Snake Netting
“Mom, there’s a copperhead in the garden.”
That got my attention, and got me off the phone. A smart tactic if the kids just wanted to give me a scare, but it turns out they were right. A copperhead must have been prowling in the pasture last night, and got himself tangled in the deer netting. He was so wound up when I went to check the kids’ find that he was constricting his movement and had no hope of getting free.
We came inside and googled what to do when you find a copperhead in your garden, and placed a couple calls to the wildlife people in the area. By the time we went outside to check on it less than an hour later, it was dead. I can’t say that I’m not relieved. Apparently the most common way to get bitten by a copperhead is when one tries to kill it or get it to leave.
So, no more copperhead. Now I just have one question–was it alone?
wow, good thing you went to check it out
Yeah, we had to quickly contain the dog, cats, chickens, turkeys, guinea and kids who were all curious about the snake!