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Rich is a gentleman.

 :bravo:

Mirta

More like a little boy at heart  :heart:  Thanks God he doesn't put salamanders and toads in his pockets! :lol:

 :thumbsup: Good for Rich!  Black snakes are harmless even though I prefer not to meet them up close and personal. Although they occasionally raid bird boxes, they earn their weight in gold by keeping down the rodent population. Better a snake in your garage than a whole family of mice or rats eating your bird seed, sneaking into your house, and leaving turds and disease. :abs-cheers:

Dot in PA

Yes, you are right,  :laugh: but man!  I can't stand snakes!   :laugh:  Probably Garden of Eden and all of that!   :laugh:  Rich, on the other hand, likes all of those varmints, so we do just fine.  Remember the mice have already found the bird seed and Rich shared it with them when he paroled Mr. Mouse!   :lol: 

I'd keep running, (trust me). :tickedoff: >:( :thumbsdown: :scared: :dogrun: Was it a Black Racer, they have them in Fla, which is the reason I WONT GO! Guess I won't be visiting you in the near future! :crying:

Just a normal black snake - a good guy, but I still can't stand them!  Rich is out of town and I had to go into the garage all alone this morning (is it any wonder I couldn't sleep).  Fell INTO the truck, screwed up the house alarm, forgot to reset the A/C to 78 (left it at nighttime freeze Janet temp).  I'm a mess and a bit nuts! :crazy:

What the heck is a NORMAL :stupid: BLACK snake? Janet, to me, a snake is a snake, normal or un-normal! A 6 ft snake to me is an Anaconda, I'm running. :playnice:  :D

Donna

I DID Run! :dogrun: :dogrun: :lol:
A normal black snake eats bugs, mice, and copperheads!  I hate snakes! :devil:

OHHHH Janet me too on the offer of the shot gun!!  I have come across 2 rattlesnakes in my time, really real rattlesnakes and both are no longer around to tell their side of the story!!  :paperbag: Snakes and german shepards and water are my biggest fears!!  I get in panic mode at the site of ANY kind of SNAKE!!!!!!  :crybaby:  Would be hard to get me in that garage ever again!!  Totally undersand!  But look at it this way you had your arobic work out for the day!!  :tired:

I've seen a four foot black racer being driven off by a mockingbird.  That's what you need -- a mockingbird family in your garage.

Paul

Guess my shrieking didn't count?   ???   :happy:

OK gals, why are you afraid of a non-poisonous snake?  Black snakes, either black rat or black racer, are beneficial and will keep the nasty little rodents out of your garage and house.  They are probably more afraid of you than you are of them.  I'm not a huge fan but am also not going to overreact if I see one. 

Well for me Helen, it goes back to my childhood. My brother put LIVE snakes in my bed. Granted, they were only Garden snakes but in my BED??? :scaredblue: I was 10 or 11 and when I felt it moving down by my legs......OH I SCREAMED and ran right out of the house, up the street and kept going in my PJ's. Sorry but I never got over it. Oh before that, snakes didn't really bother me, we had them all around our house.   :frog:

Donna, The  Big  :baby: :crying:

Do you speak to your brother?  Not sure I ever could.
 :silly: to your brother!

For me it is stepping on a (Thank goodness) sleeping rattle snake! That one had me screaming like a mad teenager  :scaredblue: Then having to get one away from my Mom while she was in the garden!  So that is enough for me in my book!!! That one had 7-8 rattles, I got to keep them! :paperbag:  Know they help keep the rodents down but so do outdoor cats!  :eyecat: Love them much more!

Oh no, keep the cats indoors.  They live longer and healthier lives.  Besides, wouldn't a rattler kill a cat.  :cat:

Snakes, even venomous ones are beneficial. It was difficult to try to get this child to touch the California king snake that a neighbor found in her patio because her mom was certain that the snake would harm her. I'm glad they called me so I could prevent a needless snake death. This was a particularly pretty snake...it was bright and beautiful. I think it must have just shed.

You are a BRAVE woman! :bow:  Just NO WAY I WOULD BE CLOSE TO ANYTHING LIKE THAT!!  :scaredblue: Great we have people like you to help young ones understand.   :bow:  So what did you do with that "thing"? 

OT!  Wow I just noticed I am pipping!!!  YIPPEEE I am sort of tired of the inside of this egg!  LOL!

There is no logical reason, Helen - I just don't like them.  Period.  That said, you are 100% correct about them being good guys.  So, like the ostrich....  :eyecat:

Annie in Elkhart said it best!  I'll add Mega Maryland Dittos!
 :bow:  :notworthy:  :bow: :ditto:

Hi Donna,

not all snakes are dangerous.


Greetings
Annette

Annette, it's NOT the danger, it's just snakes in general.

Cindy also included this message:

cuddle up a little closer.....tonight look under your sheets for me........ha ha he he ha

And you all wonder why I'll never get over the snake in the sheet thing. My OLDER, (thinks she's funny) sister :thanx: sends these to me every day in email!!! :crybaby: :crybaby: :crybaby:

OMG!!  I guess if I got emails like that I would BLOCK  :silly: her!!  Thank goodness I don't have one that takes time to do things like that!  Wonder what you can do back??  :poke:

I'm used to it, I get them every day, snake pics....and she wonders why I won't go for a visit. She's really a good sis and she just wants to "BUG" me...and she does. I'll get her one day.

Donna

Janet,

If you think you have problems with snakes, check out this monster..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrqS5eDsDd4

Lou

OMG!  Janet DON'TLOOK!!!  I am part  :eyecat: I DID and OMG!!  DON'T LOOK JANET TRUST ME!