Rough Green Snake

[tortadise]

Stumbled upon this little guy as I was adding some more reinforcing to a fence. Pretty cool. Very good at climbing around in the trees. He never touched the ground.

Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus)

 

[Yvonne G]

Glad I don't have snakes here. Ugh!

 

[tortadise]

Ohh C'Mon Yvonne. This little guy was awesome.

 

[lkwagner]

My favorite snake. My dad has a smooth green snake. I love them!

 

[tortadise]

This one is a new species for me to see on the property. Was very hard to spot. I have seen indigos, rats, cottonmouths, racers, and copperheads so far in the 10 years. The indigo is awesome. Super fast, I have never been able to snap a photo or catch it. He bites then scrams off, They are very fast snakes.

 

[wellington]

Very pretty. I love snakes. However, do you have to worry about them hurting your torts?

 

[DevilsLettuce]

Glad I don't have snakes here. Ugh!

Snakes are awesome by I understand the feeling. I can't stand spiders...

 

[dmarcus]

We have snakes in our back yard, but their normally just babies....

 

[tortadise]

Very pretty. I love snakes. However, do you have to worry about them hurting your torts?

I did have an incident with a large rat snake eating some baby sulcatas like 8 years ago. But that building has been torn down. Now I only see snakes outside and eating the mice. And the baby torts or small ones don't get left out unprotected.

 

[Baoh]

Very nice. I am quite fond of green snakes.

 

[tortadise]

They are awesome.


Here is another snake encounter yesterday. Cottonmouth in the greenhouse. He was happy to find some water.

And then today I caught him and let him loose at a nearby pond. The tort buildings are along a huge creek. But its dried up around this time of year. So we are a lot creatures in search of water.

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[AnnV]

The only snakes we see in CT are harmless.
I am getting a little nervous about our future move to FL. With all my pets and livestock, I dont like the idea of poisonous snakes lurking about.

Ann from CT

 

[tortadise]

You will rarely see them. If you do, they won't do anything unless provoked or pestered. Its often rare to have an incident with a bite. It does happen for sure but not on large scales.

 

[StudentoftheReptile]

The only snakes we see in CT are harmless.
I am getting a little nervous about our future move to FL. With all my pets and livestock, I dont like the idea of poisonous snakes lurking about.

Ann from CT

There are no poisonous snakes in Florida, so not need for concern! Just a few venomous species.