Mama Diaries

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Snake Bite

I knew that one day, someone was going to get bit by one of the creatures my kids and the neighborhood kids catch.  Fortunately it wasn't me, or my kids.

"Mama!" My daughter came running in the house.  "Bubba's friend got bit by a snake!  I think it was a copperhead!"

Uh oh.  Copperheads are poisoness, so that was not good news.

I ran out to investigate. 

"We have it under the box," my son yelled.

Heck with the snake.  I wanted to know how the kid was.  "Where's your buddy?" I asked.  "Is he okay?"

"Yeah, he's fine."

Hmmm.  Okay.  I figured I should take a look at this snake and see if it was a bad one.  I flipped over the box with a long stick.  There it was, all coiled up, and looking mighty unhappy.  But it was black.  Copperheads are copper.  I breathed a sigh of relief.

"All right, kids.  This is a northern water snake.  Not a copperhead.  Leave it alone.  AND QUIT PLAYING WITH SNAKES!"

Oy!  I think I just got another gray hair!


21 comments:

  1. Snakes are so scary, no matter what kind. I had at least two get into my house through doors left open (lesson never learned).

    I let my two year old play with a toy under the closed garage one day and went to peek on her and there was a huge copperhead not far from her. It had gotten in there when the garage was open.

    I almost passed out.

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    1. Oh my gosh! Good thing you checked on her. That could've been bad!

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  2. Oh my gosh, I do NOT like snakes; copper, red, black or brown so I would have freaked! but glad everything was good and no one was hurt-well except for that shortness of breat you experienced and he increasing gray hairs :)

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    1. I'm not a big snake fan either. They have this bad habit of startling me.

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  3. I would never have lifted up that box! You are supermom!!

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  4. Not many snakes around here, makes me thankful for a such a thing.

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    1. Lucky you! There's a ton of them around my pad!

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  5. So glad the worst my kids ever played with was worms and snails! lol

    Jo
    In Which We Start Anew

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  6. I've only seen one neighborhood snake in my life. I'm glad I don't run across them.

    What a fright.

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    1. I never like running into snakes. Unfortunately, there are a lot around where I live.

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  7. Smart kids - nobody stored the snake in a pocket!

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    1. Well, I guess that's looking at the bright side!

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  8. Oh my gosh! I would have absolutely freaked. You were so brave for lifting that box off the snake, even using a stick. I'd have probably put a big rock on the box and found another adult to look at it.

    I'm so glad to hear the snake was not poisonous and that the little boy will be okay.

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    1. I'm really glad it wasn't a copperhead, too! That would've been really bad!

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  9. Oh, man. This made my heart skip a beat! I HATE snakes, so something like this is my worst nightmare. So glad all turned out OK!

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  10. We had cooperheads in our back yard for years. No matter what we did they just came slithering back to the far end of the yard. So I had the fence moved. Snakes in the holler, kids in the yard.
    Kate
    http://whenkateblogs.blogspot.com/

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  11. You were brave to lift that box, plus you identified the snake and took it all in your stride... wow! Kudos to you!
    To me a snake is a snake. Meaning - eeeek!! Don't know one from the other. End of story.

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