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#21
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Man, oh, man!!! SOOO glad I was not at your house today! Not sure I could stay there tonight if it wasn't found, either. As far as I'm concerned, a snake does not have to be poisonous, it can be green, it can "little", and still kill ya.....heart attack!
I live in the country, on a farm, in a converted "summer kitchen" of a 200 year old plantation house. I was told by the "big house" neighbor (who grew up here and had helped convert the "kitchen" into a cottage and lived in it for years) that he came home late (midnight) one night and saw what he thought was a shirt draped over the front door knob (in the dark).
Turned out to be a big old black snake which got into the cottage as he opened the door!!! He, of course, was a big ole farm boy and when he couldn't find where it had slithered off to after a search, went on to sleep and didn't see it again!
Now, of course, I'm hearing that story YEARS later, and still freakiing out, LOL!
I've been here for three years now and there's hardly a day in the warmer months that I don't think about that D snake when I open the shower door, or reach for something under the kitchen sink, or step out onto the tiny screened back porch to use the dryer, or open either closet beside the original fireplace, or go onto the front porch. I've shivered enough times now, you'd think just the shaking alone woulda helped me lose weight!
Thankfully the new "big house" neighbors have dogs, nice, quiet, friendly dogs, but enough to place their scent and activites around the property so that deer, oppossums (so gross!!), and snakes are no longer as prevalent as they were a year ago. Now my furbabies reside peacefully on the front porch, sleeping their days away in comfort.
Hope you get some resolution to your snake in the laundry ASAP!!
Jan in VA
I live in the country, on a farm, in a converted "summer kitchen" of a 200 year old plantation house. I was told by the "big house" neighbor (who grew up here and had helped convert the "kitchen" into a cottage and lived in it for years) that he came home late (midnight) one night and saw what he thought was a shirt draped over the front door knob (in the dark).
Turned out to be a big old black snake which got into the cottage as he opened the door!!! He, of course, was a big ole farm boy and when he couldn't find where it had slithered off to after a search, went on to sleep and didn't see it again!
Now, of course, I'm hearing that story YEARS later, and still freakiing out, LOL!
I've been here for three years now and there's hardly a day in the warmer months that I don't think about that D snake when I open the shower door, or reach for something under the kitchen sink, or step out onto the tiny screened back porch to use the dryer, or open either closet beside the original fireplace, or go onto the front porch. I've shivered enough times now, you'd think just the shaking alone woulda helped me lose weight!
Thankfully the new "big house" neighbors have dogs, nice, quiet, friendly dogs, but enough to place their scent and activites around the property so that deer, oppossums (so gross!!), and snakes are no longer as prevalent as they were a year ago. Now my furbabies reside peacefully on the front porch, sleeping their days away in comfort.
Hope you get some resolution to your snake in the laundry ASAP!!
Jan in VA
#24
Hate to be the bearer of bad news but... if it's a garter snake it may be up inside your washer or in the dryer from underneath.
If you want to know for sure it's still in the laundry room, sprinkle either flour or baby powder around the washer / dryer and in the doorway.
Leave it alone and you'll be able to see if there are "trails" in the dust.
The only way to be sure it can't get out of the laundry room is to tape a very high piece of cardboard or such across the entry way. They can get through teeny spaces so you have to have it full sealed off to keep it from going into other areas.
If you have a cat or dog, they can corner it (if so inclined). They might strike and could tag you so don't anger it.
They are generally very docile and can be picked up and put outside without any harm to either of you. It probably isn't thrilled to be stuck inside either.
Good luck (some cultures would consider this very lucky)
If you want to know for sure it's still in the laundry room, sprinkle either flour or baby powder around the washer / dryer and in the doorway.
Leave it alone and you'll be able to see if there are "trails" in the dust.
The only way to be sure it can't get out of the laundry room is to tape a very high piece of cardboard or such across the entry way. They can get through teeny spaces so you have to have it full sealed off to keep it from going into other areas.
If you have a cat or dog, they can corner it (if so inclined). They might strike and could tag you so don't anger it.
They are generally very docile and can be picked up and put outside without any harm to either of you. It probably isn't thrilled to be stuck inside either.
Good luck (some cultures would consider this very lucky)
#26
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Join Date: Jan 2011
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eons ago when I was a kid my grandmother had a king snake living on the front porch. then he moved into the flower bin of the pantry. you'd pull it down and there he'd be. he decided that was his spot. dad took him down into the field across the road. next day he was back. then hauled him about a mile up the road. couple days later back. then took him up about eight miles. week later was back. dad was logging at the time so put him in a sack and took him up in the mountains and this time he never came back. we now live in my grandparents house and I have the pantry. everytime I look at it I think of that snake. we have killed three rattlesnakes this year. my cousin over the hill has lost two dogs due to snakebite this year. I can handle spiders but not snakes.
#28
Many years ago, my lovely cat brought in a wiggling snake in the back door. I started hollerin' at the DH, the cat dropped the snake and it slithered under the X-frame of the waterbed. Practically had the bed all drained and out slithers the snake. The cat caught the varmint and took it outside. Bad, bad kitty! In the end, good kitty. ;-)
#30
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Originally Posted by deedum
Originally Posted by kwiltamomma
DH came home and we cannot find the snake, not sure what to do now
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