Money pit? More like a snake pit! - 05/09/21
I went to look at an interesting house on some nice whitetail property and first thing went up into the attic. The Princess stayed behind talking to the owner as I went up the ladder and walked the trusses all the way to look for issues with the roof. It had blown in insulation about 5-6" deep in between trusses @24". First thing I saw made me crack up laughing as there was a 5' snake skin at the top of the ladder,( Princess has heart failure at anything longer than an earthworm)
I knew upon seeing the first skin that this house was NEVER going to be a resting place for her highness, but hey the guy met us and it was only polite to give it a good looking over if for no other reason than to have a comp for other houses in the county...
With each step I started to get creeped out as the insulation had 2" diameter holes every 6" or so everywhere you looked and there were not dozens but perhaps HUNDREDS of skins in between every 2x6 laying on top and halfway in/out of those "snake holes" in the insulation. I am not scared of snakes BUT... this was way over the top. The smallest was maybe 4' long and the best skins were 6-7'. by the time I hit the end wall I was wanting to be anywhere but in that particular attic. I kinda high-stepped it back and was VERY happy to go back down that ladder!
Now these snakes are not going to be a problem for me as the closest I am ever going to be is in a tree stand a half mile away! What in the HOLY HELL could you do to get rid of that snake population? I have zero doubt they are down in the sidewalls as well--- the crawl space appeared to be snake free, and yes, I looked VERY carefully before going in that confining of a space.
You would'nt want to kill them as the stench would be simply unbelievable. Am I being a closet pussy and you macho guys would sleep soundly under worm bedding crawling with 6' worms???
What does a snake live trap look like? I'm envisioning about a 15' length of 4" pvc pipe with a mouse decoy in the middle and twin trap doors at both ends. I told her highness that I would love to set a game camera upon there to see just what it looks like when all is "peaceful" and they come slithering out.
And yes last night I had dreams. Snakey ugly dreams!
I knew upon seeing the first skin that this house was NEVER going to be a resting place for her highness, but hey the guy met us and it was only polite to give it a good looking over if for no other reason than to have a comp for other houses in the county...
With each step I started to get creeped out as the insulation had 2" diameter holes every 6" or so everywhere you looked and there were not dozens but perhaps HUNDREDS of skins in between every 2x6 laying on top and halfway in/out of those "snake holes" in the insulation. I am not scared of snakes BUT... this was way over the top. The smallest was maybe 4' long and the best skins were 6-7'. by the time I hit the end wall I was wanting to be anywhere but in that particular attic. I kinda high-stepped it back and was VERY happy to go back down that ladder!
Now these snakes are not going to be a problem for me as the closest I am ever going to be is in a tree stand a half mile away! What in the HOLY HELL could you do to get rid of that snake population? I have zero doubt they are down in the sidewalls as well--- the crawl space appeared to be snake free, and yes, I looked VERY carefully before going in that confining of a space.
You would'nt want to kill them as the stench would be simply unbelievable. Am I being a closet pussy and you macho guys would sleep soundly under worm bedding crawling with 6' worms???
What does a snake live trap look like? I'm envisioning about a 15' length of 4" pvc pipe with a mouse decoy in the middle and twin trap doors at both ends. I told her highness that I would love to set a game camera upon there to see just what it looks like when all is "peaceful" and they come slithering out.
And yes last night I had dreams. Snakey ugly dreams!