We got snakes in the kitchen!!!!

[Claws for Concern]

Re: We got mutha****in' snakes in the kitchen!!!!

First Michael Vick killing dogs and now you killing a rattlesnake. Can't we all just get along?

 

[Sxysprtswrtr]

Re: We got mutha****in' snakes in the kitchen!!!!

First Michael Vick killing dogs and now you killing a rattlesnake. Can't we all just get along?

But Arthur Blank said Armchair_QB did nothing wrong, and he's a good guy.

 

[zeke12]

Saw my grandpa kill a huge one of those bad boys with a pole-digger. Just walked up and popped his head off.

I'd have hid in the closet.

 

[PhilaYank36]

might want to clean up this thread title ...

PhilaYank, with all due respect, you're nuts. Unless you are a professional at handling wild animals, you do not attempt to do so. Put a rattler in a pillow case, and you will get bitten, right through the cloth. In a case like AQB's, I don't think he had any choice but to kill it, seeing how animal control wouldn't come out and the deputy "doesn't like snakes."

As an aside, if a snake -- any snake ... garter, scarlet king snake, whatever, regardless of venomosity --- came into chez novelist, we'd be moving. Mrs. Novelist would determine that the house was uncleaner than a poltergeist occupation, and we'd be gone. Clothes, TV, jewelry, Gamecube all stay. She, I, two kids, in the car and outta here. Do not pass go.

Trust me, I know me some rattlesnake. Got bit by a timber rattler when I was 11 while hiking in North Jersey. Can't say I enjoyed the experience, because I didn't. I don't know if the venom re-wired my brain, but I don't fear snakes whatsoever. Even had one as a pet and would like another one, too.

As for putting the snake in the bag, all but the smallest snakes can bite through even the burlap bags the pros use, which is why I said to double-bag. The snake and strike the bag as much as it wants, just don't be dumb or careless enough to be right next to the sack. And if it's just too damn agitated that you can't handle it, isolate it and try to get animal control. Send it to a zoo or have it re-released into the wild. The notion that rattlers are territorial is largely a myth. They just return to the same cave each winter to hibernate, that's all.

One last thing: I would never want to pick a viper up by the head. Since their fangs are hinged like a switch-blade, they could slide a fang through the side of their mouth and stab you that way.

 

[Sxysprtswrtr]

might want to clean up this thread title ...

PhilaYank, with all due respect, you're nuts. Unless you are a professional at handling wild animals, you do not attempt to do so. Put a rattler in a pillow case, and you will get bitten, right through the cloth. In a case like AQB's, I don't think he had any choice but to kill it, seeing how animal control wouldn't come out and the deputy "doesn't like snakes."

As an aside, if a snake -- any snake ... garter, scarlet king snake, whatever, regardless of venomosity --- came into chez novelist, we'd be moving. Mrs. Novelist would determine that the house was uncleaner than a poltergeist occupation, and we'd be gone. Clothes, TV, jewelry, Gamecube all stay. She, I, two kids, in the car and outta here. Do not pass go.

One last thing: I would never want to pick a viper up by the head. Since their fangs are hinged like a switch-blade, they could slide a fang through the side of their mouth and stab you that way.

What? Slide a fang through the side of their mouth? I think you're making that up.

haha.

 

[Angola!]

I went to a football game last year and was getting ready to go into the bathroom when someone warned me to look out for snakes.
Apparently in the visitor's bathroom a woman picked up a toilet seat to see a giant rattler staring at her.
The good ol' boys had a lot of fun killing that thing. They used shovels, but I was told someone went to the gun rack and pulled out some sort of weapon.

I am deathly afraid of snakes and am not sure what I would have done in AQB's situation, though I maybe could have done the job of pinning the snake down. Not sure and I don't want to find out.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

A few weeks ago, I was rolling the trash cart out to the road. I went back to where we put the cart at one of the back doors ready to walk in.

