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BudgetPlan1

BudgetPlan1

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...we dont have many problems with people stealing packages off of our doorstep.
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Coleroad said:
That a water moccasin?
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Dozerboy said:
Looks like a rat snake. Harmless


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Yep...black rat snake, we get them from time to time. Startling when ya dont notice it and catch it out of the corner of your eye.

They`re constrictors, non-poisonous and actually kinda beneficial to have around, pest-wise.

We have one who winters in cabinet of pool heater, usually takes off on his own when we get ready to fire it up each Spring.

Who knows, maybe same guy.
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BudgetPlan1 said:
Or two...at least. But I think I`ll just let him be; I`d hate to come back as a snake in the next life...karma and all. Ya never know!
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Now that`s funny! But I would find it hard/freaky to see a snake hiding out anywhere in my yard.
 
bob m said:
Now that`s funny! But I would find it hard/freaky to see a snake hiding out anywhere in my yard.
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Although ya kinda get used to it, when ya don`t notice until you get up close it`s always a startling event, generally eliciting a very `un-manly` flailing of arms and legs as I jump back while screeching quite loudly.
 
BudgetPlan1- Hey, cool! thanks for sharing that. My wife and I are big fans of beneficial snakes :D

We never get Rat Snakes though, only Garters, which we occasionally have to grab and relocate when they get into the garages. Also have to check our overhead doors so we don`t run over them, the sun-warmed doors seem to appeal to them.
 
Accumulator said:
BudgetPlan1- Hey, cool! thanks for sharing that. My wife and I are big fans of beneficial snakes :D

We never get Rat Snakes though, only Garters, which we occasionally have to grab and relocate when they get into the garages. Also have to check our overhead doors so we don`t run over them, the sun-warmed doors seem to appeal to them.
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2 years ago we saw the tail of a 1 foot black snake slither outta the hallway and into a spare bedroom. Tore the room apart and could not find snake, a bit disconcerting to my wife. Found it scooting across the kitchen floor about a month later and grabbed it to put it back outside. Kinda curious what it was eating for that month.

We also have some bats that fly around at night over the pool. Few weeks ago some folks were over, bat came swooping down and buzzed within a foot of one persons head at the table. Was kinda a "Did that just really happen?" type of thing.
 
BudgetPlan1 said:
Yep...black rat snake, we get them from time to time. Startling when ya dont notice it and catch it out of the corner of your eye.

They`re constrictors, non-poisonous and actually kinda beneficial to have around, pest-wise.
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A while back we developed a mole problem in our yard. We had just gotten to the point where we were about ready to call in Bill Murray and then a black rat snake like the one in your picture showed up. The mole problem just sort of disappeared after that. I startled that one once and it actually "jumped" (launched itself?) onto the lowest branch of a tree in the back yard and then slithered its way all the way to the top. :o
 
BudgetPlan1- Heh heh, hey that`s great about the Black Snake! Yeah, wonder what it *was* eating all that time!

We simply *love* bats since they eat mosquitoes, but I`d sure hate to run into a rabid one.

Living in the woods as we do, it`s good that we`re OK with the Backyard Wildlife not always staying in the back yard :D Even the dogs are pretty onboard with peaceful coexistence, though they can get revved up when a chipmunk gets in the house.
 
Liz@Autopia- Hey, that was a swell solution to your mole problem! Heh heh, sounds like it was more scared of *you* than the other way around!
 
We get manatees in the canal out back too, which is really cool. And then there`s this.

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The wildlife encounters here in Florida are definitely different than I was used to from Oregon. B)
 

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That’s a big one! My wife would die if she saw that one. She is terrified of any kind of snake. I’m the type if they don’t bother me, I won’t bother them! The warm (hot) weather is bringing out the rattlesnakes around here. Lots of dead ones on the roads.
 
Heh heh, I had iguanas as a kid.

rlmccarty2000- Woah, rattlers are a different story, sure glad we don`t have those in our area, we`d have to get different ammo and do some things a little differently.

I gotta give Accumulatorette credit, she has no issues with such stuff. Grabs rodents by their tails, grabs the snakes same as I do. She`s actually better with birds than I am, seems that she knows how to handle `em properly.
 
rlmccarty2000 said:
That’s a big one! My wife would die if she saw that one. She is terrified of any kind of snake. I’m the type if they don’t bother me, I won’t bother them! The warm (hot) weather is bringing out the rattlesnakes around here. Lots of dead ones on the roads.
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A rattlesnake would be a different situation entirely. If we had frequent visits from dangerous stuff I`d be outta this neighborhood in a heartbeat.
 
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