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bjrogg:
A couple nights ago my lovely wife suddenly became extremely excited and started screaming for me. Usually not a good thing. I have seen this reaction from her before. This is the third time in the 26 years I've been living here that a bat accidentally found its way into the house. Now I'd prefer to catch and release them but my wife just wants them out immediately and I've found a window screen works really well. I tried not to hit it to hard but it doesn't take much to kill them and he didn't survive.

This morning my beautiful wife once again became extremely excited. I've seen this reaction to. For the fourth time in my 26 years living here a garter snake was in the house. Three of them I've managed to successfully catch and release. One wasn't as lucky. I wasn't home and my wife chopped it up with the garden hoe. They really are beautiful. I showed my grandson a picture and he said I was holding a rainbow.lol I'd say he's right. Here's one I relocated last year.
Bjrogg

Chippintuff:
About twenty years ago my wife called me while I was at work and told me there was a huge snake in the chicken house. We had monster rattle snakes there, so I told her to get a gun and shoot it, but she has never been willing to touch a gun. She told me it looked like it might not leave. When I got home I found a huge chicken snake with a broken back. She had approached a hen nest to check it for eggs and met this snake as it was coming out. The poor snake was no match for that eight lb. sledge hammer.

WA

Parnell:
Had to do away with this one the other day...next time I’ll split him down the side, wasn’t thinking about saving the belly.  Next time.

BowEd:
Nice pics.Seems some years are just that way.There just trying to make a living that's all.Robin told me of one just this morning she saw from under a round bale while feeding her pony.She's got a crazy cousin she stays in touch with in the Lousianna/Texas/Arkansas corner of the states who loves reptiles and especially snakes.It seems to have rubbed off on her too.She got a nice little box turtle from him the other day.She'll have pets of turtles/snakes/and even tarantulas around here.
She will let me know if she sees a big snake though....lol.
One thing I've noticed seeing them from under wood piles and bales of hay etc. is the high concentration of crickets in there I think their feeding on.

bjrogg:
I'm kinda like Robins strange cousin Ed. When I was single I had a pet bull snake and a tarantula. I really enjoyed the tarantula. It really was beautiful. Now I just have my daughter's chihuahua. She's a pretty sweet little dog though and much more affectionate than either the snake or tarantula.
Bjrogg

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