Re: [MBZ] Snakes in the attic
A friend of mine had a racoon in his attic a couple years ago. He could go up into the attic and it'd just sit and stare at him. He paid something like $1000 to have it trapped out. I told him I'd blast it with the pellet gun for free. That was before I had a good pellet gun too. In retrospect what I had then would have just aggravated it. The one I have now is a .22 moving at just under the speed of sound, it'd do the job clean... -Curt On Friday, May 31, 2019, 9:30:30 PM EDT, Mountain Man via Mercedes wrote: Kleb wrote: > Yea but hell the wife is freaked out. I am not too keen on the idea > either. Maybe he will leave on his own after a while. We had the same situation years ago. My son went up there to see. It was a family of racoons. He saw mama racoon eye to eye. The family of racoons were gone by the next day. It seems they did not like the eyeball to eyeball encounter. tin ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Snakes in the attic
I would say a few weeks ago. The snake might come and go. I am not sure if he has heard the noise continuous or not since then. As long as the snake stays up there and gets rid of mice, I suppose all is good. On 6/1/2019 6:59 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: How long has your kid heard something at night? If this started with the heavy rain and flooding, then maybe the snake's visit will end when its home is no longer flooded. If he is a long-term dweller, then there must be a food source nearby. Eliminate the food source, he'll go looking for another place to stay with more food. https://bugspray.com/article/snake.html - Max Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Snakes in the attic
How long has your kid heard something at night? If this started with the heavy rain and flooding, then maybe the snake's visit will end when its home is no longer flooded. If he is a long-term dweller, then there must be a food source nearby. Eliminate the food source, he'll go looking for another place to stay with more food. https://bugspray.com/article/snake.html - Max Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Snakes in the attic
> On May 31, 2019 at 9:36 PM "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" > wrote: > > They don't chew thru sheet rock do they? > Snakes don't but their dinner does. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Snakes in the attic
Both rat (black) snakes and corn snakes are common here. Corn snakes are often confused with copperheads, unfortunately. One way to tell if you’re close enough is that venomous snakes have slit eyes, like a cat. non-venomous snake’s pupils are round. I’m not sure i would be keen having one in my attic, but my ceiling is sealed up tight so I wouldn’t be worried about it getting into the living space. And again, as Don and others said, it wouldn’t be there if there wasn’t a food source. I would much rather have a snake in my attic than mice or rats. -D > On May 31, 2019, at 10:29 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > wrote: > > That’s a rat snake. Very good to have around though they can be scary. Can > climb trees too to get tree rats and birds. I saw one today about 4ft long > crossing my driveway as i was headed out to do errands. > > Last year I was out in the garage workshop sitting at my bench doing > something. I had a broom or something leaning against it, it started moving. > WTF. So I stand up to lean over to see what it was and this big corn snake > about 5ft long pops up. I think we were both startled. I grabbed another > stick and was trying to lift it up and put it outside but it meandered off > into my lumber rack. Now these things look a bit like copperheads so this is > what I thought it was as I know there are copperheads around, and that really > had me scared, the damn thing was slinking around my garage. But turns out it > was a good snake so I figured it was keeping the vermin down. > > --FT > Sent from iPhone > >> On May 31, 2019, at 9:33 PM, OK Don via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> No - let him finish off the mice, then he'll move on. Both you and he will >> be happier this way. It is no threat to you ... >> >> On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 8:32 PM Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> As I am sitting here the snake is very active. It sounds like a big >>> snake but I only caught a glimpse of him. Maybe I should order one of >>> those long pole claw things used to catch snakes and shove him in a >>> pillow case or something and relocate him. >>> On 5/31/2019 8:29 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes wrote: Kleb wrote: > Yea but hell the wife is freaked out. I am not too keen on the idea > either. Maybe he will leave on his own after a while. We had the same situation years ago. My son went up there to see. It was a family of racoons. He saw mama racoon eye to eye. The family of racoons were gone by the next day. It seems they did not like the eyeball to eyeball encounter. tin ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> --- >>> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. >>> https://www.avg.com >>> >>> >>> ___ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >> >> -- >> OK Don >> >> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to >> pause and reflect." Mark Twain >> >> "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who >> learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence >> for themselves." >> >> WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* >> 2013 F150, 18 mpg >> 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg >> 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Snakes in the attic
