[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Casio

Black snakes( black racers) are harmless and the keep mice and pest away from you home. They also eat other snakes. They will scatter if you walk up on one usually. best to stop killing them for no reason let them be! That my personal opinion!

This would not go over well with my wife.

A year ago a black snake shed its skin just outside our front door. Wife was afraid to go out for weeks.

[VAtoFLA]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

This would not go over well with my wife.

A year ago a black snake shed its skin just outside our front door. Wife was afraid to go out for weeks.

The antidote to fear is information. Keep providing her with materials on how and why that snake is her friend.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by VAtoFLA

The antidote to fear is information. Keep providing her with materials on how and why that snake is her friend.

She has been conditioned to not like any snake. Most females scream at the sight of a little mouse

[VAtoFLA]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

She has been conditioned to not like any snake. Most females scream at the sight of a little mouse

Females can learn.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by VAtoFLA

Females can learn.

They can but 83% of females are afraid of mice and hard to change them

[VAtoFLA]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

They can but 83% of females are afraid of mice and hard to change them

That's perfect. Use the stat that 100% of black snakes eat mice.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

This would not go over well with my wife.

A year ago a black snake shed its skin just outside our front door. Wife was afraid to go out for weeks.

In this day and age lot more reasons not to go out of house than snake skin…