Snakes in the toilet?

[bestmickey]

This was originally within the "frogs in the toilet" thread, but I wanted to address the snake issue, so created a new topic in order to get the discussion focused on snakes.


Quote from: mackbeth on Yesterday at 04:30:12 PM
AS a Florida native, I do not know of any poison species of frog in this area, I have heard of the cuban variety, the ones
around here are harmless, unless someone has brought something in recently. Snakes do occasionally end up in the lue.
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OMG!!! :yikes: Snakes? Are you serious? I have a MAJOR PHOBIA about snakes. I've mentally accepted that FL has more snakes than NY. However, I can't accept them in my home! And, I will be living alone, so have no one to come to my rescue. Is there anything that can be done to ensure they won't come in through the lue or any other means?

[mackbeth]

Didn't mean to alarm anyone, It does happen only rarely, usually makes the paper if it does happen, so
do not despair, the likelyhood of this occuring is remote. relax and enjoy the lue. ;D

[nanci2539]

What kind of snakes are we talking about here?????

[darbyduff]

Hey Mickey - I'll see your phobia and raise you TEN! That would be a deal breaker so fast!!!!! I know they are down there but I refuse to think about it. If I found one in the house, the house would be on the market so fast it would make your head spin!!! OH MY GAWD! :yikes: :cus:

(I've got my hands over my ears and can't hear any more about the ssssss being in the toliet!....na na na na na na na na!!!!)

[F16 1UB]

I dumping all my Milk of Magnesia and stocking up on Ammonium AD.

[villager99]

i've yet to find one in the house or toilet but 1 inch diameter slate/black snakes are common every spring .
lanai and garage are as close as the've come to being inside.
sorry, i don't know their name but have been assured they're not dangerous.

[darbyduff]

CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!!! LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA ??? ??? ???

[Happy Villager]

Hey Best Mickey, this fear about snakes and the lue sound like the one you asked me regarding aligators in TV and worrying about sitting in Sumter Landing and being able to close your eyes :joke: This isn't the everglades and the area has been inhabited a long time now. Great having a baby sister!

[bestmickey]

I know. ;D The operative word is "baby". 8)

[darbyduff]

How can IMTEMPLE blog about "water softners" when I'm worried about........you know what........la la la la al

[scottke]

I'm with all of you. I was worried about additional tornadoes and hurricanes but now frogs and snakes. My hands are over my ears too - la la la la la and now I'm only reading out of semi-covered eyes to see what anyone else says. Ugh!

[jjdees]

In Florida, you have to watch out for the giant palmetto bugs too. They can reach a size of 10-12 inches in length. You can knock them unconscious with a heavy shoe and then throw them out the door and hope they won't come back. AAARRGGHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jim16g]

What kind of snakes are we talking about here?????


bowl constrictors

[mackbeth]

Hey everybody! get a grip, don't panic. :o Your going nuts over nothing, :yikes: I've never seen a 12 "
palmetto bug in my life and I have lived here all my life, as in born here! yes, there are alligators
in the lakes, snakes in the woods, bugs in the lawn, You are in florida now, a subtropical environment.
RELAX!!! you will adjust, look how many already have. :welcome:

[darbyduff]

What do you mean there are alligators in Florida...... Oh my gawd...it just keeps getting worse! :yikes:




"Hey Toto.....we're not in Kansas anymore"......... :o :o

[villagerjudy]

ROFLMAO......My neighbors on the next street are petrified of snakes. Since I kind of like them (snakes and the neighbor) I am the official snake herder. I received a paniced knock on the door to get a snake out of their garage. Took about 2 minutes (about a 5 foot coach whip) to herd it out. LOL, Find a "country folk" and you can have a snake herder too. In So. Georgia I had a dog door (O.K. have one here too) and had a turtle, possum, snake, and lotsa lizards who came in for a visit.

[Avista]

We used to have a doggie door. One morning at 2AM we found a family of racoons in our house. We looked the the keystone cops trying to get them back out side.

[Donna]

OMG..I forgot about Palmetto Bugs... :yikes: One night I was in Sumter Square and one ran out of the sewer...I ran all the way down the block..The peeps had a great time laughing at me...

I can deal with..snakes..frogs..lizards..
NO PALMETTO BUGS!!! :o

"lions, and tigers, and bears..oh my"

[jjdees]

I saw one big Palmetto bug at Spanish Springs one rainy day. It had to be at least two feet long. I tried to catch it but it outran me.

[villager99]

one persons palmetto bug is another person's roach.
but regardless of what you call them this is frorida and you'll need to get used to them. a good pest control service does keep them to a minimum.

[bestmickey]

ROFLMAO......My neighbors on the next street are petrified of snakes. Since I kind of like them (snakes and the neighbor) I am the official snake herder. I received a paniced knock on the door to get a snake out of their garage. Took about 2 minutes (about a 5 foot coach whip) to herd it out. LOL, Find a "country folk" and you can have a snake herder too. In So. Georgia I had a dog door (O.K. have one here too) and had a turtle, possum, snake, and lotsa lizards who came in for a visit.


OK, I either have to live near you, and hope you like me. ;D OR, I want a new covenant (did I say that? ::))...."There must be one snake rangler living on each block of housing."

[darbyduff]

This is my worse nightmare!!! We deal with coyotes, foxes and rabbits in our backyard out here (and we live in the city!!) but nothing I'm deathly afraid of.......... but you guys down in TV are playing in a different league entirely. Village Judy....please say you make house calls :super: :bigthumbsup:???????? Pretty Please :bow:

[nanci2539]

I'm with you Darby - I am freaking big time.

I love to garden, its my favorite hobby. I have lovely gardens now and the most I put up with are bunnies - cute little bunnies that eat my plants! Once in a while, there's an ant hill. I've heard about coyotes and foxes but never seen them.

My cats will come out back with me on weekends and that keeps the bunnies away.

We're talking critters of another dimension! Snakes I can't handle. Frogs if they are cute like Kermit, maybe. Big bugs, no way. Alligators, forget it. All I know about that is not to run in a straight line.

I really am freaking guys - big time!

[villagerjudy]

Still ROFLMO. My snake education started when there was a BIG black snake on the porch in Georgia. My husband just picked it up and walked it outside. At that moment a little concerned that the life insurance was paid up. He told me that he grew up so poor that all he had to play with was snakes and there was nothing to be scared of with a king snake. How poor?????....no indoor water until he was 12......actually plowed behind a mule.....picked cotton and hoed peanuts. We live in Piedmont and will make house calls.