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Have you seen the Colombian Silky eggs on Ebay at the moment.? They are from someone down in Hoenwald. That is not a huge distance to ship or go there.
Look in the Emergency posts for Help Snakes. There are some j homemade snake traps described in it. Excuse teh misspells. My pet chicken pecked my eye yesterday a dn scratched it. I am blind touch typing because holding on ly one eye open for very long is painful.
Get some Vetericyn from the Tractor Supply Store. It is for wound treatment but it can also be used as a disinfectant surface spray. It even kills antibiotic-resistant MRSA. It kills fungi, viruses and spores. Be sure to spray it into the cracks where things can hide.