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This morning while letting our dogs out I came face to face with 48” black Racer snake in our lanai. I quickly screamed for my wife and sent her out with a broom to evict the visitor while locking the sliding door behind her. After about :10 she was able to get the visitor out the door, unharmed. Later this afternoon I found a partially digested bird egg left in my garage by some kind of snake, he is still on loose. Anyone else seeing increase in activity? For a small fee I will gladly rent out wife’s snake rustling skills.
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Wasn’t that a movie “Snakes in the Lanai”?


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Thank God you were smart enough to marry that one.
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They are totally harmless leave the guy alone...." Born Free "
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Last weekend I had a red corn snake camping out on the top of the grill’s propane tank. This was the second time this has happened. I give the lid a good bang before I open it!
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I keep my two killer cats out in the lanai...they are fearless...

Plus i keep them very hungry...this way anything crawling in is lunch
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Are these lanais screened? If yes, how are the snakes entering these lanais?
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The snakes get in between the siding if it is not a concrete house. We had many on our lanai until my husband put that expanding foam along the sides of the house/lanai
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I’m sure mine today got in siding gap where lanai screen connects to house. I like that foam idea and plan on trying that. I suspect they are hunting anoles as that is where they come in.
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I think the snakes were coming in under the screen door to the lanai . We had a threshold put in and haven't seen a snake since.
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The snakes get in between the siding if it is not a concrete house. We had many on our lanai until my husband put that expanding foam along the sides of the house/lanai
If snakes can get in, then insects can get in too. The vinyl siding homes are not really "screened" in, are they? The expanding foam idea seems to be the resolution to that problem.
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At one time while walking barefoot, I stepped on a snake lying on the oriental rug in the dining room. It quickly crawled into our coat closet and up the sleeve of one of my coats. We think our cat brought it in. Sadly later that cat was killed by a snake.
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This morning while letting our dogs out I came face to face with 48” black Racer snake in our lanai. I quickly screamed for my wife and sent her out with a broom to evict the visitor while locking the sliding door behind her. After about :10 she was able to get the visitor out the door, unharmed. Later this afternoon I found a partially digested bird egg left in my garage by some kind of snake, he is still on loose. Anyone else seeing increase in activity? For a small fee I will gladly rent out wife’s snake rustling skills.
You called your WIFE to get the snake out?
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You called your WIFE to get the snake out?
Absolutely, she owned snakes earlier in our marriage and they don't bother her at all. I can't say the same.
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