ladycrotalus
MemoriesOfGreen
Whoa. That is a big snake! I have to be honest though, my family has been guilty of killing poisonous snakes before (but they had gotten inside the house so it was kind of do or die).
Is your boyfriend a herpetologist or just an enthusiast? Has he decided to keep it for good or are you guys going to let it slither free in the wilderness?
Just an enthusiast, and he wants to keep it but i suppose if it refuses to eat then it will be released somewhere away from people although sadly there isn't many places left. So much developing going on around here. The snake is actually pretty small, it is only about 3.5-4 ft.
Your family should look up some people who could safely trap and remove snakes, since alot of envenomations occur to people trying to kill the snakes.
Sorry to hear about the issues with your changing environment. That has to be a bit stressful.
As for the trapping and removal, it was kind of a gotta-do-it-now problem and my dad has the attitude of "if it doesn't belong in here, it's getting killed". We have pets in here and some young copperheads must have hatched in the house or something and the pets were the ones pointing them out. I think dad did catch one in a bucket and throw it out in the woods but the one in the basement was facing off with the dog so he pretty much grabbed the nearest weapon and killed it. Usually, copperheads are really shy but I guess the fact that the ones who ended up in the house were just hitting puberty made 'em aggressive. It was pretty sad.
And you're right about finding people to deal with the snakes so no one here gets bitten. While I know copperhead bites rarely kill people, I still don't want my hand or other body part getting maimed by its poison. I, personally, will not deal with a wild snake. I know I'd fudge something up.
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