Who likes snakes?

[captddis]

The Snake Away is basically mothballs. I buy them by the case. Dan, Getting a snake up my leg is my worst fear. The guys in the groves use elastic on the pant legs so they can't go up the leg.

 

[magnawake]

My cruise air sucked up an eel and the pump stopped. I came home from work and the boat was hot. When inspecting the water pump impeller the eel was wrapped around like an O-ring. It took me a while to figure out it was an eel not a gasket. It was about 8-10" long. I dont know how he made it through the strainer. I dont mind snakes but really hate roaches.

 

[Walter P]

Rotenone dust works very well at repelling snakes. Years ago when I owned an exterminating business we got lots of calls about snakes (harmless variety) and we acted very brave crawling under buildings and dusting the crawl spaces. That particular pesticide was commonly used on rose bushes to get rid of some of the agricultural pests and was considered safe, but at that time DDT was also considered safe. Try a nursery or Home Cheapo...

Walt

 

[Milacron]

I used to have a large metal building which was in an industrial park but surrounded on 3 sides by deep woods. Local government was thinking of renting it for EMT use so I have tour to government gal and EMT guy. I hadn't looked in the break room for a month or so, open the door and there is a 3 foot long snake skin hanging over the sink faucet !

EMT guy immediately pronounces it a "rattler" skin and they both are spooked and don't rent the building. Although they probably wouldn't have anyway really, it still killed me that the one time I had such visitors was the one time there was a large snake skin in clear view. (never saw an actual live snake in the building in 8 years of owning it....later found the hole it probably came in and stopped it up)

Anyhoo, with possible exception of coral snake, found out one can easily identify if poisionous or not simply by looking at the underside scale pattern. All snakes have single row of scales along bellies until you get to anal vent. Venomous snakes have one row of scales below the anal vent and nonvenomous have a double row...that simple. This one was double row, so not only not a rattle snake it was also nonvenomous.

Still, would have scared the crap out of me to encounter it when it was alive ...especially as it probably entered the break room via the mens room, plus it was probably a bit fatter and longer than the skin it left behind.

 

[Milacron]

Satisfied that I could use thinking homo sapiens know-how to avoid instinct, I put my arm in up to my shoulder and grabbed a huge handful of grass.

When I withdrew it, I had about a 5' snake fully coiled around my arm over and over and was looking the dude right in the eye from about 8". I freaked out and threw, swung, cussed, whirled and generally launched it.

LMAO ! When I was a woodworker eons ago (mid 1980s) was in an old tin building no insulation by mill pond, wall phone rings, go to answer it and came within nanosecond of grabbing a black snake hanging vertically over the (also black) receiver ! Wouldn't have hurt me other than possible stroke.

Re lawn moving, cut a snake in half once mowing tall grass and the head half was hissing at me like crazy....kinda freaky..

 

[Milacron]

It was about 8-10" long. I dont know how he made it through the strainer.

Bizarre...makes ya wonder if he went in as a baby and "growed up" in there...found a 2" x 3" fish in my Groco strainer recently...but in the strainer, not beyond it like your eel !