Real Name: Valerie 'Farrinna' Mahaney Gender: female Member Since: April 11, 2006 Last Signed In: March 14, 2008 Profile Views: 1227 Blog Views: 685 Look Who Joined me for Supper... March 07 April 07 May 07 June 07 July 07 August 07 September 07 October 07 November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 
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"eek" thought you might appreciate this one.... He kept me company while I prepared Taco's... This was right above my kitchen sink, he just kept staring at me. Asked him, "Didn't your mamma teach you no manners?It's very rude to stare." 19 comments from 9 users
posted by
farrinna
on Mar 26, 2007 at 10:22 AM
Oh, and there is no way in the world they were gonna try catchingit! Guns were mentioned.... Paul wanted to call an exterminator. Whatever....I told them no ones gonna be shooting guns in my house, I don't care how much in the country we are LOL! posted by
farrinna
on Mar 26, 2007 at 10:14 AM
Well, I tried to "act" bummed when they made the comment about not coming over. ROFL... J/K I actually like my in-laws, and I'm sure they will come over eventually, lol, they just like to dramatize everything, especially Paul! My nickname for him is MR. DRAMA! His dad is so mellow and so is his brother, the two are kind of the strong silent type, so I wondered where he got the drama from and then I met his mother :^D She doesn't come across as being dramatic at first, then you get her around the family or at her restaraunt....anyway, I did mention we could get a cat, cuz Sean was chasing this little kitty around at my bro-in -laws house, but Paul don't like kitties either, but I told him it might keep the snake away. We'll see....we have dogs but the two places I saw a snake is where our dogs don't go, lol, like the ceiling or the basement. Oh and btw Scottso, the more I look into identifying the snake the more it is sounding like a Rat Snake, it just may be a baby one...Oh, how cute a baby snakey, LOL...not too many people would be oohing and ahhing over this kind of baby :^D posted by
Colitas
on Mar 26, 2007 at 08:15 AM
Hey at least this is a way to keep your in-laws away...LOL. But on the serious side, you know how hard it is to overcome your fears. Now the whole, "we're not going to come over to your house" thing would have peed me off too. So how do they expect you to "catch" the snake? Is Paul going to do it? Or about telling the in-laws when they come to visit, they can catch him. You should get one of those fake snakes and put it in the toilet at night and wait for Paul to get up and go...ha ha. Naw, that would just be mean. Do you remember Edie's fear on snakes? It could be neon green and she still would freak!! Just remember, you gotta pick your battles.
posted by
farrinna
on Mar 26, 2007 at 03:57 AM
Jeez I just can't believe how freaked out my husband and in-laws are about snakes! The men AND the women. I told them I did my research and this particular snake is absolutely harmles if not beneficial being in or around our house. I got mad and told them that their fears were based on myths, superstition and ignorance....My husband told me about how I get freaked out about bee's and I said yes I do and did get freaked out about flying, stinging insects, but that I'm not as bad as I used to be because I learned about them and that some are less harmful then I realized but that some were worse, but I least I got my facts straight! They're all paranoid thinking that the snake is gonna come slithering into our beds at night and such and that it may just come out and bite us if we stick our hands in the wrong places, etc etc.....jeeez, I laughed and told them that I've seen at least 2 other snake sightings since we moved in here 1 1/2 yrs ago and nothing has happened. They were all talking about not coming over to our house unless we get rid of it etc etc...I told them , well everytime they came over before it was here , they just didnt know it...Jeez astounds me. I mean I can understand if we're talking about something thats poisonous and/or aggressive, but I believe and know this thing is perfectly harmless....I told them I would have 10 snakes vs 10 mice(not the domesticated kind) anyday, they thought I was nuts, LOL
posted by
scottso
on Mar 25, 2007 at 09:50 AM
Looking at the pictures it looks like a juvenile species of Corn snake. We actually have one as a pet (the orange variety) but in the mid-west there is a subspecies called the great plains rat snake. There's a wikipedia article about it here:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Plains_Rat_Snake Its harmless (to people.. woe betide the unwary rat, however!) and very good to have around your yard. Makes a good pet too if you're so inclined. :) posted by
eekitsaspider
on Mar 24, 2007 at 05:32 PM
Sorry but I am not going to take the time to see what kind of snake it is or what their tongues look like!! Snakes are not my most favorite creatures as you may already guess....lol
posted by
TK
on Mar 24, 2007 at 03:55 PM
Most garter snake species have a pale yellow or orange middorsal stripe and a pale stripe on each side, but the position of the stripe varies. Some species are unstriped and some only have a ventral stripe and a checkered or spotted pattern. Most species have a red or orange tongue with black tips. About 30 species range between the East and West coasts. They can be from 10 to 60 inches long, depending on the species, food supply, and their age.
