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| So... snakes; any advice? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 20 2008, 11:17 AM (283 Views) | |
| Jane D'Oh | Apr 20 2008, 11:17 AM Post #1 |
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Fulla-Carp
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I found a snake skin last summer, so I knew we had some around here. Today I saw one. It had yellow and black stripes, so I'm assuming it was some kind of a garter snake. What should I do - concerning the kids & pets? Thanks. |
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| dolmansaxlil | Apr 20 2008, 11:19 AM Post #2 |
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My suggestion is to start working on your response to, "Can we keep it mum? Can we? Can we? plEEEEEEse?!" |
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| Jane D'Oh | Apr 20 2008, 11:21 AM Post #3 |
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:lol: Well that's not gonna be a hard decision... At least inside the house. What if it takes up permanent residence in the compost? |
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| George K | Apr 20 2008, 11:21 AM Post #4 |
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Nothing. They're harmless and they eat pesky rodents. I wish I could convince Mrs. George of that. She hates garter snakes. If you catch one, you'll be amazed at how bad they smell. Or else call Sam:
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Piano*Dad | Apr 20 2008, 11:38 AM Post #5 |
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Bull-Carp
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Yeah, some species have glands that make them smell nasty if you catch them. I've caught a few grass snakes that qualify. Oh, and those little green things can be really dangerous I hear ......
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| dolmansaxlil | Apr 20 2008, 11:39 AM Post #6 |
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Somehow, "There's mother****ing SNAKES in the mother****ing COMPOST" doesn't have the same ring to it. |
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| DivaDeb | Apr 20 2008, 11:45 AM Post #7 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Whatever you do, don't call your local extension office and ask them what to do about it unless you enjoy being treated like a two year old and having your concerns poo-pooed. That's the mistake I made after finding a seething, roiling ball of copulating snakes in my front yard when Will was about 2. Looked just like this:![]() Here's my bottom line about snakes. I hate them. DETEST them. I don't give a rat's a$$ whether they're harmless or not. They dig holes in the lawn, they hold open air orgies on the first warm days of spring, they're totally nasty to run over with the lawn-mower, and they'll slither over your feet when you're out watering or photographing your flowers. They may eat mice, but they make more snakes every chance they get. I have cats, so I'd rather have mice than snakes. My cats take care of mice, so I don't need no steenkin snakes. |
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| Jane D'Oh | Apr 20 2008, 11:48 AM Post #8 |
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:lol: Deb. They're just another variant on bugs. Well I know that they're not really. But it's the same kind of principle. As long as I don't have to touch it. Will they bite the kids if they try picking them up? What if the cat stalks it? |
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| sue | Apr 20 2008, 11:53 AM Post #9 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I used to have a cat that brought snakes in the house. :ph43r: I'm not crazy about running across one when I'm outside, barefoot, but they are harmless. |
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| QuirtEvans | Apr 20 2008, 11:57 AM Post #10 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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My kids keep the snake SKINS. If they saw an actual snake, it wouldn't last five seconds before getting snatched. |
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| Optimistic | Apr 20 2008, 12:02 PM Post #11 |
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Deb, I'm sorry, I couldn't read your post because The ground around me slowly becoming engulfed in snakes was always my most recurring and horrible nightmare. |
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PHOTOS I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up. - Mark Twain We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. -T. S. Eliot | |
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| DivaDeb | Apr 20 2008, 12:03 PM Post #12 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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The garter snakes won't bite the kids and our cats play with them. I let them play for a while, then I finish em off. No survivors to tell the sordid story. |
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| DivaDeb | Apr 20 2008, 12:05 PM Post #13 |
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sorry Opti...googling 'snake orgy' which is how I've always described that particularly unsavory event in our past, that pic popped up on the first page of images, and it's *exactly* what I saw. Same snakes, same party. Perverts |
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| Axtremus | Apr 20 2008, 12:19 PM Post #14 |
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How do you "finish em off"? Just curious.
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| George K | Apr 20 2008, 12:21 PM Post #15 |
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Mrs. George wants to know too.
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| DivaDeb | Apr 20 2008, 12:25 PM Post #16 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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:lol: Hoe hoe hoe |
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| Axtremus | Apr 20 2008, 12:29 PM Post #17 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Then you make compost out of the remains or bury the remains in the ground as fertilizer? Or dump in trash? Any local Chinese restaurant collecting the remains and make them into exotic delicacies?
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| DivaDeb | Apr 20 2008, 12:31 PM Post #18 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I leave the remains in plain sight as a warning to others who might not take me seriously (maniacal laughter) |
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| Optimistic | Apr 20 2008, 12:33 PM Post #19 |
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PHOTOS I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up. - Mark Twain We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. -T. S. Eliot | |
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| apple | Apr 20 2008, 12:34 PM Post #20 |
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yep.. they are smelly and the do open air copulate en masse how rude |
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| Mikhailoh | Apr 20 2008, 02:46 PM Post #21 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Leave it be. We had a nice big black rat snake in the innards of our house,. We'd see the skin every now and then. But we had not a single rodent. Now Mr. Wriggles is evidently gone and we have mice. |
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