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erickajm · 05-17-2009, 03:00 PM

I'm sure we will get another bird nesting here soon! Usually it is the cardinals and wrens that nest in the ficus. A snake got some eggs a couple of years ago from the ficus and within a week or so there was a new nest.

As for the snake, it is a black snake which are harmless. My son and his two buddies started throwing stuff at the snake and trying to find things to poke it until I put a stop to it. They are actually good to have around. They kill the mice that will otherwise get into the house. This snake doesn't go into the air conditioner it goes right up the siding into the walls ~ eek! Every once in awhile we will find one in the garage... that freaks me out but I figure as long as it doesn't get into the actual house ~ I'm good.

paulapoo · 05-17-2009, 03:42 PM

you are so non-chalant about the snake and my heart is still pounding just from looking at the picture!!! Yikes!

celstu1 · 05-17-2009, 04:10 PM

Wow! Thats so sad!!!

mizzwanned · 05-17-2009, 04:16 PM

I'm sorry

I hate snakes, they gross me out. I remember in PR we had one in the backyard and my grandfather took a huge knife and split it in half and you could see both halfs still moving...groosss!

erickajm · 05-17-2009, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by paulapoo

you are so non-chalant about the snake and my heart is still pounding just from looking at the picture!!! Yikes!

Believe me...my heart was pounding seeing him all curled up on the air conditioner... I surprised myself at how close I got to take the picture! I just try to remind myself that it is only a black snake... could've been a copperhead, then I would have been screaming.

phfgkl · 05-17-2009, 06:56 PM

As sad as this is, this is human nature. Black snakes are good to have around. We get snakes out here all the time, of course, we have to watch, as we also have poisonous ones. When we have black ones, hubby usually just picks them up (with gloves on) and throws them over the fence. A few years ago, we had a rabbit that had babies, they had their nest on the ground by a tree out back. All they do is dig a small spot. I saw hubby outside on the john deere stopped watching something. I could see a mother rabbit jumping back and forth. I asked hubby what was going on. Well, the snake had eaten two of the 3 baby bunnies and the mother was trying to save them. It broke my heart. I asked hubby why did you let it eat the babies, he said it's nature(and it really is). After that snake was done, it crawled up the tree.

erickajm · 05-17-2009, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by mizzwanned

I'm sorry

I hate snakes, they gross me out. I remember in PR we had one in the backyard and my grandfather took a huge knife and split it in half and you could see both halfs still moving...groosss!

Its funny, our neighbors behind us have the right away to the drive.. one time there was around a 4 ft black snake trying to cross and didn't she drive over him not once then backed up on him and drove over him again! She then called us on the phone to have my husband go check to see if it were dead... yea... she doesn't like snakes either!

Ivy Lucille · 05-18-2009, 05:10 AM

Things like this are always hard to deal with. But sadly, life happens. I once watched a hawk go in and out of our birch tree plucking out baby bluebirds that had just fledged from my box. I was so mad. I tried to chase it away but he kept coming back. I was so brokenhearted.

Life goes on though...but I did take my box down. I just couldn't go through that again.

erickajm · 05-18-2009, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Ivy Lucille

Things like this are always hard to deal with. But sadly, life happens. I once watched a hawk go in and out of our birch tree plucking out baby bluebirds that had just fledged from my box. I was so mad. I tried to chase it away but he kept coming back. I was so brokenhearted.

Life goes on though...but I did take my box down. I just couldn't go through that again.

It is always hard to actually watch the circle of life...in the end I am just glad it was them and not me!

05-17-2009, 03:00 PM	#16
erickajm Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Central Pennsylvania Posts: 3,200	I'm sure we will get another bird nesting here soon! Usually it is the cardinals and wrens that nest in the ficus. A snake got some eggs a couple of years ago from the ficus and within a week or so there was a new nest. As for the snake, it is a black snake which are harmless. My son and his two buddies started throwing stuff at the snake and trying to find things to poke it until I put a stop to it. They are actually good to have around. They kill the mice that will otherwise get into the house. This snake doesn't go into the air conditioner it goes right up the siding into the walls ~ eek! Every once in awhile we will find one in the garage... that freaks me out but I figure as long as it doesn't get into the actual house ~ I'm good. __________________ Zoe Peppee Brady EARL!

05-17-2009, 03:42 PM	#17
paulapoo Blessed by Otis & Ollie Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Plainfield, Indiana Posts: 2,884	you are so non-chalant about the snake and my heart is still pounding just from looking at the picture!!! Yikes! __________________ ~Paula~ proud mommy of ~Otis (yorkie) & Oliver (shih-poo)

05-17-2009, 04:10 PM	#18
celstu1 Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 10,534	Wow! Thats so sad!!! __________________ “Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.” ― Dean Koontz

05-17-2009, 04:16 PM	#19
mizzwanned Donating YT 11K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: new york Posts: 14,007 Blog Entries: 2	I'm sorry I hate snakes, they gross me out. I remember in PR we had one in the backyard and my grandfather took a huge knife and split it in half and you could see both halfs still moving...groosss! __________________ Primrose, Teddy..RIP, Livie..RIP, And can never forget my duo Sophie and London, Run in Peace <3

05-18-2009, 05:10 AM	#23
Ivy Lucille ♥♥beats @ my feet! Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: PA Posts: 4,814	Things like this are always hard to deal with. But sadly, life happens. I once watched a hawk go in and out of our birch tree plucking out baby bluebirds that had just fledged from my box. I was so mad. I tried to chase it away but he kept coming back. I was so brokenhearted. Life goes on though...but I did take my box down. I just couldn't go through that again. __________________ Jamie, Mom to Mayzie and Mozes

05-17-2009, 06:56 PM	#21
phfgkl BANNED! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,376	As sad as this is, this is human nature. Black snakes are good to have around. We get snakes out here all the time, of course, we have to watch, as we also have poisonous ones. When we have black ones, hubby usually just picks them up (with gloves on) and throws them over the fence. A few years ago, we had a rabbit that had babies, they had their nest on the ground by a tree out back. All they do is dig a small spot. I saw hubby outside on the john deere stopped watching something. I could see a mother rabbit jumping back and forth. I asked hubby what was going on. Well, the snake had eaten two of the 3 baby bunnies and the mother was trying to save them. It broke my heart. I asked hubby why did you let it eat the babies, he said it's nature(and it really is). After that snake was done, it crawled up the tree.