I like snakes and just recently got rid of 7 of them.i had 4 corn snakes , a ball python , and two burmeese pythons. i had them for a total of around 9 1/2 years. the corn's were my favorite. the ball python was fairly boring cause it did what its name says , it layed in a ball most of the time. the burmeese were just too much work, one of them was 11' long and the other was 13 even. they ate too much and they started worrying me now that we have small children. i have always liked snakes but have tried to never mess with wild snakes. the ones you encounter outdoors are the only ones i worried about. i have relocated many copperheads off of family property without killing them. and always remember if you own property and it has black rat snakes on it , especially full grown adult ones , they are best left alone because they will fight off deadly snakes and also eat them when the opertunity comes.
all in all i like them though and i have seen water mocasuns ( cotton mouths ) around alot of local lakes even though some guys will tell you there isnt in real water mocasuns in the central and eastern parts of the state , taylorsville, rough , nolin , Mcneeley, and fishermans park out in J town is loaded with them. another thing is , if you get bit by a poisonus snake do your best to stay as calm as possible and go straight to the ER or call 911 cause you have a very high chance of surviving but its going to be very , very painfull. i have an uncle whos brother go bit by a timber rattler while out on a camping / finding himself deal and he is cherokee indian and did not go to the ER or get help. he beleived you could pack it with herbal meds and be ok. he ended up in the ER going through a very painfull surgery, it reminded me of the movie Mr Deeds and his Black Foot.
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