My friend watched a "snake" wander down into my basement... evidentally it was in
the attached garage and when the house door was open, snake came in and went into
basement. Location is suburban Maryland.... we're had a lot of rain here in the past
few days, I think the snake came in looking for a new home.

From the description it sound like a black snake .... all black with a few white spots
on the face. size is undetermined....she thinks it was gigantic.... I'm assuming
probably about 3 -4 feet.

Don't want to hurt him, just want him out of the basement. No problem with
picking him up and relocating him, just gotta find him first.


But, I can't locate the snake in the basement and before tearing everything apart
(lot's of everything in this basement), is there a simple method for dislodging the
snake, without permanently injuring it ?? i.e. would spraying disinfectant under
the shelving units and behind the boards make this snake decide to move and be
located?? Are they sensitive to vibration ( I can turn on a sound system).

I really don't want to go through the place box by box and am looking for an
easy to way flush him out into the open. Would a pet store mouse in a plastic
box attract the snake??


Thanks for your suggestions ????

Don't be silly. Call animal control and let a professional take care of it.


"Peter" wrote in message
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My friend watched a "snake" wander down into my basement...
evidentally it was in
the attached garage and when the house door was open, snake came in and
went into
basement. Location is suburban Maryland.... we're had a lot of rain
here in the past
few days, I think the snake came in looking for a new home.

From the description it sound like a black snake .... all black with a
few white spots
on the face. size is undetermined....she thinks it was gigantic.... I'm
assuming
probably about 3 -4 feet.

Don't want to hurt him, just want him out of the basement. No problem
with
picking him up and relocating him, just gotta find him first.


But, I can't locate the snake in the basement and before tearing
everything apart
(lot's of everything in this basement), is there a simple method for
dislodging the
snake, without permanently injuring it ?? i.e. would spraying
disinfectant under
the shelving units and behind the boards make this snake decide to move
and be
located?? Are they sensitive to vibration ( I can turn on a sound
system).

I really don't want to go through the place box by box and am looking
for an
easy to way flush him out into the open. Would a pet store mouse in a
plastic
box attract the snake??


Thanks for your suggestions ????

When I saw what looked like a young rattlesnake slither into my downstairs
familyroom, in a house with three young children, I called animal control,
after I threw a full basket of laundry at it, and they said, 'good luck'. I
called the police, they said, 'good luck'.

I called my neighbor, she said, 'OH, MY GAWD!'
I felt better.
I sent the children to my neighbor and she sent her husband to the house armed
with a golf club.
We searched the laundry, we searched the familyroom. The snake was nowhere to
be found.

I called my husband home from work, he up ended every piece of furniture, moved
bookshelves, duct taped doors closed, went through every toy bucket. No snake.

Sent the family beagle into the room, she sniffed, ate up stray animal
crackers, chewed a sock. No snake.

I called a snake fancier's club in town. They suggested a damp piece of burlap
on the floor during the night and then approach with caution the next morning.
No snake.

I went to the pet store, bought a sacrificial gerbil, put it in a glass
aquarium, trained the video camera on it, filmed the poor thing all night. No
snake. Gave the gerbil to the kid down the street.

Where the dang thing went we've never found out, no snake, no shed snake skin,
no dried up snake corpse. The children are all teenagers now and one of them
has his punk rock band practice in that familyroom. I think I can safely
declare that the snake is gone.

Good luck!






kathy :-)
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Ka30P wrote:

When I saw what looked like a young rattlesnake slither into my downstairs
familyroom, in a house with three young children, I called animal control,
after I threw a full basket of laundry at it, and they said, 'good luck'. I
called the police, they said, 'good luck'.

I called my neighbor, she said, 'OH, MY GAWD!'
I felt better.
I sent the children to my neighbor and she sent her husband to the house armed
with a golf club.
We searched the laundry, we searched the familyroom. The snake was nowhere to
be found.

I called my husband home from work, he up ended every piece of furniture, moved
bookshelves, duct taped doors closed, went through every toy bucket. No snake.

Sent the family beagle into the room, she sniffed, ate up stray animal
crackers, chewed a sock. No snake.

I called a snake fancier's club in town. They suggested a damp piece of burlap
on the floor during the night and then approach with caution the next morning.
No snake.

I went to the pet store, bought a sacrificial gerbil, put it in a glass
aquarium, trained the video camera on it, filmed the poor thing all night. No
snake. Gave the gerbil to the kid down the street.

Where the dang thing went we've never found out, no snake, no shed snake skin,
no dried up snake corpse. The children are all teenagers now and one of them
has his punk rock band practice in that familyroom. I think I can safely
declare that the snake is gone.

Good luck!






kathy :-)
A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A

LMAO--that is too funny!! as long as it isn't my house! LOL

amy

Peter said:

Don't want to hurt him, just want him out of the basement. No problem with
picking him up and relocating him, just gotta find him first.

But, I can't locate the snake in the basement and before tearing everything apart
(lot's of everything in this basement), is there a simple method for dislodging the
snake, without permanently injuring it ?? i.e. would spraying disinfectant under
the shelving units and behind the boards make this snake decide to move and be
located?? Are they sensitive to vibration ( I can turn on a sound system).

When we had a snake get loose in the house, we eventually found it in the base
of the water heater (the warmest place it could find). It took just a little man-handling
to get him out from under there.

If your basement is typically cool, then look in the warmest spot. Or, maybe lure
it out by creating a basking spot.
--
Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)