Charlie R Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 I saw the skin hanging from the pipes/joist first, then I saw the shiny black movement. Saw three in this basement. Advised client that there were snakes in the home, I recommended installing a mongoose. Click to Enlarge 48.76 KB Click to Enlarge 35.46 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghentjr Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Male or female? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bain Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 I see snakes from time to time, and that strange little tingle unfailingly trickles down my spine. There was one on top of a foundation in a basement, once. I must have walked past it three times before I saw it, maybe two feet away. My imagination had the thing leaping for my throat, but of course it didn't. I did, however, slowly back up while telling the snake there was plenty of room in the basement for the both of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkenney Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Black garter snake. I've seen a lot of them up your way Charlie. They're more scared of you then you are of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Whitmore Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Why do I get the feeling someone is staring at me while viewing that first picture.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Why do I get the feeling someone is staring at me while viewing that first picture.. Now that's a bit creepy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Baird Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Black rat snake. He just eats the mice and should be welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Well, you really have an infestation when you attract predators. Fun times indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dirks Jr Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 I could use a few snakes in my house. Meanwhile, peanut butter on snap traps is working pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 I could use a few snakes in my house. Meanwhile, peanut butter on snap traps is working pretty well. Nah, Glue traps is the way to go. Got one of those stuck to my elbow in a crawlspace once and spent ten minutes trying to extricate myself. The damned thing was like a tar baby. By the time I got it off my sleeve and gloves were sticking to themselves and everything else around me. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHI in AR Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Or you could leave a food trail into your furnace blower... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Glue traps is the way to go. Got one of those stuck to my elbow in a crawlspace once and spent ten minutes trying to extricate myself. The damned thing was like a tar baby. By the time I got it off my sleeve and gloves were sticking to themselves and everything else around me. I hate the sticky traps. One night I heard my cat howling a mournful song for so long that I got up to see if she was injured. She had both her back feet, one front foot and her forehead stuck in a glue trap. Her mouth was a 1/4 inch from a hapless mouse who was still struggling. 10 minutes with some kerosene and both creatures had a new lease on life. Then there was the time I was pulling myself through an attic hatch and I plopped my hand in one. There I am trying not to freak out, on a ladder in a closet with my upper body through a hatch trying to shake off a sticky trap and a whole family of dead and decomposing rodents. I was fairly close to vomiting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 . . . One night I heard my cat howling a mournful song for so long that I got up to see if she was injured. She had both her back feet, one front foot and her forehead stuck in a glue trap. Her mouth was a 1/4 inch from a hapless mouse who was still struggling. . . Tell me you took pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Ahern Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Got 5 red squirrels over the course of 4 days with "glue traps". Only way to go. Set up a snap trap with peanut butter and the glue traps surrounding it. Had to administer a sharp hammer blow to the twitching squirrel. Picked it up with a long needle nose--into a plastic bag-- off to the Bridgton dump. Sweet [8D] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Real men don't use glue traps. Just a suggestion. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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