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Omg snake in garden

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Snakeomg · 10/07/2020 12:01

Is this a pet or wild snake? Shock

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MrsGrindah · 10/07/2020 22:10

I’m thinking it can’t get on a bus without a mask.....

Snakeomg · 10/07/2020 22:11

Errr, if you have a snake phobia, perhaps don’t click on a thread about them. Trigger warning indeed 😂

thunderthighsohwoe my windows are clamped shut too. I’m also having to accompany ddog into the garden incase it comes back. I could have sworn ddog looked self conscious doing her business under watch earlier.

WhatTheThunderSaid Putting you on my speed dial now Wink

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MrsGrindah · 10/07/2020 22:15

But we have to click on it to make sure it’s nowhere near us! It’s like saying “ If I say the word elephant don’t think of an elephant “ Impossible not to do it!

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Megatron · 10/07/2020 22:19

East of England

Oh that's just fucking spiffing @Snakeomg. 😮😮😮 So no sleep for me tonight then. Where's your nearest city or big town? For the love of God I hope it's bloody miles from me ...

GiantKitten · 10/07/2020 22:35

@IwishIhadaMargarita

There are pictures I.’did like to know that there will be a fucking snake photo as I said even pictures of them are a trigger for me!
why click on the thread at all then? You're not making sense!

It was clearly going to be talking about snakes, & when someone's got a random one in their garden it's highly likely there's going to be a pic for ID purposes Hmm

If you have snake issues, wiser to avoid snake threads in future, eh? Smile

GiantKitten · 10/07/2020 22:42

@Snakeomg, if it was quite cool where you are this evening snakey won't have gone far. They get very sluggish when they're cold.

DS2 had a corn snake for a few years & it got out several times - at least twice it found its way into a small plastic box full of socks & curled up there underneath the socks. Another time it completely buried itself in the litter in the unheated half of its tank - it was a stone-cold tight coil by the time we eventually found it. So chances are it's found a nice dark safe place to sleep in your garden.

SauvignonBlanketyBlank · 10/07/2020 22:43

Literally just googled to see of my town is classed as east of England 🐍 its not!

AdobeWanKenobi · 10/07/2020 23:09

So an OP with the name 'Snakeomg' posts a thread entitled 'omg snake in garden' and someone wants a trigger warning?

Give your head a wobble eh? 😂

FlamingoAndJohn · 10/07/2020 23:13

Here was me expecting a grass snake and ready to show of my picture and I get that!

Still, here is the grass snake that is an occasional visitor to my pond.

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bengalcat · 10/07/2020 23:14

Ah sweet snake - hope it’s reunited with owner or somewhere safe if it’s been thrown out

Crunchymum · 10/07/2020 23:14

To be fair to @IwishIhadaMargarita they could have clicked on the thread thinking someone had posted "I think I saw a snake in my garden" as opposed to pics of an actual snake in a garden.

Let's face it, scenario A is more plausible.

I say you should have added pic in your thread title OP Grin

Crunchymum · 10/07/2020 23:15

But yeah, if you are that phobic of snakes, avoid the snake threads Blush

bettsbattenburg · 11/07/2020 03:14

The scale of hysteria on this thread is getting ridiculous....

Laserbird16 · 11/07/2020 04:12

Do you know any wizards? Could you get one to tell the snake to bugger off? Obviously check they speak parseltounge

Laserbird16 · 11/07/2020 04:17

Just RTFT...your dad isn't a wizard is he? Told the snake to ahem...leg it

ElizabethMainwaring · 11/07/2020 04:31

@bettsbattenburg

The scale of hysteria on this thread is getting ridiculous....
It's embarrassing. That poor bloody snake.
k1233 · 11/07/2020 04:48

I came home to this in my bathroom once. Thought it was dead until it moved after a couple of pokes with the broom. Had to call a snake catcher to remove it. Turned out he was a legless lizard and the snake catcher was so excited as he seen one of this type before. Difference between snake and lizard? Lizards have ears and a different tongue. Unfortunately these types of lizards (burtons legless lizard) are frequently mistaken for baby brown snakes and killed Sad. Lizard was about 30cm long.

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DerbyshireGirly · 11/07/2020 04:57

Eugh. I don't trust snake/lizard/spider people. Nor people who cycle to work, or don't own a television, or have an uncle or auntie who are younger than they are.

k1233 · 11/07/2020 05:01

Also had this lovely fellow at the back door one night - probably 3 foot long. I think my dog must have stepped on him going out the dog door as dog wasn't keen to come back inside, which is why i found snakey. He got a broom to the bottom to shoo him on his way.

Then this big guy who was across a single lane road - longer than the width of the road. I didn't want to run him over so got out of the car and found a stick to poke his tail. Silly me only thought to take a pic as he was climbing the palm tree.

In both cases I left doors wide open that snakeys could have run through - silly me! Need to close doors before engaging in snake shooing!

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Wolfiefan · 11/07/2020 06:31

K1233 the snake at the back door is magnificent.
Hoping the OP’s snake is found and warmed up soon.

blueskys72 · 11/07/2020 06:36

@anappleadaykeeps

Do you by any chance have a 'bell pull' by your bed, or more likely a pull cord light switch in your bathroom?

I recall a Sherlock Holmes story, where a poisonous snake crawled down a cord and killed the person asleep in their bed....

That's just given me such a lovely memory of my grandparents' house - they did indeed have a bell pull type light switch above their bed!
k1233 · 11/07/2020 06:40

@Wolfiefan I think he lived in my roof. I quite like snakes. Don't need to handle them but don't want to see them hurt. More than happy to coexist with them.

Wolfiefan · 11/07/2020 07:11

They do frighten me. I’m not going to lie. But I have moved from being phobic to being able to see their beauty and also find them really interesting. Still glad I don’t live in a part of the world where that’s going to be in my attic. Blush

Soubriquet · 11/07/2020 08:22

@IwishIhadaMargarita

Please put a trigger warning. I have a massive phobia of anything slithery. If that turned up in my garden I’d shit myself and have a heart attack. Even photos make me feel weird. A worm was in our kitchen once and I screamed and ran out the door...blergh!
HmmHmmHmm

Argh snake in garden isn’t description enough? Not likely to be a fucking kitten is it?

And honestly, it’s harmless breed of snake.

I would have no problem picking it up but I understand some would

Megatron · 11/07/2020 08:57

The scale of hysteria on this thread is getting ridiculous....

Oh unclench, with the exception of one or two, most people are being light-hearted. I hope the snake is found and rescued, poor thing must be freezing.

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