Posted by Declan on October 6, 2006, at 22:10:36
In reply to Off topic question (Gila Monsters?) *snake trig*, posted by Racer on October 6, 2006, at 20:20:46
There are cool goannas and carpet snakes here. We live in the country and use our own rainwater. Recently there was a very strange smell. It turned out (after a few days) that it was from the old carpet snake that lived in the gutters and under the eaves. He got trapped going round a support with very little space above and below him, and he died there. So there was 8ft of snake, as thick as your arm, rotting on the roof, sending foul snake juices into the gutter. Situations like this are good for me since they tell me what to do. Clearly the snake had to be removed. Unfortunately it was stuck. I went to the kitchen to get some implements...a cleaver, sharp bread knife, big salad tongs, and a couple of forks. (Tasty) The cleaver was a bad idea. My wife said 'you'll cut through the roof'. So that left the salad tongs and the bread knfe. After the snake had been heaved into a box, remaining looped around the support, we (as smell permitted approach) picked the snake up with the tongs and cut it off with the sharp knife, which was much harder than I expected. Then we had to do the other side. Then push and pull the remnant with the salad tongs and a fork so we could get it off the roof and away from our water. Then disinfect the roof and gutter.
But snakes are so cool. I have a friend with a carpet snake in the ceiling who lets him pull the ticks out from under his scales.
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