Guest guest Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 In a message dated 5/1/2006 9:30:41 PM Pacific Standard Time, maryannanderic@... writes: I was heading to bed and I went in the kitchen to throw a paper bowl away and wash my hands. Something caught my eye. There was a snake in the middle of my kitchen window! Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh....... AAAaaaaah!! I will shriek now anyway!! I don't know what it is tonight with God's creatures wanting to be inside, but I was lying on the floor watching t.v. tonight and a HUGE black ant was crawling across the floor. I yelled to my 13 yr old ds to smash the "ant on radiation" LOL, so he smashed it with a book and the thing was still wiggling around. OK, not as freaky as your 4 ft snake, but still!! Got me off the floor!! I called from the study and he came in and was fascinated by it and called it beautiful. Hmmmm...... Lynn (9) came out of her room and asked what was going on and she was fascinated by it too. OK, caged in like that I might be fascinated too! Lynn wanted to wake up Vonn (6) but she's finally gotten over being afraid of everything so I didn't want her to see a 4 foot long snake outside the kitchen window. Poor kid would need years of therapy. I would need years of therapy after having that in my house too.... This darn snake was climbing up the brick around the window. soon realized that it was heading straight for the birds nest nearby. Dinner time! We knocked on the window but that didn't phase it at all so went out and got it down with a broom handle. It fled into a weep hole in the house in the laundry room wall. What the frig is it about snakes crawling in our weep holes??????? That happened once before. I am totally creeped out! Yeah, that would creep me out to have it in the hole in the house.... ewwwww... sleep with a gun or something. Yuk. Yes, I am a feminist! I ummm...... I just let deal with snakes so he feels needed. Yes. That's it. I was just thinking of 's ego. That's good, let him believe he's your strong man!! I categorically deny cringing behind my 9 year old as she happily stared at the snake from a step stool in front of the kitchen window. I am fearless!....... usually. LOL Ann!! Hey, you could have had bbq snake for dinner.... :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 My house would so be on the market. LOL The lady across the street is facintated with animals to begin with. We occasionally get bears in the neighborhood. I have yet to see one. It would not be a good thing if I did. Now what is a weep hole. Isnt there a way to get it out. NH... Mom to Abby Liz 10/94 Anne 7/99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 I have been fortunate to not get stuff inside the house except ants and mold. BUT have had mice, bears, fisher cats, deer, porcupine, fox, and other around. NH... Mom to Abby Liz 10/94 Anne 7/99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 > The snake was straight across the middle of the window on the little ledge made by the bottom pane. A live draft-stopper. >I called from the study and he came in and was fascinated by it and called it beautiful. Hmmmm...... I probably would have been standing there with them, asking if I could keep it as a pet! >It fled into a weep hole in the house in the laundry room wall. What the frig is it about snakes crawling in our weep holes??????? That happened once before. What's a " weep hole " and is it possible to close it off, or at least put a vent type thing over it so no snake or other critter can crawl into it? > I pet a python at the zoo last week but I don't want a snake in my wall! If you spoke parseltongue you could just tell it to leave. >I swear I'm going to wear boots and pull the clothes on the floor out with a rake. That's what you get for tossing clothes *on* the floor in the first place. LOL >Yes, I am a feminist! I ummm...... I just let deal with snakes so he feels needed. Yes. That's it. I was just thinking of 's ego. Snakes I can handle - we even had pet garter snakes when Henry was small - but spiders are my weakness. I'm so allergic to spider bites that one whole summer as a kid my feet were blown up like balloons and I had to go shoeless and sockless, as nothing would fit, not even flip-flops. Now when I see any spider I go the other way and call Ed to whack 'em. > I categorically deny cringing behind my 9 year old as she happily stared at the snake from a step stool in front of the kitchen window. I am fearless!....... usually. Your secret is safe with us. Sue in NJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 > LOL Ann!! Hey, you could have had bbq snake for dinner.... :-D Those Texans probably have loads of recipes for rattlesnake stew. She could probably substitute the rat snake for the rattler and have it come out all right. Sue in NJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 > My house would so be on the market. LOL And *you* live in a more suburban area than I do! Around here we routinely get opossums and raccoons in the yards, as well as the regular urban critters - mice, rats, squirrels, and pigeons - getting into attics and basements. If everybody who ever had an unwanted " guest " sold their house, nobody would be owning one! Sue in NJ who had a bat in her attic back in 1996 or so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 Oh wow a snake!!!!!!!!!! I would have screamed. How did you sleep that night? I hate snakes. There is no way you could even get me to pet one at the zoo. They are so slimy and gross. Gives me the chills just thinking about them. Icky!!! Icky!!! Icky!!! Sorry but just thinking about having one so near is like running fingernails down a chalkboard to me. I do hope that it went away. from MO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2006 Report Share Posted May 6, 2006 ----- Original Message ----- From: " Sue in NJ " <susang3@...> > What's a " weep hole " and is it possible to close it off, Here in Houston we have mostly brick homes on concrete slabs. The bottom row of bricks, the ones that sit on the slab, are placed so there's several bricks side by side then a small gap before the next brick. That allows moisture to escape from inside the wall. Unfortunately things can crawl in there even though the gap is less than 1/2 inch. Yuck! The snake was in the wall between the brick and the drywall. I read that you can stuff steel wool in the weep hole to keep stuff out. The problem is I don't want to block anything in that might already be there. > If you spoke parseltongue you could just tell it to leave. Yes, I'll go to every weep hole around the house and speak parseltongue to see if any snakes are in there. Great idea! > That's what you get for tossing clothes *on* the floor in the first place. That would be , my annoying husband! Ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2006 Report Share Posted May 6, 2006 >Here in Houston we have mostly brick homes on concrete slabs. Thanks for the explanation of what weep holes are. I guess you guys are like many Floridians and don't have basements, right? >I read that you can stuff steel wool in the weep hole to keep stuff out. I had to do that in a few different apartments in the spaces between the radiator inlet pipe and the floors, as those tiny litle field mice were getting in. I can keep them out of my apartment, but it's up to each homeowner to make sure they never get into the house in the first place. In my m-i-l's house we could only find one tiny little hole in a basement window screen that was hidden behind a bush, and we only found *that* by spraying a high pressure water hose along the entire bottom of the house over and over again until we found one spot that finally leaked. Once we plugged that up she never had a mouse problem again, no matter how much demolition and construction was going on in her neighborhood. >The problem is I don't want to block anything in that might already be there. It'll die off fast with no food source. >Yes, I'll go to every weep hole around the house and speak parseltongue to see if any snakes are in there. Great idea! At least your kids and neighbors will get a good laugh. LOL Sue in NJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2006 Report Share Posted May 6, 2006 ----- Original Message ----- From: " Sue in NJ " <susang3@...> Nice to have you back Sue. I miss you when you are not around. > Thanks for the explanation of what weep holes are. I guess you guys are > like many Floridians and don't have basements, right? Right. We are at sea level and areas of Houston are highly prone to flooding. We are on the far north side and not prone to flooding thank goodness. > I had to do that in a few different apartments in the spaces between the > radiator inlet pipe and the floors, We've done it around water pipes under sinks for mice. > It'll die off fast with no food source. As long as a rat snake doesn't crawl up to our attic. BLECH! On the internet I've read that some people intentionally put them in their attics to get rid of rodents. Ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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