Men are so brave.

[Julia1996]

Hi everyone. Yesterday I had been at the store and I came into the kitchen through the garage. There at the other entrance to the kitchen were my dad and brother. They started telling me to stop and not to come into the kitchen. A black snake had gotten in the house somehow and it was in the kitchen. It was in front of the dishwasher. So my dad and brother are standing there brainstorming on how to get it out of the house. Such brilliant ideas like sweeping it into a bag with the broom. And they were whispering. I told them the snake couldn't hear them so it's not like they were going to piss it off talking about it. My brother told me to go back outside until they figured out how to get it out of the house. I said I had an idea how to get it out and my dad said "please Julia, let us handle this go back outside and well let you know when it's safe to come back in". So I watched for a couple more minutes and my brother had the great idea to put a heating pad in a box because the snake would be attracted to the heat and go into the box after it. Really??  I told him that was totally stupid and he said if I had a better idea he'd love to hear it. I told him yes I did and I walked over and grabbed the stupid snake and took it into the back yard and let it go. I had to walk past my dad and brother to get to the back yard and they nearly fell over each other trying to get away from me and the snake. It was a little black snake about 3 feet long. The way they acted you would have thought a 30 foot anaconda was loose in the house. I told them I would hate for them to see a mouse.  I wouldn't want them to faint or hurt themselves jumping up on a chair. It's a good thing I have 2 brave smart guys around to protect me from stuff since I'm helpless and too dumb to figure anything out. Lol

[MaryT]

Wow, did you recognise the species and decide it wasn't dangerous?  I would have thought that even a non-venomous snake might have a nasty and bacteria-laden bite.  I'm in awe, and your father and brother must be too.

[RobynD]

That is truly hilarious!

[Julia1996]

I knew it was just a blacksnake. True they can bite but if you grab them right behind the head they can't reach around and bite you. One of my friends has a python and she taught me a lot about snakes.

[Megan.]

Haha,  enjoyed this,  nice work Julia.

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[Jennagirl]

Julia, your posts never fail to put a smile on my face.

Way to show those brace men!


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[Jessica]

🎼That's right the women are smarter in every way. 🎶🎵🎶
Julia, they will have even more respect for you now.
But, honestly if I was there...you still would have needed to do that.
Smiles, Jessica 💁

[Laurie]

Swoon.. My Heroine!

  Good job Julia. Yes  even a non venomous snake will bite you if it is threatened. And you do need to know how to handle a snake. Know which are dangerous helps a lot too. Obvious like guns if you don't know it's harmless treat it as if it is.  I had a bull snake and a garter snake as semi pets when I lived in California. They can be entertaining to watch.

Hugs,
   Laurie

[V M]

Crocodile Dundee and Jungle Jack Hanna have competition LOL "Never fear 'Julia the snake wrangler' is here"

Awesome way to handle it Julia

Hugs

[Lady Sarah]

Personally, I would have just grabbed a shovel, and beheaded the snake. We have cottonmouths and rattlesnakes to contend with, alongside the rat snakes. I once saw an 18 foot python while fishing, but it decided to avoid me.

[DawnOday]

Pantherophis obsoletus  AKA Black Snake, Rat Snake  You do live in Mn don't you? You missed an opportunity for some good eats.   Julia you are a scream. Thanks for making me laugh. We all need that.

[V M]

Ah, fond memory... When I was a kid my grandfather would give me the skulls and rattles from the rattlers he'd dispatch out on his ranch and yeah, he grilled some up one year when I was visiting

[Jessica Lynne]

I've definitely met some women in my life that know at least a little bit about how to handle a snake 

[Deborah]

I hate snakes and bugs, particularly spiders.  I wouldn't have gotten within arms reach of that snake either.

[TonyaW]

Awesome story but I'm with Deborah on this.  No way I'm getting any where near enough to touch any kind of snake.

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[Corax]

As a guy who is fascinated by herpetology, especially snakes, since childhood I find the reactions towards the snake and those ideas hilarious.

Black snake refers to Pantherophis obsoletus here or am I mistaking?  (I'm not too familiar with the English names for the snakes unfortunately, hence unsure).
If so, just carrying it outside is really the most practical and obvious solution here.   


However, I could understand that someone wouldn't just grab a snake, no matter how little, with their bare hands in case they couldn't identify the species and weren't a hundred percent sure that the snake wasn't poisonous.

[zirconia]

Julia, I really think you're a girl after my own heart.

I'm curious—did the snake calm down once it realized you weren't going to hurt it, or did it all go too quickly?

[sarah1972]

This was so funny... I have tears in my eyes picturing the faces of your Dad and Brother. Poor helpless women needs to be saved by two strong guys... 

[Roll]

Personally, I would have just grabbed a shovel, and beheaded the snake. We have cottonmouths and rattlesnakes to contend with, alongside the rat snakes. I once saw an 18 foot python while fishing, but it decided to avoid me.

Cottonmouths (though we call them Water Moccasins) are a dime a dozen here (marshland), so was raised to be cautious about snakes even if I do really like them.

You reminded me of something from when I was a kid though. My dad was working in the yard with a shovel and me and my brother looked over and saw what was clearly a moccasin around his feet while he was working obliviously. We screamed and yelled, completely panicked, and without missing a beat he just moved faster than I've ever seen a person move, beheaded it with one swift motion and then went back to work.

[Julia1996]

Julia, I really think you're a girl after my own heart.

I'm curious—did the snake calm down once it realized you weren't going to hurt it, or did it all go too quickly?

The snake was pretty chilled out. I guess because my dad and brother were all the way across the room and hadn't gotten near it. It got a little spazed out when I picked it up but not too bad. My dad and brother were much more freaked out than the little snake. Lol.