OMGosh, I want to move back to Alaska! (snakes!!!!)
Mr. J let Yuks in the backyard for last call peeing, and because he knows I'm deathly afraid... all I see is him rushing in for the snow shovel. The snow shovel in TX?!?! I knew right away why. Once he saw that I knew, he asked me to check Yuki because he was afraid she was bit. I don't think she was b/c she's acting fine and no where on her body hurts. Thank goodness... He is still in the backyard trying to kill the snake because it won't DIE!! IT WON'T DIE!!! IT'S SO LONG AND NOT a garter snake. He says he's not sure what it is. He's going to try to capture it after he kills it (it's been over 15 min and its head is still going bonkers). I'd describe it myself, but if I "see" it ...I won't be able to live with myself. Remember when I watched Saw? I couldn't get him out of my head FOR MONTHS!! Anyway, why do snakes exist? Please oh Please let no one in my family get bit playing outside in the backyard. I know it won't be me EVER turning on the sprinkles in the morning anymore!! |
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| Your husband needs an ax!
Snakes I can live with but I'd have the same reaction if it were a rat. There's something about them that find disgusting as well as horrifying. Just rats, too. Mice, gerbils-- no problem. I think it's the creepy pink tail. |
Snakes! Why'd it have to be Snakes? 
I can sympathize totally! Thats why I won't move south. I've met enough of them in the north. My lab/st. bernard mix saved my oldest from a rattler when he was 22 months old. I've had several run ins with those slithery creatures, none of them good. One incident brought a state patrol sgt out of his house in underwear, with a gun. 
I HATE SNAKES! Good luck Jo! Ax it a good idea, or shotgun. Did I mention how much I hate snakes.  |
| we have rats and snakes, but here in Atlanta its the spiders that do me in. I know there's a local variety called the Brown Recluse that can kill you with a bite, and a friend's cat died shortly after being bitten. I can't tell a recluse from any other spider, so EVERY spider is suspect to me. And our house is on the edge of the woods, and is old and drafty.... I often have to get Adam to come kill them for me. |
| Welcome to the south where there are lots of snakes, mice, spiders, and all sorts of nasty insects. Tell your husband to get a hoe (farmers hoe) it is much easier to use to kill the snake.
While I was cleaning up storm debris on our patio I had a field mouse run out. I swear those beady little eyes where eyeballing me and I think it stuck it's tongue out at me. Turns out it had given birth right under our downspout. I made Joe take the brick that the babies were on and move it to the back of our yard - of course this was all while I was standing on top of the patio chair. The momma mouse and babies are fine now in the back of our yard. |
BatonRougeSheepies wrote: - of course this was all while I was standing on top of the patio chair.
The momma mouse and babies are fine now in the back of our yard.Wyn I would be right beside London on your hip  |
| I DITTO Jill's sentiment, AN AX IS WHAT YOU NEED!!!!!!!!
I hate snake HATE HATE HATE them. There is one end of my house that has lots of rocks and the garter snakes love it, I won't go out there. I lived in Fort Worth when I was kid and I remember that before we went out to play my Mom had to go out in the yard with a broom to make sure there were no rattle snakes. |
| He had no problem stabbing the sucker, but it just wouldn't die. Even after throwing acetone on it. It was probably just nerves moving, but it was going CRAZY he says. |
| Agreed, snakes are icky! I am the type that will run one over, back up, and run over it again. Especially if its a rattler! When we go fishing here, we usually see at least one water mocassin. When my hubby was in Fort Huachuca (AZ) for school, he'd go rock climbing, and he had many many run ins with various types of rattlers. Even during PT one morning they had a close call, and the guy who was laying closest to the snake took off screaming like a girl.....and yes I laughed.....mean of me, and I wish I could have seen it, but a big strong army man, running away screaming like a girl? Priceless. Of course I'm the one who chased an entire platoon down the middle of the street in Korea with a newly hatched locust....bunch of weenies, lol, and they were all infantry guys. They tried to convince my husband to make me stop, but he was too busy laughing! |
| You you need a shotgun! Long range sniper rifle! Locally shovels and hoes are the preferred tool. Friend killed one in her yard with big rocks, threw them on top it the rattlesnake. She was crying and screaming the whole time.
yes, the head keeps striking LONG after it is removed from the body. That's why it must be either buried immediately or otherwise disposed of. Yuki needs to go to a snake avoidence class. I'm sure they have them down there. They have them here. Might be good to include Little J, but I don't think they include little boys. Great, give me the creeps now.......... |
| We have a rattlesnake vaccine in Calif. for dogs...I don't know about Texas...but I would check into it. |
SheepieBoss wrote: yes, the head keeps striking LONG after it is removed from the body. That's why it must be either buried immediately or otherwise disposed of. Whenever John "The Duke" Wayne ever shot a rattler, they just laid there dead after a single shot.