That’s a rat snake. Very good to have around though they can be scary. Can climb trees too to get tree rats and birds. I saw one today about 4ft long crossing my driveway as i was headed out to do errands. Last year I was out in the garage workshop sitting at my bench doing something. I had a broom or something leaning against it, it started moving. WTF. So I stand up to lean over to see what it was and this big corn snake about 5ft long pops up. I think we were both startled. I grabbed another stick and was trying to lift it up and put it outside but it meandered off into my lumber rack. Now these things look a bit like copperheads so this is what I thought it was as I know there are copperheads around, and that really had me scared, the damn thing was slinking around my garage. But turns out it was a good snake so I figured it was keeping the vermin down. --FT Sent from iPhone > On May 31, 2019, at 9:33 PM, OK Don via Mercedes > wrote: > > No - let him finish off the mice, then he'll move on. Both you and he will > be happier this way. It is no threat to you ... > > On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 8:32 PM Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> As I am sitting here the snake is very active. It sounds like a big >> snake but I only caught a glimpse of him. Maybe I should order one of >> those long pole claw things used to catch snakes and shove him in a >> pillow case or something and relocate him. >> >>> On 5/31/2019 8:29 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes wrote: >>> Kleb wrote: Yea but hell the wife is freaked out. I am not too keen on the idea either. Maybe he will leave on his own after a while. >>> We had the same situation years ago. My son went up there to see. It >>> was a family of racoons. He saw mama racoon eye to eye. The family >>> of racoons were gone by the next day. It seems they did not like the >>> eyeball to eyeball encounter. >>> tin >>> >>> ___ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. >> https://www.avg.com >> >> >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > -- > OK Don > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Snakes in the attic
No, they don't chew - they swallow whole. Yes, tape up that hole so neither one of you gets scared. On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 8:36 PM Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I do have a hole in the sheet rock above the stove in the kitchen where > a hood vent is being installed. Actually my wifes ex father in law was > doing it them died of cancer. I guess I need to finish it up. I > probably need to go cover and tape it shut in case the snake finds its > way in thru that hole. Otherwise I do not see how he could get in. > They don't chew thru sheet rock do they? > > On 5/31/2019 8:33 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > > No - let him finish off the mice, then he'll move on. Both you and he > will > > be happier this way. It is no threat to you ... > > > > On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 8:32 PM Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> As I am sitting here the snake is very active. It sounds like a big > >> snake but I only caught a glimpse of him. Maybe I should order one of > >> those long pole claw things used to catch snakes and shove him in a > >> pillow case or something and relocate him. > >> > >> On 5/31/2019 8:29 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes wrote: > >>> Kleb wrote: > Yea but hell the wife is freaked out. I am not too keen on the idea > either. Maybe he will leave on his own after a while. > >>> We had the same situation years ago. My son went up there to see. It > >>> was a family of racoons. He saw mama racoon eye to eye. The family > >>> of racoons were gone by the next day. It seems they did not like the > >>> eyeball to eyeball encounter. > >>> tin > >>> > >>> ___ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>> > >> --- > >> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > >> https://www.avg.com > >> > >> > >> ___ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Snakes in the attic
I do have a hole in the sheet rock above the stove in the kitchen where a hood vent is being installed. Actually my wifes ex father in law was doing it them died of cancer. I guess I need to finish it up. I probably need to go cover and tape it shut in case the snake finds its way in thru that hole. Otherwise I do not see how he could get in. They don't chew thru sheet rock do they? On 5/31/2019 8:33 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: No - let him finish off the mice, then he'll move on. Both you and he will be happier this way. It is no threat to you ... On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 8:32 PM Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: As I am sitting here the snake is very active. It sounds like a big snake but I only caught a glimpse of him. Maybe I should order one of those long pole claw things used to catch snakes and shove him in a pillow case or something and relocate him. On 5/31/2019 8:29 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes wrote: Kleb wrote: Yea but hell the wife is freaked out. I am not too keen on the idea either. Maybe he will leave on his own after a while. We had the same situation years ago. My son went up there to see. It was a family of racoons. He saw mama racoon eye to eye. The family of racoons were gone by the next day. It seems they did not like the eyeball to eyeball encounter. tin ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Snakes in the attic
