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Orange Blooded [3362]
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Crap....Another Water Moccosin in my pool skimmer
Jul 8, 2012, 4:56 PM
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About 2 to 3 feet long...any ideas...I'm thinking wet/dry vac...
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Orange Blooded [4787]
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just one. get a mongoose.
Jul 8, 2012, 4:59 PM
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just kidding. hope you get the problem solved.
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Oculus Spirit [83133]
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or a cat***
Jul 8, 2012, 5:00 PM
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110%er [5330]
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19 dollar special at Gvl. Animal shelter....or you can trap
Jul 8, 2012, 5:14 PM
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one. Dealing with feral cats can be dicey though. They can be meaner'n hale.
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Heisman Winner [111719]
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Re: 19 dollar special at Gvl. Animal shelter....or you can trap
Jul 9, 2012, 1:29 AM
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we have been down this road already, get a Wet Vac and a Mongoose, problem solved.
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All-In [30493]
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Or a black snake or two.***
Jul 8, 2012, 5:41 PM
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All-TigerNet [11435]
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Just reach in and grab him
Jul 8, 2012, 5:00 PM
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Orange Blooded [3362]
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Re: Just reach in and grab him
Jul 8, 2012, 5:01 PM
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just about reached in and grabbed by accident
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Orange Blooded [4159]
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I've done that before, don't recommend that though.
Jul 8, 2012, 10:41 PM
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They are extremely painful, and very aggressive!!
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110%er [7831]
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Pull it out and chop it's head off
Jul 8, 2012, 5:01 PM
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I hate those things
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Re: Pull it out and chop it's head off
Jul 8, 2012, 5:02 PM
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me too...second one this year
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Athletic Dir [864]
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Wish I had that problem
Jul 8, 2012, 5:02 PM
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Would love to have a pool.
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Orange Blooded [3362]
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Re: Wish I had that problem
Jul 8, 2012, 5:03 PM
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money pit....but I like
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Head Coach [798]
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AMEN to being a money pit!
Jul 8, 2012, 6:29 PM
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But, it keeps the wife and children happy. Probably saves me money on trips, etc.... but I have grown to dislike it.
And I have the snake problem too.
Until I put several king snakes in the woods around the house.... now I only get baby king snakes... and those are catch and release.
And when it rains - 100s of frogs at times jump in for an ####.
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All-TigerNet [14090]
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DYNAMITE!!! works every time***
Jul 8, 2012, 5:05 PM
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Varsity [224]
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my thoughts when I read OP, Moccosin or banded water snake?***
Jul 8, 2012, 5:41 PM
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Orange Blooded [3362]
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Re: my thoughts when I read OP, Moccosin or banded water snake?***
Jul 8, 2012, 5:46 PM
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It's a Mocc
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Re: Crap....Another Water Moccosin in my pool skimmer
Jul 8, 2012, 5:13 PM
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Get a grabber thing also after you get rid of this one put lime powder out around the pool every so often and that will keep them away.
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CU Medallion [60235]
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a golf club is the ultimate snake weapon
Jul 8, 2012, 5:21 PM
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a stick with a weighted hook on the end of it.
my clubs have snake DNA all over them through the years.
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Re: Re: Wish I had that problem
Jul 8, 2012, 5:28 PM
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If my husband reads this post.....we'll never get a pool. He comes and gets me when there is a snake in the yard....streaming like a little girl..lol
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Re: Re: Wish I had that problem
Jul 8, 2012, 5:34 PM
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I sucked it out of the skimmer with my wet/dry vac...now it's in the vac...
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110%er [5084]
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Still got the receipt? If so, take it back to the store and
Jul 8, 2012, 5:42 PM
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complain it came with a snake in it.
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CU Guru [1476]
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Jumper Cables
Jul 8, 2012, 5:33 PM
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Put the Loose red one right on his head.
Problem solved.
Or, dry ice will freeze him to make him docile enough to handle. then sew his mouth shut and use him as a house pet.
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Re: Crap....Another Water Moccosin in my pool skimmer
Jul 8, 2012, 5:41 PM
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I keep a four foot wooden pole with a hook on the end to pull out the skimmer. No surprise that way and you can throw the skimmer away and replace it with a new one. 
Seriously though, get a round 2 inch or so diameter pole and screw a hanging hook on it. Good to sling the snakes away.
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Oculus Spirit [93687]
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They can't bite underwater so just go in after him.
Jul 8, 2012, 6:39 PM
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signed
old wives
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Re: They can't bite underwater so just go in after him.
Jul 8, 2012, 9:36 PM
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signed old wives is right.....they can bite anywhere anytime. Most people think snakes are as scared of you as you are of them.
That doesn't apply to moccasins....they are extremely territorial and curious. They will try to get in the boat with you.....and come after you
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Re: They can't bite underwater so just go in after him.
Jul 8, 2012, 11:00 PM
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This one chased my grandchildren out of the creek a few weeks ago. I've doubted it was a moccasin for the length of it but from all the photos I find on the web it appears to be the real deal. The head got smashed in the ruckus so I couldn't identify it with the mouth.
What do you think?
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I don't think that is a mocassin - besides being that
Jul 9, 2012, 7:09 AM
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long, he is really slendor. I think cottonmouths are kinda fat and not that long.
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Legend [17626]
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110%er [6910]
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Reach in a grab it, kill it, and then go to the Emergency...
Jul 8, 2012, 7:21 PM
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Room.
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All-In [27366]
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Throw a boar in there. They love snakes.***
Jul 8, 2012, 8:42 PM
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110%er [7019]
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They are sworn enemies***
Jul 8, 2012, 9:00 PM
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All-In [27366]
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When I said 'love,' I meant love them for dinner.***
Jul 9, 2012, 10:38 AM
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Re: Crap....Another Water Moccosin in my pool skimmer
Jul 8, 2012, 8:50 PM
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load the skimmer with chlorine. It will die....it can't get out
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Associate AD [806]
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Move.***
Jul 8, 2012, 9:04 PM
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110%er [7831]
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I want to know if the vac killed it?***
Jul 8, 2012, 9:34 PM
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Orange Blooded [3362]
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Re: I want to know if the vac killed it?***
Jul 8, 2012, 11:01 PM
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No it's in the vac with some water in it and doing just what a water Moc does, swimming on top of the water with it's head up ready to bite me if it can.
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Orange Blooded [3233]
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I used a shotgun on the ones in the pond by my house***
Jul 8, 2012, 10:53 PM
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CU Guru [1898]
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SC Wildlife Says
Jul 8, 2012, 11:45 PM
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there aren't any water moccassins around here even though folks say they are.
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Cottonmouth
Jul 8, 2012, 11:58 PM
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Where do you live? Cottonmouths do not live in most of SC above Columbia and they usually are found in swamps and ditches, they do not like open bodies of water like lakes, ponds, and swimming pools.
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Re: Cottonmouth
Jul 9, 2012, 7:37 AM
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My bad I should have read the whole thread but you are correct Cottonmouths do not live above Cola and most people are looking at water snakes and calling them cottonmouths BUT a snake is a snake
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Re: Crap....Another Water Moccosin in my pool skimmer
Jul 9, 2012, 7:34 AM
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Where do you live? if you live in the upstate it's not a moccosin
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Orange Blooded [2929]
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Re: Crap....Another Water Moccosin in my pool skimmer
Jul 9, 2012, 11:07 AM
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PIC?
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