Susan Hilton College Station Real Estate
Realtor & Vice President of Sales of Bryan College Station Real Estate
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The Only Good Snake is a Dead Snake!
May 5th, 2008 Categories: Community Events, True Tales
Some people say, “The only good snake is a dead snake.” What about a snake that kills other snakes? Is it better off dead or alive? I had a college girl call me the other day and she said she had a snake in her front yard. We don’t usually do snakes, but the girl said it was in her yard and I was close by so I went to take of it for her. The snake was not just in her front yard, it was in the raised flower bed right next to her mail box. The snake was what my family calls a Pepper King snake, also known as a Speckled King or Salt and Pepper King Snake. These snakes are beneficial and kill other snakes. She didn’t care that the snake was beneficial she just wanted it gone. Being that it was right next to her mail box I don’t blame her.
Geoff – Breakaway Pest Control
So Geoff, did you relocate the snake? That is awesome that Breakaway Pest Control will come when called to save the day!
Unfortunatly I had to kill it being that I was not prepared to transport it live. The girl was very happy.
I wonder if another benifit of the snake is it would eat mice and other small best that might get in ther house.
Just a thought!
In general snakes are more afraid of us then we are of them. We are not use to seeing snakes so they startle us more than anything. If given a few minutes, they will go someplace else. If you were in a place where someone or something could kill you, wouldn’t you move?
It is funny that a post about a snake in on a real estate blog in College Station would create so many comments. Keep it up!
My cousin who is an experienced snake handler said there are 2 ways to detect a poisonous snake. One is the diamond shaped head, and the second is if they have eyes like a cat with the vertical slit. Personally, I’m not sticking around to go eyeball to eyeball with a snake!
Just last night at a listing appointment in Emerald Forest (College Station) a seller was telling me that the night before she was watching TV a snake about 2 1/2 feet in length was slithering across her floor! As I cringed at the thought, she told me she had been by herself at the time! I thought I would have just died! She said that she did not know what to do and was it a poisonous snake? I mean really, a poisonous snake in the middle of a subdivision in College Station?? She called her dad- “what do I do???” but before he could answer he moved towards a laundry basket that had been on the floor. THIS BRAVE WOMAN captured this snake with the basket and went and got a Hoe and some BBQ Tongs! She had to get it out of the house, because no way she was going to chop it up on those beautiful brand new hardwood floors (THANK YOU FOR THAT! It might have made the house harder to sell!!) Her bravery took over and she scooped it up with the tongs which it immediately wrapped itself around and she took it outside far away from the home. Of course this was after it got away once! I am sitting there in awe with chills as she said, “I grew up in the country, so I wasn’t too afraid after the shock wore off!” Let me tell you my friends! I live in Rural Brazos County (Bryan), grew up in rural Burleson County (Caldwell) and have lived in the country most of my life. But there is NO WAY I COULD HAVE BEEN AS BRAVE AS HER! I said I would have run and never looked back! I would have moved away! Though she had a great point to that- who know where it might have gone in the house if she left?? She didn’t want to chance waking up to it in her face during the night! Well Miss Brave Snake lady- Here is to you! You are my hero! My IDOL! Because to me, it takes a strong woman to get a scary who knows if it is poisonous snake out of your suburban house! Maybe she could have called Breakaway Pest Control, but the thought was GET IT OUT! Me, I might just end up having to call a GOOD REALTOR (KRISTI FOX) to sell my house, snake and all!!! And for anyone who sees this new listing over in Emerald Forest with my name on it- NO WORRIES! The snake is gone!! But if you see my house for sale one day you might ask if I am moving because of a snake before you come in and take a look!
Because my little darling daughter is the only critter allowed in my house!!