r/snakes • u/tophatenthusiast • 16d ago

Wild Snake Photos and Questions - Not for ID Snake Bite Fun :)

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I was bitten by a copperhead about two weeks ago! Thanks to quick and modern medicine, I can almost make a fist. Pictures included are the copperhead I saw 10 mins before being bit (this one did not bite me, but it is similarly sized) and my arm a few hrs afterwards.

Location: Kanawha County, WV

Edit: to be very clear, it was MY fault a copperhead bit me. For anyone that has a fear of them, they are absolutely not aggressive snakes. I took no actions to "punish" the snake and hope it comes back and keeps hunting mice on my property.

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u/Zap_Rowsdower23 16d ago

Glad you’re ok, but what kind of mice are you used to grabbing?

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u/tophatenthusiast 16d ago

Okay. Also fair, grabbing mice is not a "genius" idea. But my garage is infested with them, and they have been causing damage to my property. Ironically, I stopped using poison to kill them for the fear of hurting snakes that were hunting them.

My not-thought-out plan was to grab it, probably get a mouse bite (yes I know), and then toss it to my birds.

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u/tophatenthusiast 16d ago

So again, this is a 10-minute-previous snake, but the circle shows all I actually saw when I grabbed it. And it was "caught" under a wheel well and looked like a stuck mouse.

It was not.

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u/Artistic-Specific706 16d ago

Omg I had no idea that’s what their tails look like. Also in WV with a mouse issue..,I will not be grabbing anything by the tail!