No - let him finish off the mice, then he'll move on. Both you and he will be happier this way. It is no threat to you ... On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 8:32 PM Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > As I am sitting here the snake is very active. It sounds like a big > snake but I only caught a glimpse of him. Maybe I should order one of > those long pole claw things used to catch snakes and shove him in a > pillow case or something and relocate him. > > On 5/31/2019 8:29 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes wrote: > > Kleb wrote: > >> Yea but hell the wife is freaked out. I am not too keen on the idea > >> either. Maybe he will leave on his own after a while. > > We had the same situation years ago. My son went up there to see. It > > was a family of racoons. He saw mama racoon eye to eye. The family > > of racoons were gone by the next day. It seems they did not like the > > eyeball to eyeball encounter. > > tin > > > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Snakes in the attic
What Dan said - we have a few different kinds of black snakes (though none in the house that we know of) - they are pretty much "rat snakes" - good to have around. If it doesn't find food in your attic, it will leave of it's own accord. On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 8:21 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > We have black snakes all over the place, and they’re good non-venomous > snakes. They eat rodents and small animals, so if there’s one up there he > must have a food source. Probably likes the warmth of the attic, too. > > I would leave him alone. He’s doing good work. > > -D > > > > On May 31, 2019, at 9:17 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > I am sitting here minding my own business and I hear something moving > around in the attic right above me. It seemed to sound fairly large. I > suspected it was a large mouse or something. I go up into the attic and > after a while I hear it and zero in on the location, but do not see > anything. I then spotted the insulation moving around. It sounds like > whatever it was is between the sheet rock and the paper backing of the > insulation. I start poking it with a stick and move the insulation around > to get down to bare sheetrock. By this time it moved over a little bit. I > was able to peel back the insulation where I caught a glimpse of a big > black snake. I could not see a head or really stuck around long enough to > see any markings that I recall. I decided it was time to pack it up and > head out of the attic. I am thinking this snake has been up there for a > while as the kid says he has heard something up there at night. I also do > not see any signs of mice up there either. Being out in the country we get > mice on occasion and I put poison bars up there which knocks them down. > The bars have not been touched so that tells me there are little to no mice > up there currently. I suspect this might be a non poisonous snake that > eats mice, could be the same as the one I found in the shop last year. > Should I leave it up there so it can eat mice, should I get rid of it? How > do I go about that. Do I need to call somebody? Doing battle with a snake > in the shop is one thing where I can move quick. Crawling around in the > attic where I can't move around very fast is a whole different deal. > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Snakes in the attic
As I am sitting here the snake is very active. It sounds like a big snake but I only caught a glimpse of him. Maybe I should order one of those long pole claw things used to catch snakes and shove him in a pillow case or something and relocate him. On 5/31/2019 8:29 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes wrote: Kleb wrote: Yea but hell the wife is freaked out. I am not too keen on the idea either. Maybe he will leave on his own after a while. We had the same situation years ago. My son went up there to see. It was a family of racoons. He saw mama racoon eye to eye. The family of racoons were gone by the next day. It seems they did not like the eyeball to eyeball encounter. tin ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Snakes in the attic
Kleb wrote: > Yea but hell the wife is freaked out. I am not too keen on the idea > either. Maybe he will leave on his own after a while. We had the same situation years ago. My son went up there to see. It was a family of racoons. He saw mama racoon eye to eye. The family of racoons were gone by the next day. It seems they did not like the eyeball to eyeball encounter. tin ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Snakes in the attic
