Almost peed my Pants!!

super99

Well-known Member

• Jul 8, 2023

• #1

I walked into the shop after a tractor ride today to get some tools, pulled a drawer open and looked up to see him looking at me. He started to crawl away before I got my phone out and took his picture. First snake Ive seen in the shop in the 20 years since it was put up. Ill be more careful reaching for stuff now!!

 

R

Richard G.

Well-known Member

• Jul 8, 2023

• #2

yep, I would have to change pants.

 

BarnyardEngineering

Well-known Member

Location

Rochester, NY

• Jul 8, 2023

• #3

I think I'd just burn the shop down...

 

SweetFeet

Well-known Member

• Jul 8, 2023

• #4

Good answer... and then MOVE away. LOL!

 

J

john in la

Well-known Member

Location

What part of in La do you not understand

• Jul 8, 2023

• #5

Somebody has mice in their shed.

 

38 Sears Roebuck

Member

• Jul 8, 2023

• #6

Yeah, I'd be running outta there screaming like a little school girl. Call me a Girl scout if you want but I hate snakes!

 

DoubleO7

Well-known Member

Location

Crystal River, FL

• Jul 8, 2023

• #7

(quoted from post at 21:35:38 07/08/23) Somebody has mice in their shed.

Click to expand...

Yep, he can smell them somewhere nearby if he is up there.

 

Dingo3

Member

Location

Southern MD

• Jul 8, 2023

• #8

Hard to tell what it is without seeing the head. What section of the country?

 

J

john in la

Well-known Member

Location

What part of in La do you not understand

• Jul 8, 2023

• #9

[b:654c4848f0]Yep, he can smell them somewhere nearby if he is up there[/b:654c4848f0]

Only thing he is waiting on is darkness when he gains the distinct advantage.

 

glennster

Well-known Member

• Jul 8, 2023

• #10

the markings look like a northern water snake. any ponds nearbby? they eat fish, frogs and toads.

 

glennster

Well-known Member

• Jul 8, 2023

• #11

my bad, checked with a herpetologist buddy, it is a fox snake. good to have around, eats rats and mice. non venomous and harmless .

 

rustred

Well-known Member

• Jul 8, 2023

• #12

Nestor pester said if it would have bit u on the pp you would die, cause nobody would suck out the poison lol

 

2

2x4

Well-known Member

• Jul 8, 2023

• #13

my first guess too. Glad you found the real answer. Never saw a Fox Snake before.

 

B

Buckhammer

Member

• Jul 9, 2023

• #14

I hate snakes. It is why i live in the tundra of Michigan.

 

R

r.w.b.

Well-known Member

• Jul 9, 2023

• #15

i carry my .22 derrenger loaded with birdshot for creepy crawlys like that.
snakes n me are not on first name basis. as said above only good snake is a dead snake

 

K

Keith Molden

Well-known Member

• Jul 9, 2023

• #16

I have an old black snake that has lived in my shop for at least 10 years now. I have never seen him but we find his skin every year after he sheds. I don't have any birds nests or mice nest or copperheads in it that I know of, but he's a dead snake if I see him cause I'm scared of the darned things. I guess we have an understanding-he stays out of my sight and he cab stay. Keith

 

M

MSD

Well-known Member

• Jul 9, 2023

• #17

Best mouse trap there is.

 

H

HFJ

Well-known Member

Location

Mid-Michigan

• Jul 9, 2023

• #18

(quoted from post at 21:25:13 07/08/23)

Click to expand...

snakes don't bother me, because i live where there's only one species that's venomous (mid-michigan) and they're rarer than all heck here. that being said, he's a big boy by the standards of what i'm used to seeing, which are garter snakes. i rarely see them in the machine shed (newly-learned nomenclature from here at YT), and never up on my stuff. but i have been known to pick them up on occasion. call me a snake-hugger i guess

glad it turns out to not be the one that eats toads and frogs. i live on the edge of a flood plain and i love my population of skeeter eaters. anything that eats mosquitoes or mice is my friend

 

N

NY 986

Well-known Member

• Jul 9, 2023

• #19

Around here a snake would useless for rodent control from late October until April most years. If your are lucky maybe it stays warm into November and March is mild. Anymore it starts cooling off around Columbus Day and does not really warm up until May. I'd take a skunk over a snake for rodent control. Outdoor cats have done an outstanding job catching mice around here.

 

T

Texasmark

Well-known Member

• Jul 10, 2023

• #20

On Rattlers and the winter, knew a Florida BTO that had numerous irrigated fields. Had to put remote start/stop controls on all the irrigation pumps as in the winter the rattlers and moccossins were camped out all over the pumps staying warm.