A whole hatched nest in my wood pile. Any suggestions other than setting fire to it? Beneficial little critters but my wife is petrified.
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Posts: 1 06/27/2009 19:51 |
You Can't Make New Old Friends
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Posts: 3035 06/27/2009 20:13 Admin |
They'll disappear on their own. They're somewhat territorial, because the young get kicked out & told to move on, they tend to do so pretty
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Black snakes are typically completely benign. Give 'em a break & they'll be three blocks away within 30 days. |
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Posts: 181 06/27/2009 20:44 |
Andy - Remind the Mrs. that the snakes prey on so - called pests - bugs, small rodents, etc. As pcg pointed out, they'll be gone in no time as well. Best
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Posts: 1644 06/27/2009 22:40 |
Black snakes are good to have around the yard. In a few weeks they'll move out and away from your yard. I say let 'em be and let nature take its
course. They serve a VERY useful purpose around your house taking care of other snakes and varmits.
Funny story... ...although about 10 years ago I did have one enter my house and got up into the attic (don't ask me how). My wife and I heard some thumping one Friday night in the attic. I go up there with a flashlight and see this black tail about to disappear down the wall.  I grab the tail, yank it out and a 5 foot snake is dangling in my hand.
It's dark and I don't know what kind of snake it is so I thrash it about violently to kill it. (Wham! Whack! Tham! Thwack! Bam!) I
take it down stairs and to my dismay, and my wife's delight, it is a dead black snake. I still feel bad to this day. Had I known what it was I would
have released it in the front yard and said, "Go do what you do. Just don't come into my house no mo' ".
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Posts: 2914 06/27/2009 23:08 |
Andy, wives tend not to believe critters, especially snakes,
leave of their own accord--though Pat, Corcut, and DrLogik are certainly right. Give them a little time. My best friend & fishing buddy lives just out of town, in an area where pheasants and voles and a few deer are not uncommon. Neither are garter snakes. One morning his wife pointed at a particularly large one that was at rest atop their microwave, for what purpose no one was quite sure. She said to him, "I hope you're satisfied now!" He would tell you it will help if you figure out a response in advance and polish it as much as you can. Bill
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how do their parents tell them to leave?
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Posts: 1022 06/28/2009 17:05 Angry Andy |
Bill.
My wife had an experience with a large black snake some years back. She was raking out leaves from her big flower bed in the fall of the year when all of a sudden she screamed to high heaven. She bolted out of the flower bed with a long black snake attached to the bottom fold of her sweat pants. I put the back side of my hoe over his head to hold him down while she pulled away. Not content to be separated, she grabbed the hoe and dispatched the snake with a multiple of of strong downward strokes. I tried to explain to her that she was not attacked. She most certainly stepped on the critter and the snake bit the fold in self defense. But to this day she is convinced it was an attack. But not to worry, the little black snakes will be left alone to wander off in the next week or so.
"You can't make new old friends"
 Andy
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Posts: 591 06/28/2009 20:21 |
I thought this was about those tiny snake guides that are found on some of the very old classic rods. Which by the way I have some old Mildrums.
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Posts: 2913 06/28/2009 20:29 Moderator |
how do their parents tell them to leave?
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Posts: 178 06/29/2009 14:03 |
Snakes, having their own postal system, use it for important communications such as separation requests, land titles, boundary agreements, etc..
Snails have a similar system. TC |
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