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Originally Posted by Werewoman
I'm more of an Australian blue tongued skink type, but as far as snakes, while I never had one as a pet, when I lived in FL, I found a little cutie in my front yard while raking and preparing a bed for some new flowers. It was about a foot or so long, yellow in color, and I was trying to work around it as best I could. It decided it didn't approve of me raking the soil and curled up like a rattlesnake and started shaking it's tail and striking at the rake. At this point I assumed it was a baby rattler and I admit I had a little fun at the little guys expense because it was so determined to kill the rake. Finally, it took off underneath a copper plant. I finished planting my flowers and later told a neighbor about the cute little snake. He informed me that it was not a baby but a pygmy rattler which are extremely venomous. He was disappointed that I hadn't killed it, but even if I had known what it was, I would not have harmed it. I never saw another one, but if I had, I would have put the rake away and planted flowers another day.
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it was likely a yearling yellow rat snake. They like to bluff and pretend to be tough, venemous species... I'm glad you had not killed it
Even pygmy rattlers are not that harmful to humans. They hurt like heck, and will make you really sick, but (to the best of my very limited knowledge), they cannot kill an adult human.
I LOVE bts! I want one some day, but it will have to wait till I can get it proper housing.
They are great lizards. Do you currently have any?