Snake In My Backyard!

[AllDogBoots]

It seems as though yesterday my neighbor who I share the fence with just saw "the biggest black snake she's ever seen in her life!". Great She was babysitting at the time, so there was nothing she could have done. I have yet to know what happened to the snake. They have so much junk in their backyard that I bet they are just homing snakes. Hopefully my Snake Away around the perimeter of my house will help. I'm thinking it's a Black Racer Snake. I really don't know though.

[chattiesmom]

Originally Posted by Onni

I live just up the road from you, New Braunfels. We get the chicken snakes (harmless) and rattlers (not so harmless) out here.

You most definately need a nice BIG King snake hanging around to take care of the rattlers!

[chattiesmom]

Originally Posted by AllDogBoots

It seems as though yesterday my neighbor who I share the fence with just saw "the biggest black snake she's ever seen in her life!". Great She was babysitting at the time, so there was nothing she could have done. I have yet to know what happened to the snake. They have so much junk in their backyard that I bet they are just homing snakes. Hopefully my Snake Away around the perimeter of my house will help. I'm thinking it's a Black Racer Snake. I really don't know though.

Black racers are slender and have a white chin. They are also "grumpy". I gleaned this information from a snake site - it had beautiful pics, but I didn't want to give you the willynillies.

A remarkebly fast species with a bad temper. Although its not venomous the black racer will often bite vigorously when captured. I also read from another site that it is one of the few non venomous snakes that will attack unprovoked. .

Figured I'd brighten your day a bit

[laci32]

Originally Posted by AllDogBoots

The Florida apartment situation was a nightmare, especially with my landlord living overseas. The complex and homeowner's association offered nothing so I went to the local news and was seen all over S. Florida.

This situation is a little different as the house is not infested. I read this morning that an early summer breeds more snakes. It's April and 88 degrees already. I never keep the kiddie pool out even more than 1 day, there are no dirt piles or wood chips and my backyard is completely empty. We saw this same kind of snake last year and we (well, not me) chopped it in 1/2 and disposed of it.

The snake is gone. I don't know where it is but don't see it anywhere.

I've read that Lowe's has a pet friendly repellent called Snake Away. I've also read that Marigolds are a natural repellent however, Swamp Marigolds are poisonous. I don't yet know the difference.

Here's the kicker. I now have to walk my dogs several times a day instead of just let them out back. oh yeah, THE STRAY DOG! Forgot about him. I was blowing that off because I don't want to call Animal Control. Luckily I didn't see him out and about. However, I just came home and spent 1/2 hour pulling burrs out of legs and bellies.

This works. Is it possible to put mothballs (not the cedar ones) on the other side of our fence ? or are there dogs and kids there to if you can , it keeps snakes at bay also in any crawl spaces that snakes can get into but not your furbabies

How to Rid your home and yard of Snakes | eHow.com

[Teegy]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

LOL! I have more than once thought of moving to Ireland for this very reason!

The only snakes in Ireland are the ones you'll find at the local pub hahahaha. I hope you contacted animal control and let them know, a small child or someone else's dog or cat could be in danger

[Teegy]

Originally Posted by Princess10

that is so funny...glad i'm not your neighbor though!

My thoughts exactly

[AllDogBoots]

I can't put anything on the neighbor's side of the fence because it's not my property. I'm sure the neighbors are used to seeing them because they've lived in Louisiana their entire lives. Me? I'm just a misplaced New Yorker who is freaked out!

[roseylovestosho]

One of my roomates in college had a 6ft snake as a pet. Well, one day one of my brilliant roomates broke the snake glass tank and they thought an even more BRILLIANT fix was to put the 6ft snake in a tub container with a thin chalkboard as the cover to "keep it inside." Needless to say the snake escaped at night and was never found again for 5 months. I would like to add that when the cage broke and they put it in the plastic tub, I was in south Florida visiting my family. When I came home I heard a loud hiss...saw the broken glass cage AND FREAKED OUT. That is how I FOUND OUT the snake was loose! Needless to say, I grabbed my things and I basically lived with my boyfriend until the snake was found because I could simply not BARE the thought of walking around to even go use the bathroom in the middle of the night and come across the snake!

For those of you who are still reading my long drawn out post, the snake was found eventually by a maintenance worker who was remodeling the kitchen of the house. He was trying to grab the plugs behind the dishwasher....grabbed the snake instead! POOR MAN! Thankfully nothing happened to him...but what if it did?!

[SWEETIEPIE]

Oh my!!!!! That is sooo scary!!!! I hate snakes, lucky Alaska does not
have snakes. I hope that you will never have any more. That is so awful about the apartment.... How could that happen? Oh my you poor thing, I would of totally freaked out.... We have alot of wildlife that you see, but they are not scary like a snake.... BE CAREFUL!!!!!!!!!!

[itsbaddangel]

The snake infested carpet gave me shivers. I'm so sorry you had to endure that. I hate snakes when they're strangers in my yard. My daughter has a BOA in a tank and it's quite pretty but not crawling around. Ick.

[anapier88]

Originally Posted by boopster

Now I'm sitting here with my feet off the floor in case there are snakes under my desk.

Me too!

[AllDogBoots]

i just found the shedding of the snake 5 minutes ago and am now freaking out again

[Lil Sis]

Originally Posted by AllDogBoots

i just found the shedding of the snake 5 minutes ago and am now freaking out again

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ewww....

so can you tell what type of snake it is now???

[AllDogBoots]

Originally Posted by Lil Sis

ewww....

so can you tell what type of snake it is now???

My neighbor saw it in her yard too and from what we conclude it seems like it's a Black Racer Snake, which isn't poisonous. I'm so overly cautious but not terrified. But I'm fairly certain I will lose it if I see it again. It was really big.

[itsbaddangel]

I think I've heard that once a snake sheds, it moves on... I think it takes a lot of them to shed and they tend to stay in one spot for a while when it's happening.