Oh yeah,one more question,do you know what the difference is between a copperhead bite and moccasin bite on a dog is.so far he's only been bit by copperheads and has gotten rather good at processing the venom(he only swells up a few hours now,and by the next day is fine )but we are really concerned about him running into moccasin.

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: Was wondering if you know of any sure
: fire way to keep moccasins and
: copperheads away from property.i live
: in east texas,and my dog keeps getting
: tagged by baby copperheads in the
: spring and summer and now has developed
: a habit of searching,finding and then
: gettiing bit quite often.he smells
: them,just the other day I watched him
: sniff out a baby that had just died
: that morning(no rigamortis)from choking
: on a cicada that was too big to
: swallow(i have pics if your
: interested).a couple of weeks ago he
: almost got nailed by a rather large
: moccasin. Im against killing snakes as
: well,and dont mind relocating
: copperheads,but moccasins are
: unpredictable(im from n.y. Originally
: and am familiar
: With rattlers and copperheads) and
: frankly am intimidated by them.also im
: getting a little too old to be messing
: with hemotoxins(or so says my wife).so
: I was hoping u might have some
: suggestions.my wife is really worried
: about our dogs and our safety and is
: pushing me to start killing
: them(moccasins).i am strongly apposed
: to such drastic measures,especially
: here in texas where I see harmless
: banded water snakes getting killed
: needlessly for
: being"moccasins".by the way
: ,i have two healthy bandeds living in
: my little koy pond
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