There's a Snake in my Garage.

I fully admit a not so comfortable feeling when it comes to snakes, but in the last year, I've removed two from my partner's place. I took plastic shopping bags, picked them up, and flung them out toward the edge of his property. They were not very fast, to my surprise, and fairly easy to "bag".

Aww, they're cute little creatures. I'd be honored if one took up living in my garage. My brother lives in an old Civil War era farmhouse, and he finds black racers all over his house, and comes across their shed skins when he brings his Christmas decorations down from the attic.

Snakes eat insects and rodents. Get rid of the snakes, expect mice or worse.

Thanks all.

I picked it up with a two and 1/2 foot plastic tweezers and flung it in the wooded lot next door and it came back. I know I have small rodents in my garage and insects, too , so, apparently, my garage is cafeteria central.

Send in a hungry python, OP.

Must you guys fling these snakes?

R2 I wouldn't ever kill one, unless I was r-e-a-l-l-y hungry. I can't imagine I'd ever be in that position, but I love you that you have affection for them. I feel warm feelings for the mice in my garden. I find them loveable.

Ok, Ok. r6.

If I catch it again, I'll gently release it on the ground.

R6 I did it somewhat gently. They didn't want to leave the bags, and I was bored of it.

What r3 said.

If you don’t want them in the garage, mothball the place.

Paging Daniel Boon

Remember him, long time DLers?

Did you actually witness it slithering back, R4, or did you simply spot another snake in the garage that you mistook for the first one?

You can't get rid of the snakes until you first deal with the reason they're there - bugs and other vermin. Clean and sanitize your garage.

You seem much more together than the nelly guy who hid in his gazebo because raccoons were panhandling at his backdoor.

[quote] Did you actually witness it slithering back, [R4], or did you simply spot another snake in the garage that you mistook for the first one?

That's more probable.

Damn, I'm a lazy cuss. I hate the thought of pulling everything outta the, garage, sweeping, sealing and putting everything back.

lol,r13

Hire a snake charmer to lure it outside.

R13 I concur! He ought to see James Blackwood's YouTube channel "The Raccoon Whisperer".

Picture, OP? Not because I don't believe you, I'd just love to see it. Lizards are my real passion but I can appreciate a handsome snake, there are some stunning scale patterns and colors. Though American snakes tend to be bland -- yours is probably a gopher snake, just brown or dark grey.

R18 That one is pretty cool looking, with that colouring. I still think mice are cuter.

No, r18, I don't have a pic. It's pretty fast and eager to get away from me.

You're braver than most. It must like you. Green snakes are harmless and non-aggressive and eat mice and insects. Seal the holes where they're ALL getting in. I love snakes, but not in my house.

Though symbolically, green snakes are a healing snake. Asclepius learned about the healing power of herbs from a snake. That's why it's featured as a symbol on ambulances and pharmacies.

Hit it with a shovel.

if I was guilted into not killing anymore moths that get in my house, you guys have to be nicer to the snakes. they're helping you!

Snakes are vile creatures. Any one who likes or pets snakes are not "normal"

Why are they "vile", R24? Surely you don't believe the biblical stories? All things are Buddha things!

R19, I agree that mice are "cuter" than snakes. In fact, snakes aren't "cute" at all -- more in the nature of "majestic" or "hypnotic".

My Mom was an animal lover, but she always disliked snakes, and it upset me that she'd yell for my Dad to get a shovel to kill them whenever she'd see one. One day, there was a little garter snake sitting on a rock in the rock garden, and I asked my Mom to come outside to see it (without telling her what we were going to see). She froze when she saw it, and I started pointing out its tiny tongue flitting about, and how little it was, and she ended up speaking baby talk to it; "Hi, there, little sneaky snake! We won't bother you. Be careful, Mr Snake, 'cause some folks don't like you." She loved snakes from there on out, and would lecture our neighbors to leave them alone.

I like snakes but I’m American, I don’t know if I’d feel the same way if I was Australian.

How do you feel about frogs?

Go watch a few YouTube videos of Viperkeeper. Once you witness him feeding deadly black mambas and forest cobras, a garter snake will seem like a kitten.

There's a snake in my garage.

There's a "snake" in my garage.

There's a snake in my "garage".

There's a "snake" in my "garage".

I can handle mice, rats, bugs, what-the-fuck-ever . . . but I can't deal with snakes, even those that I know aren't venomous. Given that I live on the sixteenth floor of a high rise condominium I doubt I'll ever have to. There's something about snakes that gives me claustrophobia or the sensation of being held down. As a kid I would freak out if my older brother held me down and I couldn't move my arms and legs. There's something about the fact that snakes have neither arms nor legs that just totally panics me.

R29, If I were Viperkeeper's neighbor I'd have no choice but to move. I wouldn't be able to sleep at night knowing all those venomous snakes were next door just waiting to slither into my house.

R23 You can easily catch (or rescue) the moths with plastic bags... I've been doing it for years after living with a Shinto-Buddhist Japanese flatmate. Those evil plastic bags have so many valuable reusable options!

Mothballs do not work, r10.

I had an 8' long rat snake in my garage and tried putting mothballs in there to keep him out. Never worked.

Yes, that fucker was EIGHT FEET LONG. I saw him in the yard several times. Watched the neighbor's cat watching him. Cat took off like a rocket when slithers uncoiled and started moving across the yard.

This thing was on the other neighbor's roof one spring hanging down near the door when they came home from the grocery. I would have screamed the bloody murder had it been on my house, I can tell you.

I had some people come out and try to trap him but all they got was some piddly 3' crossbreed black snake and what looked like a copperhead. (Shiver).

Haven't seen slithers since I had the garage repaired and new concrete poured. But I'm paranoid AF and set those sticky traps and mousetraps. I also got a cat.

I'd rather have a cat than a snake.

r32, I just do like I do with wasps/bees and grab a silicone cutting board and chinese takeout soup container. I am not opposed to moths per say, i had just never really thought about it. nothing will stop me from killing spiders (obtrusively in my house. if they stay small and discreet I ignore them) or flies of any kind.

Do you have a cat? He or she will kill the snake within minutes.

What about a mongoose?