I just killed a copperhead ON MY FREAKING COMPUTER DESK

Phoenix15

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I come beboping into my home office and see something laying on my desk next to my drink.

Me: Damn, that looks like a snake. There's no way that can be a snake/.Hey wifey of mine, is that what I think it is?

Her: (Blood curling screech)

Me: Yeah, I thought so.


I told her to watch it as I ran out to try and find something to get him with. I couldn't find anything, as we just moved, so I finally found a bin 12 inch pair of chanel lock pliers. and a 5 gallon bucket. My plan was to pinch him and toss him over in the bucket to take outside.

While I was gone the snake crawled to the back of the desk into the little cord channel. My father in law was coming over for dinner, so when he got here we managed to pull him out, but he fell on the floor and scooted under my tower. I pulled the tower out and he was balled up under it. We grabbed him and tossed him into a bucket and took him outside. I have heard gas will kill them, so I tossed about 4 inches of gas into the bucket and he died within a few seconds.

No I have a MAFOR freaking case of the heebie feebies. I'm freaked out even oming in this room. He was abou 12-14 inches long, so I guess that means he was a baby. I hope there are no more incidents like this.


I'm going to go clean the poop out of my underwear now.
 

Nebor

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Wait, you were handling a copperhead? Picking him up and throwing him around?

Even with 12" pliers, he could bite you easily, in the blink of an eye.
 

Phoenix15

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Originally posted by: Actaeon
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No digicam here. I'm planning on getting the one from my office tommorrow so I can take some to be sure of what type of snake it was. 99.9% it was a copperhead though.
 

Phoenix15

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Originally posted by: Nebor
Wait, you were handling a copperhead? Picking him up and throwing him around?

Even with 12" pliers, he could bite you easily, in the blink of an eye.


No, my father in law grabbed him by the head with the pliers.He then tossed him into a bucket and I slammed the lid down on it
 

Nebor

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Originally posted by: Phoenix15
Originally posted by: Nebor
Wait, you were handling a copperhead? Picking him up and throwing him around?

Even with 12" pliers, he could bite you easily, in the blink of an eye.


No, my father in law grabbed him by the head with the pliers.He then tossed him into a bucket and I slammed the lid down on it

You grabbed a snake by the head with 12" pliers? You realize how crazy that is? He can easily strike 12 inches. Easily.
 

Phoenix15

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Originally posted by: Gulzakar
you should have just let it go.

No way I'm letting a poisonous snake go in my neighboorhood. There are kids everywhere, not to mention my pets.
 

computeerrgghh

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You tossed 4 inches of gas? WTF?

One time i saw a king cobra in the wild. It scared the sh** out of me... literally.
 

MedicBob

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If it is dead, really truely dead, look for fangs and not with your fingers either. Use a screwdriver and triple wash it afterwards.

FYI, the poison is still active.
 

Phoenix15

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Originally posted by: Nebor
Originally posted by: Phoenix15
Originally posted by: Nebor
Wait, you were handling a copperhead? Picking him up and throwing him around?

Even with 12" pliers, he could bite you easily, in the blink of an eye.


No, my father in law grabbed him by the head with the pliers.He then tossed him into a bucket and I slammed the lid down on it

You grabbed a snake by the head with 12" pliers? You realize how crazy that is? He can easily strike 12 inches. Easily.


It was that or let him have free reighn of the house. There is no animal contro service that I know of around here. Not to mention that 90% of our stuff is still in boxes. I realize it was foolhardy now, but at the time I just wanted to get it while we could see it before it go away in the house.
 

mercanucaribe

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Good thing it was a snake and not a dog that was about to be euthanized anyway, or everyone would be going bananas about animal cruelty.
 

Phoenix15

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Originally posted by: computeerrgghh
You tossed 4 inches of gas? WTF?

One time i saw a king cobra in the wild. It scared the sh** out of me... literally.


I meant I filled the bucte up with about 4 inches of gas. I poured it from a gas can that was in the garage that is used for out lawn mower.
 

preCRT

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Do you know how many nightmares some of us will now have tonight? <shiver>
 

Phoenix15

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Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Good thing it was a snake and not a dog that was about to be euthanized anyway, or everyone would be going bananas about animal cruelty.

I didn't relish killing him, I just had no other alternative. I love animals, but when one is capable of killing me, my wife, or my neighbors with a single bite, hr's gotta go.
 

Phoenix15

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Originally posted by: preCRT
Do you know how many nightmares some of us will now have tonight? <shiver>

I don't think I will be able to shut my eyes tonight, let alone sleep.