KubotainNH
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Yikes, how does something like that get in? Someone leave a door open? I see stuff like this and it makes me be ok with having winters so not much for snakes around, especially the bad ones.
Good thing I was sitting on the hopper
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Pirate
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Was watching TV one night and saw movement out of the corner of my eye.
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Sigarms
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Almost had a big black snake fall on me when I was closing the shed door for the mower couple years ago. Scared the living crap out of me as well. The poor bugger got stuck between the rollers and he was hanging down about 8' high. Had to put him out of his misery as I had no doubt he wouldn't make it.
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Sorry to be the bearer of bad news...but a very large majority of the time the reason snakes (especially rat and eastern black king snakes) are in your house is because they know there are mice etc. somewhere close by...
Pirate
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Not in my place. I hired on 2 cats to keep me mouse free. They do a great job.
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If the cats are allowed outside...they are most likely how the mice got inside in the first place...the snakes are not after the cats...(unless you live in South FL)...
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That blended into that nice sculpture. Amazing pictures!
Pirate
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I don't have mice inside. Cats keep the entire area mouse free.
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Ask any pest control professional...they will tell you if cats are allowed outside they are part of the problem not necessarily the solution...
like I said snakes seek what they want to eat...and it's not cats...!
Ken
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I learned by accident years ago if you take one hand fairly close wiggling your fingers you can reach around and grab it with your other hand behind head.
Now...about that snake!
Doing the catch this way sure makes the snake try to get away. snapping the fingers close to its head will watch as you move your hand .You are the first one to mention that also uses this method.
Wife working in flower bed will take her hoe and move the snake to another area. and continues to clean the flower bed .
2 men in a John boat southern Ark fishing and snake fell from tree limb into the boat one grabbed the shotgun and blew a hole in bottom of boat .That afraid of snake ,
ken
