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For what its worth, I wouldn't worry too much about them, in general. I was worried when I moved from the midwest to NC. NC has the highest snake bite per capita in the US. I spend a lot of time hunting and fishing in the woods.
Honestly, I have seen a couple more snakes here, but in three years, only one poisonous one in the wild, and two more that were brought in dead by trappers or fishermen and showed off on the bed of a pickup truck.
Thank you for all your inputs, ndcairngorm, Tominftl, arjay57, chiluvr1228, and JONOV.
Tominftl, the house is on a slab foundation.
chiluvr1228, your answer is so funny, :-)
I have learned so much through reading the responses here. I guess I will have to be prepared to learn about the wildlife aspect of Texas. It is just a matter of time and getting used to it with proper caution. The culture that I love and all my friends there are definitely worth this effort.
For what its worth, I wouldn't worry too much about them, in general. I was worried when I moved from the midwest to NC. NC has the highest snake bite per capita in the US. I spend a lot of time hunting and fishing in the woods.
Honestly, I have seen a couple more snakes here, but in three years, only one poisonous one in the wild, and two more that were brought in dead by trappers or fishermen and showed off on the bed of a pickup truck.
Real simple fix for snakes. Get 2 feral cats and feed them at the back door for a couple of weeks so they keep coming back. Then cut the food in half so they keep coming back but will also make them hunt. They will kill a snake and they also kill the rats/mice that the snakes are wanting to eat. You get the best of everything with with 2 feral cats- no mice, no snakes.
You may see some, but Missouri City isn't really known for it's snake population. I live in west Austin, butting up against the Hill Country, and we see snakes, including a lot of rattle snakes quite frequently. But I don't know anyone who lives in your area that has really seen more than anywhere else.
Folks, snakes do not want to attack you! They prefer to avoid you if at all possible. Most are non poisonous and even if you stepped on one and got bit, it's not all that painful. Most poisonous snakes will also do their best to avoid you or warn you (rattle). Snakes are your friend - they feed on all the insects and rodents you want away from you. I found a large black snake stuck to a couple of those glue boxes for catching mice in my garage. He was still alive when I found him and, it took me almost an hour to cut and remove all the glued cardboard off of him. Even when I was working on removing it from his head, he never tried to bite me. When I finally finished he just took off through the grass and was on his way. They are not something to fear.
Yeah, f*** that!!!
As far as I'm concerned, it would have been the snake's time to pass on.
tie an eagle to a string and a stone it will scare off the snakes !
or put up a sign 'free snakes"
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