Once you set the trash can down, you can remove the lid with the broom and push the trash can onto its side (also with the broom). Then pick the can up, putting your hands near the base rather than the opening, and carry it out of your garage.With the trash can upright, make sure it is tall enough that the snake can’t get out, and cover the trash can with something that will work like a lid.Assuming that you are not an expert at snake identification, we will just assume that this little snake might not be harmless, and you don’t want your fingers poking around the business end of the snake.Īn adult Western rat snake. Once the snake is in the trash can, use the broom to bring the trash can to an upright position.If necessary, you could place the bristles of the broom on top of the snake to gently restrain it and direct its movement. Next, gently but firmly use the broom to sweep or scoot the snake into the trash can.Place the trash can on its side with the open side toward the snake, holding it by its base (farthest away from the snake).First, get a broom and an empty household trash can.Here is how you can get it out of the garage and let it go on its way: Suppose you go into your garage and find a little snake with dark, angular blotches on a light gray body, and there is a dark band across the snout just ahead of the eyes. I’m just willing to pay the price of a few small scratches in order to examine the snake close up.Īny time I have stood by and not interfered with it, none of the Western Ratsnakes ever tried to bite.Ī juvenile rat snake. Over many years of finding and studying local snakes, I’ve picked up a great many of these ratsnakes, and been bitten many times.
However, if you corner the snake and touch it or pick it up, it may face you with mouth open, ready to bite. A Western Ratsnake will usually sit still and hope you walk on by, and if you insist on approaching it, the snake may scoot off into hiding. I said that they will not hurt you – they have no venom and only small, short, needle-sharp teeth. They also tend to be active at night, moving around to hunt while we are sleeping. How does a nearly six-foot snake stay out of sight, living in parks and creeks in our suburbs? Part of the answer is that they are excellent climbers and often spend time in the trees where they are fairly well camouflaged. Sometimes the adults look nearly black.Ī female adult rat snake. Western ratsnakes start as skinny 12-inch snakes with dark blotches down the back, and grow to about four to six feet long, darkening in color as they get older.
They will not hurt you, and larger ones eat mice and rats, earning the affection of at least a few people. If you find one in your garage, you can safely put it outside without hurting it (more about that later). You might not know that they are common, because they co-exist with us pretty well and usually stay out of sight.īut at the end of summer, after the eggs have hatched, babies may show up uninvited in your garage or garden. (Until recently they were called “Texas” Ratsnakes.) They are one of the more common nonvenomous snakes of North Texas. For others, they may be frightening.īut have no fear - these slithering guests are harmless.Ī juvenile rat snake spotted at LBJ National Grassland. Here's my map, notice no Quest markers, even though the quest is tracked as shown in above screenshot.Around this time every year in North Texas, a few people have encounters with “the uninvited.”įor some, the creatures are a nuisance. Seems to be telling me I did not kill Gennadios but I just had a cut-scene after killing him. There was talk about Phylake bounty hunters will be tracking and attacking me on sight now and then I left the area, only to discover the quest is not telling me where to go next. After killing the main target of the Gennadios quest I examined the body and got the cut-scene where you chat with your dead victim. I don't think I will see what you mean until I get unstuck from this quest bug :) ohhh sry i thought u mean something else :D u will see what i mean. I literally just killed Gennadios, killed enough alerted guards to identify Gennadios corpse then left.
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