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Black Snake in Basement
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 ???? |
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Black Snake in Basement
Don't be silly. Call animal control and let a professional take care of it.
"Peter" wrote in message ... 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 ???? |
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Black Snake in Basement
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 |
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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 |
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Black Snake in Basement
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) |
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