Post by camismom on Aug 16, 2005 8:09:22 GMT -5
A couple weeks ago while I was outside cutting the grass my dh left to run into town for something. No sooner did he get down the street then he turned around and headed back. He stopped me and told me he had just seen a rattler as big as his forearm cross the street and go into the wooded area behind our house! 
I had stern instruction to remain in the front yard only and let him get beside the road in the back. No problem! Then last night at about 8 or 8:30 he started to head out into the front yard for something and when he opened the front door, there right under the porch area was a small snake! He said it looked right up at him and hissed as if to say, "hi, can I come in?" He immediately shut the door back (thank goodness we have a storm door he had not yet opened), went out the garage door, grabbed a shovel and headed around front to kill it. Thankfully he got it but said he couldn't tell what kind of snake it was, only that it was a little one. I don't care if it was little or not! All I could think of was how lucky we were that it wasn't Cami that opened that door because she would have just barreled herself on out not paying attention. On top of that, after he killed the snake he picked up a pair of flip flops I had left by the door and under them were a couple of scorpions. 
Scorpions are pretty common but they aren't the big deadly kind, just little ones that don't hurt. But still you don't want them hanging out by your door. All that activity reminded me of the armadillo Cami and I watched cross the road into our front yard, scurry across it into the back and into the woods yesterday morning while waiting for her bus. Geez! Animal kingdom running rampant at our house! If it keeps up I'll start selling tickets! ;D ;D ;D
...on second thought I think not. I think I'll go buy some sulfer or something to keep the snakes out of the yard.
I had stern instruction to remain in the front yard only and let him get beside the road in the back. No problem! Then last night at about 8 or 8:30 he started to head out into the front yard for something and when he opened the front door, there right under the porch area was a small snake! He said it looked right up at him and hissed as if to say, "hi, can I come in?" He immediately shut the door back (thank goodness we have a storm door he had not yet opened), went out the garage door, grabbed a shovel and headed around front to kill it. Thankfully he got it but said he couldn't tell what kind of snake it was, only that it was a little one. I don't care if it was little or not! All I could think of was how lucky we were that it wasn't Cami that opened that door because she would have just barreled herself on out not paying attention. On top of that, after he killed the snake he picked up a pair of flip flops I had left by the door and under them were a couple of scorpions. Scorpions are pretty common but they aren't the big deadly kind, just little ones that don't hurt. But still you don't want them hanging out by your door. All that activity reminded me of the armadillo Cami and I watched cross the road into our front yard, scurry across it into the back and into the woods yesterday morning while waiting for her bus. Geez! Animal kingdom running rampant at our house! If it keeps up I'll start selling tickets! ;D ;D ;D ...on second thought I think not. I think I'll go buy some sulfer or something to keep the snakes out of the yard.
I would freak out of seing rattle snake... I think I´d like to visit Australia, but then again, I hear that expecially Adelaide area has about 20 000 snake´s 
I didn't see the snakes myself but the thought freaks me out. 
