Okies in the BYC The Original

[RonnieAtkeson]

At least wait to get the reticulaed or the anaconda after the kids move out lol. Ive seen some nasty thinks the reticulated have done to humans. All the burmese and ball pythons ive been around have been rather gentle. I would treat a riticulaetd like a rattlesnake

At least you would have a use for all those cull roosters.

 

[al6517]

Teach I have 2 really big snakes hiding out in my scrap wood pile they are pretty big, and have not been able to ID them. How can I lure them out to kill them or trap them if that is possible. I do not want to have an incident as I go to that wood pile often to get useable scraps, And see them often. What should I do??.

AL

 

[Teach97]

get rid of the wood pile

You are asking for trouble with that...perfect hiding place for mice and that is why there are snakes...plus it is a good hiding place for them...hot outside...cool and damp under the wood

Sorry about the advice...of course...a buddy could come remove them but honestly another couple would take their place.

get the wood off the ground and stack it nice...

 

[poultryand bees]

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About 22 years ago I came home from work and my husband's oldest son was building a huge aquarium in the garage. I asked him what he was doing and he told me he was building an aquarium for the snake he was going to get. I responded with "I didn't realize you were moving out, now that you have graduated from high school." He replied that he didn't have any plans to move, to which I replied - there will be no snakes kept in this house so if you want a snake you will have to move out. He didn't think that was quite fair and my response was it was called the "Golden Rule" "he who has the gold, makes the rules" As long as I was helping pay the bills, there would be no snakes living under the same roof with me. Anyway, he convinced his girlfriend to keep the snake at her house. When they broke up, he hid the snake in his closet and my husband and his two sons lived in fear that I would discover it and peace and harmony would disappear. Fortunately, I never knew it was there until many years after the fact

Since then, I have overcome my fear of snakes, but I still don't really want one in the house.

 

[Teach97]

night folks!

last real day of school tomorrow...3 tests and 1 watch the good kids

Friday is the awards assembly...and I get to go see the Dr. (something about wanting to check the fat guy's cholestoral

), pick-up some gas for my cutting torch

, maybe some feed, and yup...fun day!

 

[al6517]

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I know your right and I have plans to burn it and maybe I can snag it as it tries to get away from the fire. I dunno.

AL

 

[al6517]

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Ya know Ronnie I heard that too about the bed bugs resurgence.

AL

 

[RonnieAtkeson]

Al ive heard about it the last few years, seems you can pick them up anywhere. Hotels where popular spots for bringing them home, obviously. I saw another deal bout it again the other day, apparently there still breeding

 

[al6517]

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I have heard they are tough to detect and eradicate.

AL

 

[RonnieAtkeson]

AL, iirc bedbugs can live 500+ days without food. So i can only imagine how difficult it would be eradicate them from your home. Can you imagine? I guess you could bomb the place ever other week or however there breeding cycles work. Looks like everyone went to bed on me. I just woke up Skyla and took her outside to see all the bats flying above the house. We have a security light in the back yard off to the side. So when in the front it dont blind you but illuminates things flying over the house. Me and Skyla counted about 10 bats at once but who knows how many are realy out there. I LOVE having them here at nite, working while the chickens are sleeping, its like 24 hour bug control. I need to learn to build bat boxes.