I just avoid hiking and stay on my screened porch, but Bea says they can slip though really tight places! Better call Sam. not Saul, Sam! But seriously I just to do the things that you have suggested to avoid snakes. And if I come upon one I will just let them do snake things like they are supposed to. That's Miles' and my philosophy when we encounter animals in their natural habitat. Observe from a distance if it's safe and do no harm. They are trying to live their lives just like us. My love to all!
we have moved from the farmhouse to a 100+year old log cabin that was a former hunting lodge it’s where Belle spent 2nd half of her childhood we are still in a rural area on a lake
5am barely light i step into the bathroom barefoot i step directly on to a huge fat snake! my screams alert Terry (Belle’s dad)& after a quick search he declares snake has departed via holes for waterpipes
rattled i decide to take abath just as i am relaxing in the claw foot tub up the wall comes mr snake! my screams alert Terry already halfway down the driveway it does not end well for
mr snake it’s a black snake(non venomous and not nearly as large as it felt like ) when a black snake is cornered it emits a horrible odor! as i am scrubbing the floor and walls of the bathroom standing on the edge of the bathtub Sky(Belle’s little brother) shouts “ Mom look out!!!”
he has threaded a black leather belt under the door! i nearly pass out from the fright! Bea and Harriet be glad you don’t have a mischievous little brother!
of course Terry and my dad are proud of his prank!
we have lived in 3 different houses in the country and i have had snakes in all of them! most of the time the snake gets away unharmed and probably more scared than i of course it did not end well for the copperhead in my current dining room but
I just avoid hiking and stay on my screened porch, but Bea says they can slip though really tight places! Better call Sam. not Saul, Sam! But seriously I just to do the things that you have suggested to avoid snakes. And if I come upon one I will just let them do snake things like they are supposed to. That's Miles' and my philosophy when we encounter animals in their natural habitat. Observe from a distance if it's safe and do no harm. They are trying to live their lives just like us. My love to all!
we have moved from the farmhouse to a 100+year old log cabin that was a former hunting lodge it’s where Belle spent 2nd half of her childhood we are still in a rural area on a lake
5am barely light i step into the bathroom barefoot i step directly on to a huge fat snake! my screams alert Terry (Belle’s dad)& after a quick search he declares snake has departed via holes for waterpipes
rattled i decide to take abath just as i am relaxing in the claw foot tub up the wall comes mr snake! my screams alert Terry already halfway down the driveway it does not end well for
mr snake it’s a black snake(non venomous and not nearly as large as it felt like ) when a black snake is cornered it emits a horrible odor! as i am scrubbing the floor and walls of the bathroom standing on the edge of the bathtub Sky(Belle’s little brother) shouts “ Mom look out!!!”
he has threaded a black leather belt under the door! i nearly pass out from the fright! Bea and Harriet be glad you don’t have a mischievous little brother!
of course Terry and my dad are proud of his prank!
we have lived in 3 different houses in the country and i have had snakes in all of them! most of the time the snake gets away unharmed and probably more scared than i of course it did not end well for the copperhead in my current dining room but
i lived to tell the tale
Mamie, you could have a substack and call it "I lived to tell the tale." Probably invite Skipper as a guest.
Sky's prank was very funny but my screams would more than likely have frightened him far more than the "fake snake frightened me.