Below me, on the steps, was a five-foot black snake that wanted into the door to the laundry room. Scared the sh_t out of me because I was just going about my business. Suffice it to say I quickly got out of there, walked around to the front. Worse, my stepfather, not the quickest afoot due to a variety of ailments, was shuffling into the kitchen - next to the laundry room. I get into the front door in time to order him not to go anywhere near the kitchen.

We both stepped outside and saw the snake was still trying to find a hole or loose or broken seal to get in. No luck - thank goodness. More interesting, I stayed far, far away ... for some reason, my stepfather goes out and throws a couple of large rocks at it from about 15-20 feet out. I don't know what he was thinking ... if he had angered that snake, he had no chance to get away and defend himself.

Luckily, the snake went away. An hour later, a family came over to look at our house, which is on the market.

 

[novelist_wannabe]

might want to clean up this thread title ...

PhilaYank, with all due respect, you're nuts. Unless you are a professional at handling wild animals, you do not attempt to do so. Put a rattler in a pillow case, and you will get bitten, right through the cloth. In a case like AQB's, I don't think he had any choice but to kill it, seeing how animal control wouldn't come out and the deputy "doesn't like snakes."

As an aside, if a snake -- any snake ... garter, scarlet king snake, whatever, regardless of venomosity --- came into chez novelist, we'd be moving. Mrs. Novelist would determine that the house was uncleaner than a poltergeist occupation, and we'd be gone. Clothes, TV, jewelry, Gamecube all stay. She, I, two kids, in the car and outta here. Do not pass go.

Trust me, I know me some rattlesnake. Got bit by a timber rattler when I was 11 while hiking in North Jersey. Can't say I enjoyed the experience, because I didn't. I don't know if the venom re-wired my brain, but I don't fear snakes whatsoever. Even had one as a pet and would like another one, too.

As for putting the snake in the bag, all but the smallest snakes can bite through even the burlap bags the pros use, which is why I said to double-bag. The snake and strike the bag as much as it wants, just don't be dumb or careless enough to be right next to the sack. And if it's just too damn agitated that you can't handle it, isolate it and try to get animal control. Send it to a zoo or have it re-released into the wild. The notion that rattlers are territorial is largely a myth. They just return to the same cave each winter to hibernate, that's all.

One last thing: I would never want to pick a viper up by the head. Since their fangs are hinged like a switch-blade, they could slide a fang through the side of their mouth and stab you that way.

During my stint in the army, one item always came up in the safety briefing before we went out and did our thing: Leave the wildlife alone. Not trying to be a fear-monger here, but unless, as in AQB's case, the thing is in your house, don't mess with it. Double pillow or not. Just not worth the risk.

 

[mike311gd]

My first suggestion, which was a stupid one, was to get a pillowcase and I'll try and coax it in.

What the ...

This is when you know you've watched too much Discovery Channel.

Hey, the Cosby's did it, and so did the Taylors on Home Improvement. It works ... or so it seems.

 

[zeke12]

Kill that sumbitch dead.

 

[PhilaYank36]

might want to clean up this thread title ...

PhilaYank, with all due respect, you're nuts. Unless you are a professional at handling wild animals, you do not attempt to do so. Put a rattler in a pillow case, and you will get bitten, right through the cloth. In a case like AQB's, I don't think he had any choice but to kill it, seeing how animal control wouldn't come out and the deputy "doesn't like snakes."

As an aside, if a snake -- any snake ... garter, scarlet king snake, whatever, regardless of venomosity --- came into chez novelist, we'd be moving. Mrs. Novelist would determine that the house was uncleaner than a poltergeist occupation, and we'd be gone. Clothes, TV, jewelry, Gamecube all stay. She, I, two kids, in the car and outta here. Do not pass go.

One last thing: I would never want to pick a viper up by the head. Since their fangs are hinged like a switch-blade, they could slide a fang through the side of their mouth and stab you that way.

What? Slide a fang through the side of their mouth? I think you're making that up.

haha.

It's been documents many times before. They can't get it out too far, but if you don't watch where your fingers are, you'll lose one.

 

[BYH]

A_QB: "I've gotten attached to the critter. I've named him Dusty. Can I be the one to behead him?"