ctcarol said:I have to agree that head looks like a venomous snake, but I can't imagine one slithering away when you picked it up unless it was cold. They do tend to react slowly to cold
Well, I believe I was clearing weeds to plant tomatoes at that time, so I'm guessing it was early May. We hadn't had any frosts since mid-April, but our nights were probably still in the high 40s. The snake really didn't seem like it wanted to hurt my dog, though. The meeting of my dog and the snake happened last year in the peak of summer. Unless snakes are really crappy at striking, it seemed like it was avoiding biting him. If I hadn't been able to recall my dog, I probably would've jumped on the snake myself and hope I could get behind its head before it could bite. I really hope that scenario never plays anywhere other than my head.
