Snakes in Summerville?????? (houses, landscaping, buy)

[Everwatchful]

Snakes, alligators, bears, you name it. But snakes rarely ever bother people here. I think all states have snakes. Particularly south of the Mason-Dixie Line. While they are cold blooded, snakes like it hot.

On average, about 12 people a year die of snakebite in the entire USA. I think you would be better off worrying about traffic.

[fqtravlr]

Originally Posted by Everwatchful

Snakes, alligators, bears, you name it. But snakes rarely ever bother people here. I think all states have snakes. Particularly south of the Mason-Dixie Line. While they are cold blooded, snakes like it hot.

On average, about 12 people a year die of snakebite in the entire USA. I think you would be better off worrying about traffic.

Hawaii doesn't have snakes. The mongoose was introduced to control the snake population. Now they have a mongoose infestation, but no snakes. Those snake killing machines found every single snake in the Hawaiian Islands. It's kind of funny watching the mongooses hang out by the dumpsters. Don't see that many in Waikiki, but you get out in areas like Pearl City and they are like squirrels. Everywhere.
Hawaii is the place to be if you are afraid of snakes. As far as I know mongooses don't bite people.

[nicolecabrera]

Wow, Snakes that freaks me out. My husband and I are planning to move to summerville. I am not sure If that is a good Idea now. Do snakes ever get into your house????? I have a huge fear of snakes. I lived in Pa and hardly ever saw a snake. Is there a safe part of SC where you are less likely to see a snake. How about aligators????? Is the newer communities away from woods safer regarding snakes??

[Techgeek]

Originally Posted by nicolecabrera

Wow, Snakes that freaks me out. My husband and I are planning to move to summerville. I am not sure If that is a good Idea now. Do snakes ever get into your house????? I have a huge fear of snakes. I lived in Pa and hardly ever saw a snake. Is there a safe part of SC where you are less likely to see a snake. How about aligators????? Is the newer communities away from woods safer regarding snakes??

Frankly, snakes are a bad reason to not move here . I have lived in Summerville since 1988. In that time I have seen a total of two wild snakes.

1-I was walking a dog I used to have on a path through the woods behind Ashborough East and a snake (possibly a water moccasin) slithered across the path. My dog barked and tried to chase it but I gave her leash a good yank and the snake was gone before I knew it.

2-Playing with the same dog in my backyard (same house in Ashborough East). She started messing with the snake (again looked like a water moccasin) and it just went about its business and left her and me alone.

Snakes are not a nuisance here but you may occasionally see one. Roaches on the other hand...

[PawleysDude]

Wow, Snakes that freaks me out...

As strange as it may seem to some, nature is an integral part of living in the South, particularly the lowcountry, and snakes and alligators are an integral part of nature. During the warm months, alligators can be seen most days sunning themselves along the ponds in our neighborhood. The only dangers are (1) the idiots who try to feed them, and (2) the likelihood of being trampled by transients who scream at first sight and take off running. You usually have to look a little harder to find the snakes, but there are exceptions. Our neighbor recently had to shoo a black snake out of her kitchen. They can make themselves very thin and squeeze thru the smallest opening. Has anyone warned you about the Palmetto Bugs? Some are capable of carrying off small children...

Is there a safe part of SC where you are less likely to see a snake?

High-rise in Columbia.

[Techgeek]

Originally Posted by PawleysDude

Has anyone warned you about the Palmetto Bugs? Some are capable of carrying off small children...

The difference between a cockroach and a palmetto bug was explained to me like this:

A roach is a small to medium sized bug that will bolt under something when you turn on the light. A palmetto bug is a big nasty mutant bug that will fly (yes they fly) past you and turn the light back off.

[PawleysDude]

The difference between a cockroach and a palmetto bug...

Tidbit of Southern trivia: The concept of palmetto bugs was "invented" because the upper crust of Charleston Battery society kept firing pest control companies that told them they had roaches. Roach infestations were repugnant, but a family of palmetto bugs became a trademark of antebellum homes.

[swampwolf]

Also, palmetto bugs as we call them (they are certainly members of the roach family) generally live outside. They do come into the house looking for food but then they leave again. The others that we call "red roaches" or "German roaches" (in Germany they call them "Polish roaches", no kidding) DO live inside and can increase to huge numbers if there is a food source available. That food source can be something that we don't even think about, like our own dead skin cells.

[wildwoodflower]

i have been here since fall and have only seen one rat snake int he road on sullivans island.

how comman are snakes in the yard? ir is it mostly just in parks or wooded areas?

[KarynO]

I hate snakes too...good thing those cute preppie rubber boots are in style...

I shouldn't have read this thread...I'm going to have nightmares tonight!