He was da man. |
| The Duke might be able to kill it after one shot and it not move, but I'll keep shooting til I run out of ammo.....so that bugger will be doing a jig every time a round hits home....and I'm a good shot, too! |
| The Duke was da Man and he knew better than to go near a dead rattlesnake. It is a very spooky site to poke the severed head with a stick and watch it strike....and how stupid to be bitten by a severed head!! |
| hhhmmmm now I know why I stay in Alberta. |
They sound like nice places to live 
Can I interest anyone in a pet Mongoose? |
WOOZ here we have some of the worlds deadliest snakes OH and did I mention some of the worlds most Poisonous Spiders too.  |
| Eeks...
Someone mentioned "snake fence" to me before. Is this an option? |
| Scratch Aussie land! Yea gads!!
Snake fence also requires a raised gate because they'll sneak in between the gate and post. Old gopher holes are nice little underground pathways or nests. Yesterday on TV they showed a rattlesnake den just off the main highway down south. Imagine a pit filled with many dozen rattlesnakes.....ah, having sex and generally hanging around together. Nightmare time. I.... hate... snakes. I'm saying that without hyperventilating......barely. |
| Though I wouldn't want a pit of Rattlers living anywhere near me, or an unidentified potentially venomous snake in my yard (yikes) I don't mind snakes at all - in fact, I rather like them. I think some snakes are quite beautiful in their own way: all creatures great and small and all that. |
| i had a bunch of dogs over on sunday and they were playing in the pond since my pond now is more of a lake and all of a sudden there came a big old snake.. oh i ran for the hills then everyone asked me what color was it.. like i stood there long enough to study him.. i was just scared for the dogs and got them out quick . last year there was a killer water mocc. snake we had to get a shot gun to kill that bad boy.. |
| Ran for the hills.......Poconos? Ain't no way you'd get me in Florida....just too many creepies and crawlies.
Imagine asking you what color snake? Silly people. I hope you told them you don't have eyes in the back of your head. |
| It puts things in perspective that what is a concern over here (UK) is the current influx of Harlequin Ladybirds (Ladybug)
Mind you locally we have to contend with the Blanford Fly which can lead to fatalities, a local brew also called Blandford Fly is a tonic against this as the addition of ginger couteracts the bite of the fly.  |
| suz, that would have sent me over the top!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If the hurricane comes our way like projected on some maps, I will never sleep again if snakes are in the water floating by. I'm hoping it doesn't flood here. We are so not prepared. |
| Oh my gosh Mrs J if I were you I would sure wish I was back in Alaska |
| JO.......sand bags. Plywood would be nice too. I wish I had sandbags each time rain comes from north.....old house, wrong sloping driveway, garage door seals gone.
Hoping Ike continues west and doesn't turn until way inland. |
Joahaeyo wrote: suz, that would have sent me over the top!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If the hurricane comes our way like projected on some maps, I will never sleep again if snakes are in the water floating by. I'm hoping it doesn't flood here. We are so not prepared.
It does not take much for houston to flood,and if you think the snakes are bad wait til you see the alligators that are around.   |
| You guys need to just load up and come on up to Colorado........
Mr. J and Norm could have some good talks...... maybe Mr. J could come up with a job for Norm too....... 
Please don't wait, get out if it's headed your way asap!! There is always room for you here. |
Trust me, we WISH we could go to Colorado! 
If Mr. J gets off, we plan on leaving Thurs. night. It's not us I'm worried about, it's our new house! We're still recovering from our first flood from 2 wks ago (from plumbing).
I'm so nervous. I have no idea how people live in places like this. I stress too easily. |
| Snakes!!! There are snakes: rattlers in the conservation area where I walk Willoughby. I make sure we stay on the main paths and don't go near rocks! It's very dry here and when it gets hot they come out of their hiding places. |
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