I've handled snakes my whole life. My mom used to freak out because our neighbors in San Antonio would call me to come get the baby rattlers out of their yard when i was a kid........until she got used to it, that is. That was just a harmless little garter snake........just like my first pet snake.:cry: Anyway, if anyone in the 4042 area encounters any snakes at all during the week I'd be happy to come get it if I'm available......venomous or non. Alot of you already know where I work but for those who don't.... Mark Brummer Cleveland Road Super Storage 550-9550 Mon-Thu 9-6 Fri 9-11(or thereabouts)
Ok Webbie needs to sticky this because I'm going to be so frantic if I encounter a snake I am not going to have the time or mindframe to do a search. Thanks Mark!! Oh and you're really close to my house so I may just come running down the street screaming.
Yes...DH loves the legless creatures...he's been busy at work today...but I'll be sure to tell him of HG's adventure with the poor harmless snake..LOL. I'm sure he'll weigh in on this when he gets time later on.
from wikipedia Garter snakes, like all snakes, are carnivorous. Their diet consists of almost any creature that they are capable of overpowering: slugs, earthworms, insects, leeches, lizards, spiders, amphibians, birds, fish, toads and rodents. When living near the water, they will eat other aquatic animals. The ribbon snake in particular favors frogs (including tadpoles), readily eating them despite their strong chemical defenses. Food is swallowed whole. Garter snakes often adapt to eat whatever they can find. Although they dine mostly upon live animals, they will sometimes eat eggs. Mostly around here they eat amphibians and fish. In my experience they would rather die than eat rodents and lizards don't entice them either.
When I had mine as a kid I would buy "feeder" goldfish from the pet store and put them in her water bowl. She'd dive right in after 'em! .....fun to watch really.
Moth Balls are a double whammy on the environment, are dangerous for pets and it is technically a federal offense to use them for this purpose. http://ezinearticles.com/comment.php?Do-You-Know-What-Is-Living-Under-Your-Mobile-Home?&id=157242
good info. I think I will try the snake stuff lowes sells. though not sure if they have it in stock, as the website says it has to be ordered.
funny we are all talking about snakes and I just noticed this on wral. http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/5235416/
One of my son's best friends got bitten by a copperhead snake. Bit on his finger tip and boy, it looked pretty bad - all purple/black and tissue is all knotty. Went to 3 different hospitals due to anti-venom availability, but he survived. Whew!
Why not fill your house with mothballs and show them how wrong they are ...... just make sure your affairs are in order first.
I think you need to be deputized as a neighborhood law enforcer. Law down the law on those moth ball users. First you want to go after the person who want to put a note in their neighbor's mailbox and now the folks who want to scare off the snakes. I know you wouldn't want to wear a gun, but you could get a nifty badge. Somebody's got to do it right? I just hope your neighbors know how well protected their mailboxes and yards are from predators. :lol:
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Poor thing......especially when you think about all the bad stuff around the house it could have eaten.
