Buddy came by. Was getting in the bathtub and seen a big black snake in the house. So I went over and of course snake could not be found. I came home with him out in the yard afraid to go back in. I left as it seems like a good time for him to confront his unreasonable fear.

… my wife is like that …. Scared to death over something as harmless as a chicken snake

It's funny, but people are either completely terrified of snakes or not bothered at all. Nobody is just a little scared.

I rolled over an old up side down mineral tub last week and admit I jumped back pretty darn fast when I saw the large black snake coiled up under it. It was clos to shedding with milky eyes . I just put the tub back down not wanith to disturb it further. I wont call it a kink snake rat snake or any species becuse i cant tell one from the other so they are black snakes to me. I like thwm they eat the redenta and kink snake will eat the copper heads. So they all get a pass as long as they are not in or around the chicken coop. I always instinctively pull away fast when I see a snake unexpected. Heck 2 weeks ago I pulled back when I saw one of those large tan skins with red areas. All I saw was its head at first and misd said snake and pulled the dog back.

Probably a lot different than needing to call someone and to afraid to go back in the house.

… Bud snatched one up yesterday over at the lake and got bit a couple times…. A little bleeding but no worse for the wear … word is the girls were freaking out lol

I have no issue at all with snakes except venomous ones. I commonly find garter snakes and rat snakes in the yard during the summer but if anything Im glad to have them around. Ill kill a venomous one if found but let all harmless ones enjoy life. I have always liked reptiles ever since I was a kid. Even my wife is not afraid of snakes. Now spiders on the other hand I would just assume not be around them. Especially if they get to the size of a quarter or bigger. The little tiny ones Ive let crawl on my hand and I just checked them out. Just don’t like big ones.

An old family story here: When my family first moved to our farm in '53 my dad offered the local kids a dollar for every bull snake they would bring him to turn loose for rodent control. Mom was paying double for the kids to find and remove them!

I have a buddy in Kansas he doesn't like snakes one bit. I found a big bull snake on the ice in January one year when I was trapping out there. I was crossing a high water bridge and looked down and there it was.

I thought it was someones fan belt that flew off at first. Of course I stopped and backed up to get down closer to see what it was. I picked it up and took it back to my bunk house where I was staying. Needless to say my buddy wasn't a happy camper .

Found a black snake once with its head stubbornly trapped in the pop top opening of a beer can. Scales prevented it from backing out. I tried to free it but the dull side of my knife blade was crushing its head. The top of a beer can, called the hat, is much thicker than the body.

I assume the snake was after a cricket.

Snakes dont bother me as long as I see em first. Last fall, I had some corn on a pallet at the side of the yard with a tarp over the top. Backed the ranger up to the pallet and wife was gonna pull her side of tarp back and I was gonna pull my side of tarp back at same time to load some bags of corn. I stepped forward as I picked up tarp and stepped square in the middle of a coiled up 4 ft long timber rattlesnake. Mind you, I was not on him very long, snake writhed around under my foot but never made an effort to bite. Had to get the tractor to pick the pallets up as I didnt want to get down on my hands and knees to find the snake. Lifted the pallet and located it and poked it out with a stick. Kinda felt bad about killing it, but venomous snakes dont get free pass in the front yard.

We dont have as many snakes as we used to. Hogs and gators took care of a lot of them. We do get a gator in the yard and the pond every now and then

I don’t hate em. But it’s always a shock to come across one. I ain’t brave enough to go picking em up. Mostly cause I can’t identify them. I never know if it’s a murderous one

I like snakes. I used to catch over 1000 some years. I sold a great many into pet slavery. I used to go on trips with different friends, many times a year to catch snakes, turtles and lizards. It was very much one of my favorite things to do. I've made many times more selling reptiles, than fur.

I used to teach classes for the Miami County Park District on the reptiles of Ohio and supplied them with reptiles for some of their other programs.

A large part of my income comes from selling food for reptiles.

Keith

Tough to be a baby quail around Keith's house.

Snakes don’t bother me. I just try to be as careful as possible being in rattle snake country. Thankfully, we don’t have any other types of poisonous snakes here in Idaho including the Diamondback rattlers.

Inside his house?

I've caught black rat snakes in basements and attic. Also got a good sized milk snake in an attic. Both in very old houses. Most snake removals are first floor or lower though.
To my knowledge, CT has very few copperhead and timber rattlers, I've never seen either one.

There's also a fear that somewhere a duck is watching you.... Anatidaephobia

Round here that is almost certainly the case though....

yep lol