HAD A VISITOR IN MY POOL SATURDAY - NOT WELCOME EITHER!

[Kevin J.]

Are you sure it wasn't a scarlet kingsnake (14 to 20 inches)?

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If it was a coral snake it would have died (2 to 3 feet):

What state are you in?

Yup. As the old saying goes, "yellow on red you will be dead" (referring to the color bands), very deadly neuro toxin venom. Good thing is Corals aren't vipers like rattle snakes so they bite rather than strike.

 

[soFlaNative]

I gave up long ago trying to remember the rhyme.
Just look for the black nose.

 

[pantannojack]

Red and Yellow=Kill a Fellow; Red and Black=Friend of Jack.

 

[Targets Guy]

When we lived in Tampa in the early 1980's and had our in ground pool I always checked the pool skimmer for water moccasins and baby rattlers daily. Finally put up a screen around the pool.


Thanks for the memory.

 

[Catwrangler]

Now I feel like I am living in the Wild Kingdom - LOL! Snakes of all kinds, Bob Cats, Panthers, huge Turtles, Bears, Deer, Turkey, Turkey Vultures, Lizards, Eagles, and Alligators by the boat load. I have seen more Frogs here in 18 months than in my whole life combined!

I'm a actually a bit enamored and intrigued by them and so far none have bothered us much. Of course a different kind of caution must be exercised when venturing out of the house. Since most creatures and animals only attack when they feel threatened, trapped, surprised or stepped on we must take extra caution when walking around.

Still way better than dealing with the two legged animals in the major cities!

You don't post where Fl. You live, but I'd bet good money your subdivision/development is
Less than three years old. At the rate Florida's developing and the influx of new residents this state's gonna be paved over in 20 years.
The reason for you seeing all these critters is You moved into Their backyard. Their being squeezed out of habitat.

 

[SMSgt]

Coral snakes don't have fangs like rattlers and kind of have to chew on you to inject venom.

 

[walkin jack]

Red and Yellow=Kill a Fellow; Red and Black=Friend of Jack.

I beg to disagree...

 

[walkin jack]

The pool we have here on the compound has, as yet to have any snakes but we still have a variety of other critters to contend with; frogs, crickets, ants, red wasps, hornets and June bugs. Oh, and the hornets can swim..

 

[pantannojack]

I beg to disagree...

Please correct us. That was something I read in a BSA mag or something or other over 60 years ago.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I beg to disagree...

I got it, "Jack".

 

[walkin jack]

Please correct us. That was something I read in a BSA mag or something or other over 60 years ago.

Check my screen name...

 

[mckenney99]

Chief, You need to install a depth charge dispenser to handle those water borne threats.

 

[Old Arkansawyer]

When a boy and swimming in the local clear running creeks, I have been in the water with my share of snakes. As a teenager we used cherry bombs
and M80's as depth charges. Occasionally lift a snake out of the water by
several inches.
I will admit to a few mad snakes running me out of the creek or to
a different swimming hole.

 

[chief38]

Are you sure it wasn't a scarlet kingsnake (14 to 20 inches)?

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If it was a coral snake it would have died (2 to 3 feet):

What state are you in?

SWFL - and there was no white on it at all. Yes, positive it was a Coral snake.

 

[chief38]

You don't post where Fl. You live, but I'd bet good money your subdivision/development is
Less than three years old. At the rate Florida's developing and the influx of new residents this state's gonna be paved over in 20 years.
The reason for you seeing all these critters is You moved into Their backyard. Their being squeezed out of habitat.

My house is 17 months old and yes, the development is only about 3 years old.

 

[s&wchad]

A coral snake in the pool... Yikes!

I guess it could have been worse.

Yea, but he seems to have a nice smile!

Of course he does! Don't you smile when you enter a nice restaurant?

 

[jdh]

“Snakes…I hate ‘em!”

"There were rats, Dad."

 

[rwsmith]

Coral Snakes ARE.....

Coral Snake are jittery in their movements.

BTW that 'Red on yellow...' thing only works in North America.

Question: What region are you in?

 

[The Last Standing Knight]

Coral Snakes.....

You have to really tick them off to bite you. Their fangs/teeth/whatever are very small and they have to chew on a soft part to penetrate at tall.

They are of the same family as cobras and kraits IIRC and their venom is highly dangerous.

I've seen a few in my lifetime...but only a few. They are supposed to be quite common in my part of the world (FWIW in Harris County the most commonly found poisonous snake is the copperhead...seen LOTS of them).

I have never seen one more than a foot or so long and about as big around as a #2 pencil...and yes, they were Coral snakes.

I apprieciate them from a distance.

 

[Bob L]

I'm in the country. When I first built my pool I believe I caught every snake and frog within a half mile radius of my house. You had be really careful when you opened the tops of the skimmer baskets.

Not a snake but pulled open the skimmer and had a dead rabbit floating on the top. Quite a shock when you're expecting a few worms.