More Snakes

More copperheads have been spotted in yards.  Please alert your families and keep an eye on pets.  The link below has some information about symptoms and treatments if your pet is bitten. 

http://www.vetinfo.com/copperhead-bite-dog-treatment.html

Some tips to keep snakes out.....

• clear brush piles and wood piles from your yard, they give snakes a place to hide as well as the food snakes like to eat
• create vibrations, mowing grass is a good way to do this. 
• control rodents, that's what the snakes eat

This article has a good list of poisonous snakes commonly found in Georgia http://roswell.patch.com/articles/georgia-snakes-101-8