Jeff, I am now super glad that I didn't put ceiling fans in my condo....I knew I should in the bedroom at least, but opted for a chandelier......so damn the electric bill for A/C ....
I would have had a fatal coronary....and as it is I am going to have nightmares and will check the chandelier over my bed nightly for about 2 weeks.
Jeff, I am now super glad that I didn't put ceiling fans in my condo....I knew I should in the bedroom at least, but opted for a chandelier......so damn the electric bill for A/C ....
I would have had a fatal coronary....and as it is I am going to have nightmares and will check the chandelier over my bed nightly for about 2 weeks.
Watching that snake fly iff the ceiling fan was like a new version of “Snakes on a Plane”. That snake needed a laugh and wanted to scare the pants off of that person. Score one for the snake.
Everything on earth is either an electron donor (good ) or an electron stealer (bad). Moving water, the earth, wonderful electron donors . Moving air, wind, an electron stealer. SAD (standard American Diet) is a big electron stealer.
He crawled out the ceiling where the ceiling fan wiring is located there is probably several others in the attic waiting to exit at some other location.
We had a huge king snake in the attic at our grandparent's house in the mountains. My brother had seen it but said nothing because we no longer had a problem with squirrels and chipmunks... Then one day the rental manager called to tell him there was a snake in the house, that he needed to get rid of it... He laughed. She didn't understand... She told him she was showing perspective renters the house when it stuck its head out of the vent in the ceiling... "What did you do?" She replied rapidly, "I diverted their attention to the floor!" Lol! He drove over to the house later and found the snake's skin near the attic entry door. It was over 6' long. He searched for the snake and then quietly departed and told the rental manager he left the snake in the attic. No more rodents. The snake was only there to eat and shed. He searched several times over the years but only found fresh snake skins of the same snake. No harm, no foul.
I love this. We had a rat problem in our two attics for years, in spite of 'rat proofing.' What a pain. My husband became an expert exterminator. Beef jerky works the best in rat traps. We learned that rats love beef jerky, and it always triggers the trap catching the rat, unlike a piece of cheese that they can tease out of the trap. It was work for my hubs. If only we thought of a king snake, which are plenty here!
That’s a great snake story! I’ve always considered snakes to be my helpers in the garden but prefer that they keep a low profile—neither seen nor heard.
Same here. I encounter quite a few black racers and never bother with them. My girlfriend and I were pulling weeds one day when she suddenly let out an ear piercing scream and fell backwards off of the milk crate she was seated on... I ran to help her up, laughing as she described what had transpired.... " I reached into the azalea bush to pull out the vines and out comes this snake right at me! Lord have mercy, I thought I was goin die!" I told her it was one of my harmless black racers... "Well, you can find another weed puller then cause I ain't goin let one send me to my grave!" She didn't return for several months, then when she showed back up she wanted to know if I'd seen the snake again. I told her she'd scared it away with her high pitched screams... She started pulling weeds again, but I did take note that she used her rake to clear the bushes before she reached her hand into the area... Lol
That's me. I scream the neighborhood down. Had one that used to live under the car in a hole in the cement in the barn. That damn snake chased me half way down the drive.
I fixed him though...moth balls down his hall and boxes of it sprinkled in the barn.
No....he fixed you. The desire to offend harmless snakes dies when you learn about them. My eldest daughter was pertified of snakes, yet they showed up frequently in her life. At the age of 40 she began a selfless journey, by joining a facebook group to overcome her fear of all kinds of snakes. Now, she is the resident family snake expert. "Moccasins are vipers. They are aggressive. They will get out of your way. No, they won't chase you. They aren't that kind of aggressive." She was speaking to her son, matter of factly, after he asserted that moccasins will come after him. He was immediately calmed, armed with education. I am so proud of her! The mom who had no real fear of snakes never thought to speak to her fear in such a way as she did.
I even bought a book about how to get over fear of snakes.
Nope.
It is atavistic in me. Probably had something to do with my childhood, and I won't repeat the story here as it would definitely identify me...but the teenager up the street kept exoctic snakes and they used to escape.....I am probably traumatized for life about them.
Jeff, I am now super glad that I didn't put ceiling fans in my condo....I knew I should in the bedroom at least, but opted for a chandelier......so damn the electric bill for A/C ....
I would have had a fatal coronary....and as it is I am going to have nightmares and will check the chandelier over my bed nightly for about 2 weeks.
UGH.
Thank you for making me grateful for my choice!!
