years living here and NEVER saw an armadillos anywhere near the garage even though I saw them outside constantly thru the years. It then occurred to me the armadillo with his great sense of smell was looking for the snake eggs which were still in the plastic tote inside the garage. He was looking for a meal but instead ended up in the canal behind my house. I explained to my wife why I don't bury them. Fish, turtles and alligators gotta eat, just like worms.

 

I despise Armadillos. I had one earlier this year in my yard. If I would have known the devastation it caused in my yard, I would have shot it as soon as I saw it. After I saw it twice, it figured out when I was asleep. I never saw it again, but the holes in the yard were horrendous. It doesn't even replace it's divots!!!

 

Yep. An armadillo will "work" one area of my yard overnight and that area ends up looking like a miniature WWI battle field after an artillery barrage! I believe the one I found last night is the one I've been trying to get for months.

I have had to put steel plates around the perimeter of my wood deck to keep them from tunneling under the edges and making a home underneath. I miss having dogs. When they ran the yard daily and marked their territory the armadillos rarely came into the yard!

 

'possums on the half shell...we don't have them around here, thank goodness, I hate the fuckers.