I'd sure rather think that the kids brought the snakes in, rather than
thinking they are getting in another way. I really don't mind snakes, but
don't want to find one crawling in my house.
Jackie
Iowa
Ann James wrote:
Sounds like a ringneck snake. A picture and description are available at =
Congratulaitons to your neighbor for not assuming that the snake should =
immediately be killed.
Gerry Strey
Madison, Wisconsin
Hi all,
I was out walking and my neighbor came out to release a snake she had =
found in her children's playroom. I don't recognize it and it's =
important to ID it because this is the second one she has found there. =
I told her I would ask some very knowledgeable friends.
Light tan belly, medium grey back. Strongest identifying factor was a =
bright yellow ring/stripe around its neck.
We live in Massachusetts.
Thank you,
Esther
I'll bet the kids are bringing the snake in. I sure captured my share of
snakes as a youngster.
Ann James
Yep! That's it. Although the belly wasn't very yellow yet. It's probably
a youngster.
Thank you,
Esther
Sounds like a ringneck snake. A picture and description are available at
Congratulaitons to your neighbor for not assuming that the snake should
immediately be killed.
Gerry Strey
Madison, Wisconsin
Install a baffle of some kind over your dryer vent. Even big ones get in
that way, and cities don't see fit to regulate anything as pets except
chickens. Margaret L
In a message dated 08/14/2001 10:31:22 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
eczekalski@MEDIAONE.NET writes:
Is this the snake ?
http://www.umass.edu/umext/nrec/snake_pit/pages/ringn.html
Esther,
This is not basement country, so I don't know much about what gets in them
in the way of wildlife.
But I'm sure children that small wouldn't be catching snakes.
Ann
I don't think it was the boys. The oldest has only been walking for a year
or so. We all have wet basements here. That kind of snake really likes the
little salamanders that we find coming out of the cracks in the basement in
wet weather. My theory is that she has a few survivors from a nest that are
being driven out by water and their need for more food.
The web site, by the way, was very reassuring. It's been 200 years since
anyone died from snake bite in MA, not that these are poisonous at all.
These little guys are rare and very shy. And, by the way, this one was so
small that I think it would have trouble opening mouth enough to bite even a
little toe.
But I agree, she is a special lady not to over react. The first one she saw
when nursing the baby. Talk about protective instincts.
I dropped off a picture from the web site and several pages about snakes
about an hour ago and she had a friend with children over playing with hers.
I could tell she wasn't wanting to discuss the snakes in her house in front
of her friend and discretely folded the pages saying she could read them
later.
Esther