Watching that snake fly iff the ceiling fan was like a new version of “Snakes on a Plane”. That snake needed a laugh and wanted to scare the pants off of that person. Score one for the snake.
Snakes on a fan 😆
I couldn't watch Snakes on a Plane. :-)
I cannot abide a snake.
Everything on earth is either an electron donor (good ) or an electron stealer (bad). Moving water, the earth, wonderful electron donors . Moving air, wind, an electron stealer. SAD (standard American Diet) is a big electron stealer.
That is so interesting...I am going to contemplate this for a while.
Why do I like storms? I love going out in them....
What is salt air? Because it always makes me feel better?
I wonder how that snake got up there?
He crawled out the ceiling where the ceiling fan wiring is located there is probably several others in the attic waiting to exit at some other location.
Probably more than one snake in that house. Oh the horror of it. 🤯😳
I am thinking of the security uses and applications. Intruder at the front door? Engage the “repeating snake launcher.”
:-)
😱😱😱😂
It won the election, fair and square.
We had a huge king snake in the attic at our grandparent's house in the mountains. My brother had seen it but said nothing because we no longer had a problem with squirrels and chipmunks... Then one day the rental manager called to tell him there was a snake in the house, that he needed to get rid of it... He laughed. She didn't understand... She told him she was showing perspective renters the house when it stuck its head out of the vent in the ceiling... "What did you do?" She replied rapidly, "I diverted their attention to the floor!" Lol! He drove over to the house later and found the snake's skin near the attic entry door. It was over 6' long. He searched for the snake and then quietly departed and told the rental manager he left the snake in the attic. No more rodents. The snake was only there to eat and shed. He searched several times over the years but only found fresh snake skins of the same snake. No harm, no foul.
I love this. We had a rat problem in our two attics for years, in spite of 'rat proofing.' What a pain. My husband became an expert exterminator. Beef jerky works the best in rat traps. We learned that rats love beef jerky, and it always triggers the trap catching the rat, unlike a piece of cheese that they can tease out of the trap. It was work for my hubs. If only we thought of a king snake, which are plenty here!
I used peanut butter...works very well.
That’s a great snake story! I’ve always considered snakes to be my helpers in the garden but prefer that they keep a low profile—neither seen nor heard.
Same here. I encounter quite a few black racers and never bother with them. My girlfriend and I were pulling weeds one day when she suddenly let out an ear piercing scream and fell backwards off of the milk crate she was seated on... I ran to help her up, laughing as she described what had transpired.... " I reached into the azalea bush to pull out the vines and out comes this snake right at me! Lord have mercy, I thought I was goin die!" I told her it was one of my harmless black racers... "Well, you can find another weed puller then cause I ain't goin let one send me to my grave!" She didn't return for several months, then when she showed back up she wanted to know if I'd seen the snake again. I told her she'd scared it away with her high pitched screams... She started pulling weeds again, but I did take note that she used her rake to clear the bushes before she reached her hand into the area... Lol
That's me. I scream the neighborhood down. Had one that used to live under the car in a hole in the cement in the barn. That damn snake chased me half way down the drive.
I fixed him though...moth balls down his hall and boxes of it sprinkled in the barn.
No....he fixed you. The desire to offend harmless snakes dies when you learn about them. My eldest daughter was pertified of snakes, yet they showed up frequently in her life. At the age of 40 she began a selfless journey, by joining a facebook group to overcome her fear of all kinds of snakes. Now, she is the resident family snake expert. "Moccasins are vipers. They are aggressive. They will get out of your way. No, they won't chase you. They aren't that kind of aggressive." She was speaking to her son, matter of factly, after he asserted that moccasins will come after him. He was immediately calmed, armed with education. I am so proud of her! The mom who had no real fear of snakes never thought to speak to her fear in such a way as she did.
I even bought a book about how to get over fear of snakes.
Nope.
It is atavistic in me. Probably had something to do with my childhood, and I won't repeat the story here as it would definitely identify me...but the teenager up the street kept exoctic snakes and they used to escape.....I am probably traumatized for life about them.
I've heard my share of snake stories... I understand.
6' long is a big snake, too big for me to think it's ok to hang around the house.
Harmless snake. They stay out of the open, keep pretty much to themselves... and are better to have around than chipmunks, mice and squirrels...
We use bald eagles for that purpose. When the squirrel pop increases, the eagles show up, then the squirrel pop decreases.
Rinse and repeat, every year. Life is good.
Hawks will do that too! And, Osprey!
They enter the attic and find the hole where the fan was attached.