Yesterday our younger daughter called to say she'd found a "garter" snake in their bedroom. It had come in through an air vent. She e-mailed a picture to help her dad, or someone, identify it. Meanwhile the snake disappeared down the vent again. They were almost happy when he later reappeared in the bedroom, because they didn't like to imagine him trapped in the vent. Tom captured the little guy and released him in the woods, where they hope he will be happy. And stay.
A naturalist we know in Knox County, OH thought he was a juvenile eastern ratsnake. They are notorious for getting into people's homes, she said.
Clarence, the elderly cat who lives full time in the bedroom, ignored the intruder.
Yes, snakes inside: OMG!!!!
ReplyDeleteWe had a 6 foot long black snake we called "Sweetems" that used to sun on our top step... Scared the bejeesus out of me!