Our main concern with them getting into the house is that they then become cat-toys. And the garter snakes, milk snakes, etc. that do don't deserve that.
About five years ago, I had garter snakes den up in the crawl space under the bathroom in my welding shop. I got down in the crawl space and handed 39 snakes from 34" long to some the size of a large night crawler. My nephew who was scared of snakes took them from me and dropped them into a large trash can. By the 20th snake his fear was abating, by the last one he was over it. We used rubber gloves to handle them since anyone who has ever been around garter snakes knows the stink they emit and how it sticks to skin for days. We relocated them to a nearby warm compost pile and in the spring they were all gone. I sealed up their entry hole and a few slithered into the shop and were carried out into the wild. I have a picture of the 39 snakes in the trash can that I use to freak people out.
Internet factoid: In some places in the Midwest, like Oklahoma, averages say that in your house you're never more than 2 yards from a poisonous spider.
(I know this is true because I saw it in a listicle.)
A few years ago while making some hummingbird food I reached into my silverware drawer for a spoon without looking, and grabbed a snake. I'm glad no one was around to hear me squeal like a little girl. It was a red rat snake about 3 feet long. I took it across the road and released it into the woods.
Once again, a nice guy story about snakes. More people should do things like this. Unless they like living with rodents.
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DeleteOur main concern with them getting into the house is that they then become cat-toys. And the garter snakes, milk snakes, etc. that do don't deserve that.
About five years ago, I had garter snakes den up in the crawl space under the bathroom in my welding shop. I got down in the crawl space and handed 39 snakes from 34" long to some the size of a large night crawler. My nephew who was scared of snakes took them from me and dropped them into a large trash can. By the 20th snake his fear was abating, by the last one he was over it. We used rubber gloves to handle them since anyone who has ever been around garter snakes knows the stink they emit and how it sticks to skin for days. We relocated them to a nearby warm compost pile and in the spring they were all gone. I sealed up their entry hole and a few slithered into the shop and were carried out into the wild. I have a picture of the 39 snakes in the trash can that I use to freak people out.
ReplyDeleteInternet factoid: In some places in the Midwest, like Oklahoma, averages say that in your house you're never more than 2 yards from a poisonous spider.
ReplyDelete(I know this is true because I saw it in a listicle.)
All spiders are poisonous - some more than others.
DeleteA few years ago while making some hummingbird food I reached into my silverware drawer for a spoon without looking, and grabbed a snake.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad no one was around to hear me squeal like a little girl.
It was a red rat snake about 3 feet long. I took it across the road and released it into the woods.
Red rat snakes are known as Corn snakes; highly desired pets.
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