Are you scared of snakes?

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Here in California, we're advised to be cautious when walking in high-brush areas - esp. with Spring upon us when Rattlesnake sightings become more common.

Fun Fact: In the Disney adaption of The Jungle Book they made Kaa the python into a villain when in the original book he was one of Mowgli's allies, because Disney felt its audience would not sympathize with a snake character.

Also in the original book Kaa could hypnotize other animals but not Mowgli, because like all the other animals in the book he could not make long eye contact with a human.

Actually, I've been more concerned about mice than snakes lately - mice are prey for snakes.

A few months ago, I had mice in my living-space - this appears to have been largely resolved via pest control services, and blocking more and more points were rodents have entered (and hopefully exited).

The snakes that become more common in the Spring might just be a plus to keep rodent populations under control.

I like them and they eat lots of rodents.I always have trouble with rats getting in sheds in the winter but not when the snakes are out.
I am careful and during snake season watch where I step and never stick my hand where I can’t see.

When I was growing up my father kept a burlap sack in the trunk of the car. If he saw a black snake or a rat snake in the road he would stop and catch it and release it in our barn. I used to have a family of black snakes that lived under my house. They would venture out to lay in the sun; this was their demise as there are a lot of hawks and eagles that preyed on them. I am not afraid of snakes but I do have a healthy respect for them especially until I can identify what kind they are.

I love snakes, they're so cool.

I'm seriously thinking about building a snake den out in the pasture so that the various snakes around, including rattlesnakes, can have a comfortable place to spend the winter.

It doesn't need to be "warm", but it does need to be warmer than freezing.

I'm thinking about digging a hole about six feet wide and a foot and a half thick and tmaybe three feet deep and hen layering in cinder blocks to make an underground cavern for them along with some larger rocks piled on top and dirt filling in the north sides leaving multiple entrances on the south side.

When I was a gradeschool kid Dad considered getting nonpoisonous black snake and letting loose in the back yard to eat the moles and other varmits. But since this was in the half acre plot suburbs and not out in the country he asked the neighbors for their approval. They all balked at the idea. Oh well. I thought it would have been kinda cool.