Found a snake wrapped around one of my ducks this morning.

[cwydro]

Last edited Mon Jun 15, 2015, 02:49 PM - Edit history (1)

Ask me anything. (The duck is fine).

[catnhatnh]

1. Revenge for the Mexican flag? N/T

[cwydro]

18. I didn't get this reference.

Can you fill me in?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

23. Eagle attacking a snake.

[cwydro]

29. Aha!

Wonder what the history of that is!!

My wee duck is no eagle lol!

[eppur_se_muova]

37. Aztec legend -- tribe was looking for a new home, and an eagle ...

with a snake in his mouth alighted on a cactus. They took that as an omen, and built their city there.

The Mexican coat of arms owes its origins to an Aztec legend. According to the legend, the leader of a nomadic tribe was visited by a god named Huitzilopochtli in a dream. The leader was told by the god that the tribe would come across an eagle, perched on a cactus, devouring a snake. They were ordered to settle wherever they found this eagle. The tribe did so in 1325, despite the swampy conditions of the area. This land would become Tenochtitlan, which is now called Mexico City and is one of the largest cities in the world.

http://acapulcos.net/the-history-of-the-mexican-coat-of-arms/

[Kingofalldems]

2. Did the duck survive?

[cwydro]

4. The duck survived

Very frightened and he has puncture wounds on his head, but he is fine.

I'm afraid I had to kill the snake.

[Art_from_Ark]

26. What kind of snake was it?

On edit: Whoops-- I see that my question was answered below.

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. Scanning quickly, I misread that. One of your...whats?

[cwydro]

5. Lol!

Why can't I find the spank smilie when I need it?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Here you go:

[cwydro]

9. Yes!

Thanks Peg!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. You're welcome, and any time! n/t

[nastynaven]

6. what kind of snake?

and you have a duck?

[cwydro]

8. A rat snake.

I have eight ducks, two geese, and assorted chickens. Also, a mean rooster and a guinea hen.

[nastynaven]

10. do they make good pets?

do they make good pets? are they friendly?

[cwydro]

11. The gander is a baby doll.

He likes to be held and cuddled. He's a big lap goose. The others keep their distance, but are very sweet if you pick them up.

[mnhtnbb]

13. Damn!

I saw a copperhead--well camouflaged against mulch--under a bush by our driveway as I was taking
Snowy out for our walk this morning. Decided to leave it be...and it was gone when we returned.
Did not make me happy, because I know it's somewhere in the yard...and I had to water this a.m.
and probably will again in two days because it's so damn hot and no rain in sight.

I HATE snakes.

We have big black rat snakes around here. They move FAST!

[cwydro]

14. The duck is large. I have no idea how that

snake could have swallowed him.

Very large snake though.

If it makes you feel any better - copperheads are shy and rarely bite. I almost stepped on one once. It just looked at me.

[mnhtnbb]

15. It's pretty amazing what snakes swallow.

I've heard that copperheads will move away if you leave them alone. I did kill one once
that was right next to the house and headed under the front steps. I didn't want him
taking up residence there with our two outdoor/indoor kitties around, or our last dog
which was bitten by a (probably) copperhead one time. The dog had been out--heard her
yelp--came in and later that afternoon she wouldn't get up. She was old enough I thought
she'd had a stroke. Of course the weekend, so we had to go to emergency vet. They saw
her swollen hind leg, shaved it, found the fang marks. Damn snakes! Dog was ok.

[cwydro]

16. Yikes!

Yeah, we have a lot of snakes here too.

[Tipperary]

17. Scary.

I am glad to hear that the duck lived.

[In_The_Wind]

19. I'm glad your duck survived.

One less snake shouldn't disturb the balance of nature.

[cwydro]

27. I know.

I just truly hate killing anything. It really upsets me.

I've had to do it more than once out here on the farm. Always in defense of my critters.

[petronius]

20. Was it a feather boa?

Glad the duck is OK!

[cwydro]

21. No, but that constrictor thing is scary!

It took a bit to unwind the critter!

[RebelOne]

22. I owned two 7-foot boa constrictors at one time.

And I also had a Quaker parrot in a cage. One morning I woke up to see one of the snakes wrapped around the cage. The squawking of the parrot woke me. Try unwrapping a 7-foot boa constrictor.

[cwydro]

30. It was not easy unwrapping this rat snake lol.

I'd read that they are contrictors, but dayum.

The duck just fell out as we unwrapped the poor snake...jumped up and waddled off.

I needed a fainting couch.

[Snobblevitch]

38. So whatyou are sayong is that after

you got the snack of the duck you saw your https://duckduckgo.com/

[Skittles]

24. heh

I remember and ex telling me about his sister screaming because she found a snake wrapped around her duck, with its mouth on the duck's bill.....he said there is no way in hell it could have eaten the duck and he wished he could have watched it more but his sister kept screaming

[cwydro]

28. Somehow deleted my last post....

Anyway, the snake was very serious about killing the duck. I was so horrified when I came upon the scene.

I still can't understand why the duck did not skedaddle away....

Just sad I had to kill the snake. He/she was a beautiful long snake.

[underpants]

31. I hate to see a duck die nasty

[cwydro]

36. The wee duck lived!

But it sure scared me.

[Sancho]

32. Don't waddle on me?

Just to let you know...my 80+ neighbor had a black snake run in her front door last week. She called 911!!! The Clearwater police came and got the snake out from under her couch. The snake and neighbor are fine!

There was no gunplay or tasers involved.

Hopefully, your cops and EMS were just as helpful!

[cwydro]

33. Nah, we don't call the cops for that here lol.

I killed the snake with an ax after getting it off the poor duck.

I hated to do so, but this is the second duck he went after.

[magical thyme]

34. glad your duck is ok...

poor baby!

[cwydro]

35. Thank you.

This duck may the dumbest one ever lol, but I'm very happy I arrived in time.