The snake mafia is out to get me... (glenda-do NOT read)

rredbird

Next thing I knew there was something wrapped around my ankle.  By the time my brain screamed "SNAKE" I was doing the watusi dance trying to get it off me. 

   

I literally would have dropped dead from trauma and shock right there. My brain and heart would stop immediately and I would no longer be of this earth! I can deal with other reptiles, spiders, bugs, whatever but no snakes.

Ooh I've got the heebe jeebies, I feel for you.

Trust me - I was just happy I did not pee on myself!  That was a distinct possibility at the moment. 

Also - your heart does stop but then starts up again at a much faster pace .

My friend, Lee, had a Ball Python Constrictor he named Sulphur, because of the coloring. Sulphur Yellow with black Diamond pattern. Sulphur was a sweetheart. I got used to snakes because of him. I got to handle him when he was just a baby so that by the time he grew to almost 6 feet in length and as big around as my forearm, it was nothing to handle him. For one thing, my scent was familiar to him. And I had learned how to behave around snakes. No sudden moves. Don't get between him and food at feeding time.

But Lee's widow and my DW never quite got used to him. After Lee passed on, Sulphur was rehomed with another person who adored him.

Our neighbor across the street had a snake in the house. So, 11:00 at night, I go over there and we had to shake it out of her couch. But it was a little bitty thing that I goaded into crawling into a mason jar. Then I drove about 1/8 mile away to the edge of about 120 acres of corn field and let him go there.

But I understand getting the willies about it. At least you survived it.

Living in Southeast Texas in a semi rural area...I have many a snake tale.  I am the official snake executioner of the household as my DH wants nothing to do with them if at all possible.  Although, I must say he is getting much better over the last several years.

rredbird, your anecdote cracked me up...I'm sorry, but I was quite amused at your horror.  Really, I'm very sorry.  LOL

Our most recent run in with a snake was with a coral snake...definately red on yella, kill a fella, coral snake.  They are beautiful snakes, and this one was HUGE.  DH ran across it (not over it) while mowing the lawn.  He stopped what he was doing to go get our snake kill tool of choice, the shovel.  But, by the time he got back...no snake, of course.  We eventually found it and unfortunately killed it.  Yes, I know how poisonous they are...they are just so pretty.  LOL

One funny story happened to DH about 10 years ago.  He was working on his riding lawn mower (changing oil, whatever) in the garage.  He was also piddling around doing whatever.  He was out there for literally hours.  All of a sudden...from underneath the riding lawn mower slithers out a HUGE green snake.  This thing was big.  It must have been 4 feet long (big for a grass snake).  Well, he nearly fainted, because it obviously been under there the whole time.  He came running in the house (big burly guy) and screamed for me (petite little woman) to come kill the snake.  I came a-runnin with the tool of choice and saw what it was.  I said "I will not kill that snake...its just a grass snake."  After about 5 minutes of arguing back and forth about the snake's life...I won.  We (yes, we) captured it in a pillow case and took it WAY out o the pasture to live on.  Lucky snake.

We have had run ins with many copperheads, cottonmouths (scary) and just a few coral snakes out here.  If its poisonous and a danger to my family/dogs...its going to snake heaven.  If its not...it lives on.

rredbird

I do not like them in the bush, I do not like them near my tush, I do not like them on the ground, I do not like them all around! 

(To the tune of Green Eggs and Ham).

I do not like them here ... or there ... I DO NOT LIKE THEM .... ANY where!!!