Yea but hell the wife is freaked out. I am not too keen on the idea either. Maybe he will leave on his own after a while. On 5/31/2019 8:20 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: We have black snakes all over the place, and they’re good non-venomous snakes. They eat rodents and small animals, so if there’s one up there he must have a food source. Probably likes the warmth of the attic, too. I would leave him alone. He’s doing good work. -D On May 31, 2019, at 9:17 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: I am sitting here minding my own business and I hear something moving around in the attic right above me. It seemed to sound fairly large. I suspected it was a large mouse or something. I go up into the attic and after a while I hear it and zero in on the location, but do not see anything. I then spotted the insulation moving around. It sounds like whatever it was is between the sheet rock and the paper backing of the insulation. I start poking it with a stick and move the insulation around to get down to bare sheetrock. By this time it moved over a little bit. I was able to peel back the insulation where I caught a glimpse of a big black snake. I could not see a head or really stuck around long enough to see any markings that I recall. I decided it was time to pack it up and head out of the attic. I am thinking this snake has been up there for a while as the kid says he has heard something up there at night. I also do not see any signs of mice up there either. Being out in the country we get mice on occasion and I put poison bars up there which knocks them down. The bars have not been touched so that tells me there are little to no mice up there currently. I suspect this might be a non poisonous snake that eats mice, could be the same as the one I found in the shop last year. Should I leave it up there so it can eat mice, should I get rid of it? How do I go about that. Do I need to call somebody? Doing battle with a snake in the shop is one thing where I can move quick. Crawling around in the attic where I can't move around very fast is a whole different deal. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Snakes in the attic
We have black snakes all over the place, and they’re good non-venomous snakes. They eat rodents and small animals, so if there’s one up there he must have a food source. Probably likes the warmth of the attic, too. I would leave him alone. He’s doing good work. -D > On May 31, 2019, at 9:17 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > I am sitting here minding my own business and I hear something moving around > in the attic right above me. It seemed to sound fairly large. I suspected > it was a large mouse or something. I go up into the attic and after a while > I hear it and zero in on the location, but do not see anything. I then > spotted the insulation moving around. It sounds like whatever it was is > between the sheet rock and the paper backing of the insulation. I start > poking it with a stick and move the insulation around to get down to bare > sheetrock. By this time it moved over a little bit. I was able to peel back > the insulation where I caught a glimpse of a big black snake. I could not > see a head or really stuck around long enough to see any markings that I > recall. I decided it was time to pack it up and head out of the attic. I am > thinking this snake has been up there for a while as the kid says he has > heard something up there at night. I also do not see any signs of mice up > there either. Being out in the country we get mice on occasion and I put > poison bars up there which knocks them down. The bars have not been touched > so that tells me there are little to no mice up there currently. I suspect > this might be a non poisonous snake that eats mice, could be the same as the > one I found in the shop last year. Should I leave it up there so it can eat > mice, should I get rid of it? How do I go about that. Do I need to call > somebody? Doing battle with a snake in the shop is one thing where I can > move quick. Crawling around in the attic where I can't move around very fast > is a whole different deal. > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Snakes in the attic
I am sitting here minding my own business and I hear something moving around in the attic right above me. It seemed to sound fairly large. I suspected it was a large mouse or something. I go up into the attic and after a while I hear it and zero in on the location, but do not see anything. I then spotted the insulation moving around. It sounds like whatever it was is between the sheet rock and the paper backing of the insulation. I start poking it with a stick and move the insulation around to get down to bare sheetrock. By this time it moved over a little bit. I was able to peel back the insulation where I caught a glimpse of a big black snake. I could not see a head or really stuck around long enough to see any markings that I recall. I decided it was time to pack it up and head out of the attic. I am thinking this snake has been up there for a while as the kid says he has heard something up there at night. I also do not see any signs of mice up there either. Being out in the country we get mice on occasion and I put poison bars up there which knocks them down. The bars have not been touched so that tells me there are little to no mice up there currently. I suspect this might be a non poisonous snake that eats mice, could be the same as the one I found in the shop last year. Should I leave it up there so it can eat mice, should I get rid of it? How do I go about that. Do I need to call somebody? Doing battle with a snake in the shop is one thing where I can move quick. Crawling around in the attic where I can't move around very fast is a whole different deal. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
