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AIBU?

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Aibu to be annoyed neighbours snake was found in our garden?

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Stardust160 · 29/05/2016 18:03

This afternoon we were greeted with this visitor (pictured) in the garden. Turns out when we asked next door it was there and has been missing for 2 and half weeks and had last see it going under there decking. I'm frightened of snakes, we also have a baby ,a toddler and a 7 year old.

Am i unreasonable that they should of informed us it was lost and that they would let a snake (regardless if it's a pet snake) roam freely outside and end up in someone else's garden. The thought of my toddler picking it up not realising it was real or it going near the baby or 7 year makes my stomach turn.

Aibu to be annoyed neighbours snake was found in our garden?

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MrsSpecter · 29/05/2016 21:17

Thanks stardust. I'm lazy so probably wont bother fixing it. (Its ok to admit youre lazy too )

Egosumquisum · 29/05/2016 21:18

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notonyurjellybellynelly · 29/05/2016 21:19

Stardust I suspect MrsSpecter is making deliberate mistakes in her replies in order to make a fool of you.

I would ignore her/him from now on in because it really is a very nasty piece of work.

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Stardust160 · 29/05/2016 21:21

Ego they live off mice don't they? Sonmaybe it's been hunting. Can't they survive for long periods without food?

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steppemum · 29/05/2016 21:22

I think corn snakes stay small. That is one reason they are popular as pets, small and not dangerous.
dd was after one for ages, but we persuaded her to have chickens instead!
Pet snakes live for a long time 20-40 years as I recall.

Egosumquisum · 29/05/2016 21:22

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madein1995 · 29/05/2016 21:23

YANBU OP, I'm terrified of snakes and anything snake like and it's so bad I can't watch movies with them in, and even get scared by slow worms! If I had a neighbour with a snake I really doubt I could ever feel safe again. If I found one in my garden I might have kittens! My dog would probably have attacked it too.

MrsSpecter · 29/05/2016 21:23

Stardust I suspect MrsSpecter is making deliberate mistakes in her replies in order to make a fool of you.

Nope. Like i said, i'm lazy when typing. Also not understanding how me making mistakes would make a fool out of anyone else?

Egosumquisum · 29/05/2016 21:23

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Stardust160 · 29/05/2016 21:28

Wow they can live as long as some humans in some cases then! I know some people released pythons in my local area afew months back, in two seperate locations but public areas.Thankfully the RSPCA caught them.

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MrsBungle · 29/05/2016 21:28

Oh my god stardust yanbu! Who the fuck expects to find a snake in their garden in the uk?! it's hardly the same thing as a bird! For Christ sake. I would have died. Of course your neighbour should have given a heads up. How is op supposed to know whether it's poisonous or not. It's all very well saying "it's only a corn snake", I wouldn't have a clue what kind it was. It could be any type, I wouldn't have a clue if it was poisonous or not. I assume some people do keep poisonous creatures.

BalloonSlayer · 29/05/2016 21:29

Big hairy balls to the "poisonous and venomous are two different things" brigade.

So someone says "I am afraid of adders because they are poisonous," clearly meaning that they fear being bitten by one. But you just revel in telling them that a snake would only be poisonous if you ate it and that adders are actually venomous. Triumphantly believing that you have made a poster retreat crushed because the magnificent you has highlighted their utter stupidity for them.

It's like trying to point out that you are not "jealous" of someone's new baby, you are "envious" of it. When anyone with an ounce of social skills knows exactly what's meant, and only the deplorably bad mannered would point out the semantic difference in such an emotive situation.

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Stardust160 · 29/05/2016 21:29

MrsSpecter Stick the predictive text on your phone much easier for you 👍

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RaspberryOverload · 29/05/2016 21:30

notonyurjellybellynelly Sun 29-May-16 19:03:49
I could cope with any spider in the world and not run away in terror.
But snakes???? No way. I would pass out.

Now, I'm the opposite. I really like snakes, have held a couple of pythons and think they are beautiful. Spiders? I'd run. Fast

But I'd still want a heads-up if a neighbour's snake went missing. If I found it in the garden, there'd be a Oh! moment, then I'd happily just watch it. But I'd want to know simply so that I'd know who to call if I found it, or to ensure I don't do anything that could inadvertently harm it.

Got a few pics somewhere of a lovely little grass snake we saw on a visit to a garden open to the public.

SugarBlossom92 · 29/05/2016 21:32

YANBU I have a terrible phobia of snakes and it might of got in your house never mind just the garden and If I ever saw a snake in my house I would automatically think the worst and think it was poisonious and that it was going to harm me ( may not be rational but that's what phobias do to you) and the snake could even end up being harmed by me if it tried to go near me and I felt threatened, kind of irrelevant I know because that was not the case for the OP but just giving an example why the neighbours should have told you.

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Stardust160 · 29/05/2016 21:32

Balloon it seems to be a slow night tonight for some 😉

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Stardust160 · 29/05/2016 21:35

Large spiders and snakes turn my stomach. My DS who's 7 asked me if he could get a pet snake a while back, the answer was no. He's since told me he's going to get one when he's older and has his own house.

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saskdilemma · 29/05/2016 21:35

Yanbu my first reaction would be to get a shovel and let it leave this world. My grandma once kept on spraying a cobra with bug killer until it died.

I come from South Asia where most snakes are poisonous and bites if a child touches them.
Your neighbors were idiotic to not let you know the very least... Because if it was my neighbours they would be getting a shoveled snake corpse. If it lands in my garden....

vdbfamily · 29/05/2016 21:41

When our cornsnake escaped, I agonised over whether to tell the neighbours as I did not want to freak them out and make them feel they couldn't sleep at night. I found him 4 days later snuggled up in our picnic blanket in the understair cupboard! It is better for kids to know what an adder looks like and know that other snakes in this country are likely to be harmless, unless a massive hungry escapee python!

vdbfamily · 29/05/2016 21:42

raspberry....is that a grass snake or a slowworm?

MrsSpecter · 29/05/2016 21:47

Stick the predictive text on your phone much easier for you

Like it is for you?

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Stardust160 · 29/05/2016 21:49

Makes life much easier especially for my lazy brain MrsSpecter

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steppemum · 29/05/2016 22:04

Who the fuck expects to find a snake in their garden in the uk?!

well, you should expect it! Grass snakes are fairly common.

janethegirl2 · 29/05/2016 22:12

As I said earlier, it's a corn snake. It is a very tame type snake. Wtf is all this carry on about a little snake?

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Stardust160 · 29/05/2016 22:15

I must say this is the first time I seen a grass snake and it was the neighbors but we have seen regular Foxes in the residential area at night.🐺

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