Ack!!! I need to get rid of my Vehicle

[Justicedog]

So, I'm upstairs doing some work and I hear my kids screaming, "a snake", they were ringing the doorbell. Now, on our front porch is a rubber snake, so, I'm really not paying any attention to them, figuring they were just playing. DH is outside doing yard work.

They persist, so I go out to the garage, in my pajamas. They say the snake is under my car, ok, ha, ha, I'm prepared for the joke.

I look under my Explorer and see the tail of a black snake disappearing into the underpart of my vehicle. What the hell am I supposed to do with this?? DH backs the car out of the garage, I'm spraying water under my car, I throw the fake snake under the car, hoping for a love (or hate) connection, whatever would get it out of my car.

We take down the spare tire, still, no snake.

DH drives it around the block, he says it fell out, swore on the Bible.

I wish I'd never watched the movie snakes on a plane!

[still_me]

Okay, so that made me shudder. I'd drive his car and have him drive mine for a bit. :D

How does he know it fell out? Not to freak you out, but that could of been it's mate....

[Justicedog]

He said that he saw it come out - a six foot black snake. I'd already thought that it's laid eggs in my car. How much time do I have before they hatch?

Luckily, we don't have (many) poisonous snakes in my state. I'm never moving to the southwest.

[still_me]

The gestation period depends on what kind of snake it is.

http://pls.atu.edu/biology/people/elovely/indexsn.htm
The Snakes…

Snakes are a bit on the defensive here because they can only produce between 5 to 10 in every litter, This will happen approximately once a year. The gestation period is between 4 to 6 months. And the eggs must be incubated for at least 2 months. Breeding will typically take place only in late spring.

[HammBugga]

oh fuck no. I would never drive it again.

[Justicedog]

The gestation period depends on what kind of snake it is.

http://pls.atu.edu/biology/people/elovely/indexsn.htm
The Snakes…

Snakes are a bit on the defensive here because they can only produce between 5 to 10 in every litter, This will happen approximately once a year. The gestation period is between 4 to 6 months. And the eggs must be incubated for at least 2 months. Breeding will typically take place only in late spring.


Ah crap, it's late spring!!!! Shit

[still_me]

JD, What are common snakes in your area?

[Mary_Mary]

Yep, that vehicle would have a 'For Sale' sign in it immediately!!!

There is NO WAY I would be able to drive that vehicle again.

My husband is really mean and won't let me sell the house...fortunately the only snakes have been in the basement, but I STILL want to sell it!!!

A vehicle...forget about it...not a chance I'd ever drive it again.

And I wouldn't even watch the COMMERCIALS for "Snakes on a Plane"...I knew I'd never sleep again if I did.

[Justicedog]

Snakes in My Area

Common
Black Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta)
Eastern Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis)
Eastern Hognose Snake (Heterodon platyrhinos)
Eastern Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula getula)
Eastern Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum)
Eastern Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis sauritus sauritus)
Eastern Worm Snake (Carphophis amoenus amoenus)
Northern Black Racer (Coluber constrictor constrictor)
Northern Brown Snake (Storeria dekayi dekayi)
Northern Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen)
Northern Ringneck Snake (Diadophis punctatus edwardsi)
Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon sipedon)
Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus)
Smooth Green Snake (Opheodrys vernalis vernalis)
Southern Ringneck Snake (Diadophis punctatus punctatus)

Uncommon
Coastal Plain Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides X triangulum)
Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata guttata)
Mole Kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata)
Northern Red Belly Snake (Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata)
Queen Snake (Regina septemvittata)
Smooth Earth Snake (Virginia valeriae valeriae)
Southern Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix)
Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus horridus)

Rare
Northern Scarlet Snake (cemophora coccinea copei)
Redbelly Water Snake (Nerodia erythrogaster erythrogaster)
Endangered
Mountain Earth Snake (Virginia valeriae pulchra)
Rainbow Snake (Farancia erytrogramma erytrogramma)

Historical
Northern Pine Snake (Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus)


It was probably a black rat snake. I wrestled this snake (with hockey sticks) from my front yard, into a tall kitchen garbage can, and over the back fence last year when I was putting in a retaining wall/border for my front planting beds.




Warning Snake pictures to follow










http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a96/Justicedog/100_4593.jpg


http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a96/Justicedog/100_4594.jpg


This critter, more colorful, but much smaller was INSIDE my house:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a96/Justicedog/100_4602.jpg


I'm looking for jobs in antartica.

[Ilovemonkeys]

Shit, screw the car, you need to move out of that house too.

I'd piss myself if I saw a snake in my house. PISS.

And maybe you can set off a bug bomb or something under your car? If it doesn't blow it up, maybe it will kill the snake(s).

Either way you'd be rid of them.

[leosmommy]

Oh hell no! Why is that first black ugly thing so bumpy? I'd take your car to a detail shop and have then go over it, or I'd run it the fuck over a cliff. I hate hate hate snakes! I once ran over one with a riding lawn mower and it's freaking head shot back at me. Oh god, now I'm having a PTSD moment just remembering.

[Mary_Mary]

I need to stop opening this thread.

Thank you for the snake picture warning...I was able to shut my eyes and scroll down past it.

[Mary_Mary]

Oh, and when my husband was remodeling the upstairs (UPSTAIRS!!!) bathroom he ripped up the floor and found a snakeskin from a three foot long snake.

Why did I bring that up? Thank goodness I've showered already today...I'm freaking myself out.

[Joyto5]

Aww. I'm glad you don't have the snakes we deal with out here. Our neighborhood is over run with Rattle Snakes. My neighbor has taken the heads off of 7 babies last week.

This is what I like to see. Blow snakes!!









WARNING Snake Pic below.













http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/bpure/Animals/P1010260.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/bpure/Animals/P1010259.jpg

[Kristen]

Oh my word, I HATE SNAKES!! I wonder if that bug bomb idea would work for snake eggs...not saying there is any...but you never know!
I have been coming across several snakes lately on the trail I run on; one of the snakes was a HUGE rattle snake. I gave that big boy plenty of room to cross the trail before I SPRINTED by! It took me a few days to get back on the trail.
I also saw one on the road one day.

[Mobeanie]

I would lose my shit if I found that on my porch. Snakes freak me out in a crazy way.

[Justicedog]

Last year while trying to decide whether to rehome (over the fence into the woods) or kill the small snake (if it were poisonous), ds told me something he apparently learned in school - "If you kill it, you have to eat it."

[haleysmom]

Oh hell no! Why is that first black ugly thing so bumpy? I'd take your car to a detail shop and have then go over it, or I'd run it the fuck over a cliff. I hate hate hate snakes! I once ran over one with a riding lawn mower and it's freaking head shot back at me. Oh god, now I'm having a PTSD moment just remembering.


EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Oh my god I would have puked all over myself and ran away screaming like Michael Jackson.

[still_me]

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Oh my god I would have puked all over myself and ran away screaming like Michael Jackson.


LMAO! Thanks for the visual.