Quote Originally Posted by Jeremy78 View Post
Thank you. (drools mmmmmm goatttt). Sorry off topic...
But anyways. It's not that big of a problem for you. And I agree this guy shouldn't have waved it around like a hillbilly... And thanks for the information. I'm sure if there was a large problem with hots in your area though something could come of it. Maybe someone local who doesn't mind removing and moving it to crown land or something.
I haven't seen any hots up close for quite some time. It's mainly limited to cottonmouths and copperheads. Admittedly, I'm not a fan of killing snakes. I'm fairly familiar with the local species and I can tell which are venomous and which are not. I often go snake hunting when I'm hiking and I see a beauty. However, I've had a goat bit by a venomous snake before on the inner thigh. He ended up losing some function in his back end. He couldn't run properly: he couldn't coordinate his legs properly. He couldn't stand up on his hind legs: they'd buckle under him. I have no idea what kind of snake struck him. I just know that it effected him quite a bit and I have little desire for that to happen to any of my other goats. Luckily, he's the only one that's been bit, and I've probably had a total of almost 150 goats here, counting the ones that have been sold/died.