What does a....

[Charlet_2007]

snake den look like? I have a hole in the ground in my front yard.. I dont know if its a mole or a snake den.. :confused::confused: ill get pics soon.. and then tonight were going to try to find out whats in it..

[ssssnakeluvr]

snake dens don't have a normal look. just a small hole in the ground in your yard is probably from a rodent of some sort. I have seen den sites in rocky areas and even under some peoples houses. I'm not that lucky tho...

[Charlet_2007]

you think putting water in there to flush out what ever is in there is ok to do? Im hopping it a snake den fingers crossed.. here's the pics.. Seems to small for anything else..

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q61/zoie18_2001/001-1.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q61/zoie18_2001/004-1.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q61/zoie18_2001/002-1.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q61/zoie18_2001/003-1.jpg

[ssssnakeluvr]

you might drown what ever is in there......

[Charlet_2007]

ok then how do i get it out lol it's kind of bugging me lol

[ssssnakeluvr]

well...there might not be anything in there...and getting it out depends on what made the hole....

[Charlet_2007]

lol it brand new like 2 days old

[dashnu]

I would not put water in it!! If you _have_ to see whats in there maybe use a small hand shovel and dig around the hole.. Star further out then slowly move in so you dont cut anything in half :p

I have no idea what a snake den looks like btw..

[adamanteus]

It certainly isn't a snake den, they don't make their own, they just use existing holes.

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

defiantly looks like a gopher hole, have those all over my house really annoying

[dashnu]

It certainly isn't a snake den, they don't make their own, they just use existing holes.

Thinking about it now, it seems pretty obvious :eek::p

[thinkmore]

It's made by something that has strong legs and claws with which to dig through the dirt and toss it out of the hole.

[bulrush]

All the animal holes I have seen (gopher, rabbit, ground squirrel) have dirt only in one direction coming from the hole, like in a spray pattern. This hole has dirt all over it, I have never seen an animal hole like this. Even insect holes have dirt in a single-direction spray pattern.

A crayfish hole looks like a chimney with balled mud on all sides of the hole. It can be 6-8 inches high or higher. This is when the crayfish come out of hibernation in the spring.

So, I think it is a man-made hole. Perhaps kids used a pole to make a hole, then scattered the dirt around the area.

[Charlet_2007]

actuly when my husband saw it yesterday he said it looked like a ant hill today it got the hole so what ever it is looks like something tryed to get it out already.. ill wait till my husband comes home and we will see whats in it.. im thinking its a mole.. ..

[count dewclaw]

Looks like a mole hill/hole to me.

Check this out http://www.humeseeds.com/molehill.jpg.

[Charlet_2007]

i went back out there and looked at it again and theres no tunnels like a mole would have tho.. you know the dirt pushing up around the hole... oh well we'll see what it is come tonight.. :D

[adamanteus]

It looks like some sort of insect activity to me... but what do I know about North American entomology?

[Charlet_2007]

humm you think it might be a Tarantula?

[adamanteus]

Mmmm... maybe ants, bees or wasps?

[Charlet_2007]

no ants i probly would have seen them by now bees here makes hives.. wasps like the roofs of houses more not grounds here.. We do have Oklahoma Browns here..

[adamanteus]

bees here makes hives..

Honey bees make hives. Many species, including bumble bees, make communal nest in burrows which they excavate themselves. Everywhere.

[Charlet_2007]

oh yeah duh im SOOOO haveing a blonde moment today lol Sorry

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

definalty a mole hole, i have at least 3 in each of my three lawns and they look exactly like that

Looks like a mole hill/hole to me.

Check this out http://www.humeseeds.com/molehill.jpg.

[Charlet_2007]

kool never seen what a mole looks like but i guess were going to find out tonight lol

[adamanteus]

Looks nothing like any mole hill I ever saw!

[Loren]

Got to be gopher/mole/shrew or related.

[dashnu]

So...... what was it? a baby troll ?

[Charlet_2007]

lol dont know yet.. im going to back off and watch it see if i see anything without deserbing it...

[Stefan-A]

I'm leaning towards arthropods of some sort.

[Zephyr]

I've got an informed guess on this one... ants possibly. Try leaving something sweet outside it and see if anything reacts.

[Charlet_2007]

will do thanks for the idea if its not that then what lol

[adamanteus]

Bumble bees.:D

[Charlet_2007]

lol well nothing with anything sweet.. i left a whole thing od peaches arond the hole and nothing.... :(:(:(