Snake

Bullet Bob · Apr 16, 2019

I mean - SNAKE!

I had just come in from having fun with the lawnmower, and left the door open for a second as I stared at the blinking message light on the phone.

When I looked back down, there was a small snake of about 18 feet, I mean inches long, inside my house!

I tried to shove it back outside with my shoe, but it slithered under the bookcase, headed for god knows where. The only rational thing to do was make a cup of coffee, then go snake hunting.

Fortunately it had stayed under the bookcase, so I was able to sweep it outside with the broom. Luckily for both of us I have my new eyeballs, so in the sunlight I was able to see it had round pupils - so, non-poisonous. Picked it up, took it away from the house. I think it was a rat snake.

Earlier, I had seen a relatively large Eastern Brown Fence lizard on the dead tree at the edge of the yard. Hopefully reptiles don't know the rule of three.

Remind me to never complain again about how boring country life is.

Xfuzz · Apr 16, 2019

Hardware store....For Sale sign.
I hate snakes.

oneounceload · Apr 16, 2019

sulfur spread around should help ward the snakes off; they hate the smell.

Bullet Bob · Apr 16, 2019

I don't mind non-poisonius snakes around the house. Anything that eats rodents and poisonous snakes is okay by me. I just prefer they not come inside for a visit.

mauser9 · Apr 16, 2019

Next time a "snake" invades your house I hope it is in the form of a Colt Python snake 357.

Bullet Bob · Apr 16, 2019

I'm on more of a Trooper budget.

At least I'm not afraid to shoot it because it's worth so much.

Rudi · Apr 16, 2019

My old hunting buddy loves snakes(I hate them), so he picks up a 4 ft. gopher snake, bit the Hell out of him. A few years later he picks up a 4 ft. rattler, yep, bit him! Duhh!! Three days in hosp. and $1200 of anti venom. I never touch snakes, have never been bit. Go figure. My caveman brain good.

Rustyt1953 · Apr 16, 2019

Goldstar225 · Apr 16, 2019

If that had happened at my house, my wife would make me burn the house down. It wouldn't matter if I removed the snake or not. Yeah, she's that afraid of them.

gman51 · Apr 16, 2019

Snake in the house does not make for a fun experience. The snake has got to go out. I don't think I would go to bed knowing a snake was slithering in the house. Thought of waking up to a snake under the covers with me makes for a nightmare.

Bullet Bob · Apr 16, 2019

"I don't think I would go to bed knowing a snake was slithering in the house."

I thought about that when I began the search. If it had travelled to where I couldn't have found it, it would have been a little nerve wracking since I hadn't identified it as non-poisonous at that time.

I was definitely missing my old cat about then.

carpriver · Apr 16, 2019

I don't like snakes, they scare the living bejesus out of me. I ant's going to kill them but we are not going to share the same space.

Rpg · Apr 16, 2019

My granddaughter enjoys taking her ‘gardner’ snake out of its tank to play in her bedroom.

A few weeks ago, she discovered that it could squeeze benith the bedroom door to explore the rest of the house.

A few days ago we found it in the laundry room.

I figured it would turn up.

shouldazagged · Apr 16, 2019

I'm glad you didn't kill the little critter, Bullet Bob. They're good to have around to dispose of less desirable little critters.

If it had been a copperhead or rattler in or around the house I might have taken more vigorous action, though I won't kill one of them away from a residence. I hate rats.

Roadtrash · Apr 16, 2019

I've always wondered why people are so afraid of snakes. Most are harmless and eat rodents and venomous snakes so are good to have around. The venomous ones are easy to identify and easy to get rid of. But we're all different I guess.

LVSteve · Apr 16, 2019

Rudi said:
My old hunting buddy loves snakes(I hate them), so he picks up a 4 ft. gopher snake, bit the Hell out of him.

I was told a long time ago that many non-venomous snakes didn't get the memo about not using their teeth. Coworker persuaded a young gopher snake that he was no threat and ended up walking around the place with it wrapped around his arm. He had a job letting it go in the desert, I assume because it had grown used to his warm arm.

The gopher snakes out here will shake their tails in the leaf litter, often leading to their immediate demise. Most I come across barely wait to get their picture taken before taking off.

Old TexMex · Apr 17, 2019

“Only things that scare me are a live snake,
A dead snake
And a stick that looks like a snake”
(An elderly, life long South Texas rancher)

arjay · Apr 17, 2019

Wife spotted a garter snake on the front walk and it slithered under some low bushes.She wouldn’t use the front door for months [emoji4]
Sometime later a bull snake poked its head down in a window well to watch her at her sewing machine [emoji33][emoji33][emoji33][emoji33][emoji33][emoji2962][emoji1787]

desi2358 · Apr 17, 2019

arjay said:
Wife spotted a garter snake on the front walk and it slithered under some low bushes.She wouldn’t use the front door for months [emoji4]
Sometime later a bull snake poked its head down in a window well to watch her at her sewing machine [emoji33][emoji33][emoji33][emoji33][emoji33][emoji2962][emoji1787]

My wife did the same when one slithered across the back porch steps when she was going out one day.... was weeks before she would go out that door again. Funny because she had to go out the front door and around the house to get to the cars which meant she walked right past the back porch... guess she thought it was hiding under the steps waiting for her.

Maddog 521 · Apr 17, 2019

I had to replace a sprinkler head in my yard last week. When I was digging the dirt out to get to the pvc pipe I uncovered a garter snake. I guess I hit it with my small hand shovel. I tossed it by the curb and finished my job. The next morning I went back to the same spot and there were 2 snakes lying there by the curb. I don't know where the second one came from.

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