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08-05-2008, 09:15 AM
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| | Large Fish
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Crockett, TX
Posts: 900
| Snake in the house Here are a couple pictures I got off a friend's Myspace. She got a new pet rat the other day and it seems that the rat has attracted a copperhead. She was about to turn the tank light off for the night and looked down and found the snake on the aquarium stand.  |
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08-05-2008, 09:43 AM
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| | Super Fish
Join Date: May 2005 Location: South Carolina
Posts: 4,141
| O WOW! Did she get the snake out??
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08-05-2008, 10:17 AM
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| | Large Fish
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Crockett, TX
Posts: 900
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Originally Posted by FishGeek O WOW! Did she get the snake out?? | Yeah, she called the Sheriff's Dept. She actually had pics of the deputy catching the snake but I did not want to post his pic without permission. |
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08-05-2008, 10:26 AM
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| | Super Fish
Join Date: May 2005 Location: South Carolina
Posts: 4,141
| LOL! Thats funny 
__________________ 30G Plants ~ None Inhabitants ~ 7 Pristella Tetras, 2 Kribensis & 3 Otos 90G Plants ~ None Inhabitants ~ 5 Juvinile Domestic Koi, 4 Otos, 1 Royal Pleco-L027 (Zane) & 1 Sailfin Pleco-L083 (Rebel) Pond Plants ~ Unknown Inhabitants ~ Under Construction Other Pets ~ 3 Rats (Boo Bear-Mya-Zoey), 2 Horses (Sassy-Sunny), & a Dog (Chance) |
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08-05-2008, 10:28 AM
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| | MFT Staff
Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Columbia, SC
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| A copperhead inside.....O_O oh my
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The greedy mosquito gets swatted.
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08-05-2008, 10:52 AM
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| | Little Fish
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 153
| A Copperhead! Man i'd be a little freaked out by that. Was she at all freaked out by haveing that in her house?
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08-05-2008, 11:27 AM
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| | Large Fish
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Crockett, TX
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Originally Posted by charls Was she at all freaked out by haveing that in her house? | Yep, you might say that. She found a big one outside a day or two before that, too. I'd imagine one in your bedroom tends to rate high on the freak-out scale.  |
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08-05-2008, 11:34 AM
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| | MFT Staff
Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Columbia, SC
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| I'd be inclined to shoot it off the stand, but the glass tank is so close.....
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The greedy mosquito gets swatted.
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08-05-2008, 04:50 PM
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| | Large Fish
Join Date: May 2004 Location: Baltimore, MD
Posts: 605
| The rat goes back to the store...
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08-05-2008, 05:05 PM
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| | Super Fish
Join Date: May 2005 Location: South Carolina
Posts: 4,141
| No!!! Its not the rats fault!!
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