A few weeks ago I stepped out my back door one evening after dark to take the dog out for her evening constitutional. I was surprised by a black snake with yellow bands and when he saw me he reversed direction and went in between the plywood and insulation of a tortoise house on my car port.
After a few tense trips outside over several days I finally forgot the incident and forgot to be on the look-out. So this afternoon - 107F degrees - I went to the box turtle yard to turn off their sprinkler...and there up about 2' off the ground, clinging to the side of my metal storage shed was this darned snake again! I rushed into the house to get my camera, probably took me about 30 seconds, but by the time I got back out there he had disappeared. The sun was shining on the metal of the shed. It had to be extremely hot. And what on earth was a snake doing on the side of a metal building anyway?
I don't like snakes. I don't want to ever see him again. I wish he'd go elsewhere. What can I do to encourage him off the property?
Ew-w-w-w-w! It just gives me the creeps.
After a few tense trips outside over several days I finally forgot the incident and forgot to be on the look-out. So this afternoon - 107F degrees - I went to the box turtle yard to turn off their sprinkler...and there up about 2' off the ground, clinging to the side of my metal storage shed was this darned snake again! I rushed into the house to get my camera, probably took me about 30 seconds, but by the time I got back out there he had disappeared. The sun was shining on the metal of the shed. It had to be extremely hot. And what on earth was a snake doing on the side of a metal building anyway?
I don't like snakes. I don't want to ever see him again. I wish he'd go elsewhere. What can I do to encourage him off the property?
Ew-w-w-w-w! It just gives me the creeps.