This canebrake rattlesnake wanted to be sure we knew he was there.
![[Would be well-hidden but was loud]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-12-10--6431-quarterman-road-canebrake-rattlesnake/20251210_165238.jpg)
Would be well-hidden but was loud
We being me and River the Carolina Dog (that’s a breed).
River wanted to investigate further, but came back when I called.
A Crotalus horridus is nothing for a 73-pound dog to mess with.
Here’s a video:
This timber rattlesnake was crossing our front driveway. Four dogs walked past and didn’t notice.
![[Tail and Head, canebrake timber rattlesnake 2024-08-17]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2024-08-17--canebrake/many.jpg)
Tail and Head, canebrake timber rattlesnake 2024-08-17
In their defense, this snake was only maybe a foot and a half long. Still, a nice canebrake, Crotalus horridus.
Eat mice and get bigger, snake. Continue reading
This canebrake rattlesnake was too close to the farm workshop at Okra Paradise Farms, so I used a hoe to put it in a cardboard box and took it far away.
How? I show the snake a hoe. It either gets in the box with a nudge from the hoe, or it gets in the box in two pieces.
Here’s a
video playlist:
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The dogs found this snake, and Gretchen didn’t like it.
![[Canebrake rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2022-10-03--rattlesnake/20221003_180340.jpg)
Canebrake rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus
Honeybun, Blondie, and Arrow led me straight to this Crotalus horridus. Unlike our previous dogs, they kept their distance.
Gretchen called them back, I got the hoe and a cardboard box, put the snake in the box, the box in the truck, and drove the truck miles away.
This rattler now has woods to catch mice with nobody living nearby.
-jsq
Mark it on the calendar: first time Gretchen ever saw a snake first.
All the dogs and I walked right past this timber rattler in the front driveway.
She didn’t think I should pick up this Crotalus horridus. I don’t know why.
-jsq
Canebrake, rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus, timber rattlesnake, in the road at Okefenokee NWR.
Let’s open it up and see: Continue reading
Why yes, there are snakes. This timber rattler was crawling into the vines: Continue reading
Much easier to see in this one: Continue reading
![[Snake, hoe, box 2023-03-21]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2023-03-21--snake/many.jpg)
![[Canebrake rattlesnake]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2022-08-17--rattlesnake/20220817_172746.jpg)