posted by
farrinna
on Mar 24, 2007 at 10:14 AM
Ditto on your comment Mimi. I was startled at first, wasn't even sure what it was at first, almost looked like a cord or rope or something. But my feeling after realizing what it was was respect and relief knowing it wasn't poisonous. I will perobably be calling someone from the Natural Reserve office which is here in town to take a look at pics to see if they can help me identify it and let me know what I need to do, if anything. At the beginning of winter I thought me daughter was exagerating when she said she opened the utensil drawer in kitchen and saw a mouse holding a whole Choc chip cookie. Come to find out it was a chipmunk, I guess when you live near a the woods or lots of trees and vegatation your gonna run into a lot of critters... But when it comes to fears of the natural kind, I would have to say, Bees, wasps anything I think that sting that flies, I will about have a panic attack and make a complete fool out of myself if one comes at me. When I first moved out here I was very pregnant and we pulled up to a Wendy's for lunch, I would NOT get out of the car because there was a couple of Bumble Bees flying around. We actually had to leave cuz I wouldn't get out of the car. I'm better now that I'm not pregnant and have had to learn to live them , either that or stay in my house all day in the Spring and Summer. THere are LOTS of bugs out here. Heck I'm start to feel panicky just talking about it....LOL posted by
mimi
on Mar 24, 2007 at 09:56 AM
I know many people have fears/don't like snakes, but I like them and have respect for them. Would I take a dump if I saw that coming out of the ceiling in my kitchen? Probably. But I wouldn't kill it. I know enough about them to know that one isn't venomous, so I would most likely call someone I know who knows snakes to have them take a look at it, and/or if they could, remove it to a safe place.
posted by
eekitsaspider
on Mar 24, 2007 at 07:48 AM
Personally I don't care what kind of snake it is, the only good snake is a dead snake to me!! I cannot stand those creatures!! Last year in the summer time I walked out of the house and right there in front of my door was a snake. I freaked out!!! I screamed of course and my husband came and started laughing at me, which got him into trouble!! But he took the snake via shovel and threw him out back into the field. So he survived ONLY because he was a gopher snake and I thought I would be nice...lol
posted by
farrinna
on Mar 24, 2007 at 07:39 AM
http://herpcenter.ipfw.edu/...>http://herpcenter.ipfw.edu/... http://www.kentuckysnakes.o... Well these are the 2 sites I went to.From what these sites say all the garter snakes have stripes that go down the length of their bodies, this snake doesn't. I'm wondering if it's a baby...which has my husband worried because he says there may be a nest in there. I'm still alright with it as long we don't get swarmed with snakes or something or it doesn't cause some damage to the house. LOL speaking of my husband, I didn't realize men could be so scared of snakes. Not just my husband, but the guy who worked for SBC came to check our phone lines and when I mentioned I had seen a little snake and I knew it wasn't poisonous, he said he wasn't gonna mess with the wiring anymore, he got all freaked and said I had to call someone else...What a WUSS! posted by
Sparks
on Mar 24, 2007 at 07:20 AM
I agree with TK...... thinking it's a garter snake. I too try not to kill snakes. although I did have to kill a rattler last year. too many children around here to take a risk. I still feel awful about it. I do have a gopher snake who lives under my house that i have buddied up with. As Greg said if they do not have a triangler head they most likely are NOT poisonous. Farrina, I think your new pet is very cool!!! I hope he/she puts a little weight on though.
posted by
TK
on Mar 24, 2007 at 01:09 AM
The West doesn't have water moccasins or copperheads. We do have gopher snakes. This looks like a garter snake, which is often semi-aquatic but has some terrestrial varieties. Garter snakes are found from the sea to the tops of our mountains. They eat fish, amphibians, some bugs and small mammals. Try to never kill snakes or raptor birds because they really work hard to keep the pest populations down.
posted by
mimi
on Mar 23, 2007 at 10:48 PM
How cute!!
posted by
farrinna
on Mar 23, 2007 at 07:59 PM
LOL about the snake soup. Wouldn't get much out of him he's pretty skinny but long, hehe, never had snake b4 and not really in any hurry to try it...as far as being a gopher snake, I don't know if they have those out here(Indiana) but I tried to google it and so far it may be a Rat Snake? I don't know I look at all the local snakes and none of the ones I've seen I can say "oh yeah, that's what kind of snake it is" but I did learn a lot about snakes in general an this one is definitely NOT poisonous, Thank goodness |
