About a week ago, I had just put Heston down for his nap and I overheard Ginger barking on the front porch. Ginger usually doesn't bark so close to the house, and this bark was different from her usual bark. So I opened the door to investigate and there, cornered under Sampson's newly built red doghouse, was a snake! I looked for a rattle, and seeing none, I hesitantly checked this thing out. It was huge and not very happy.
I called my snake remover (Tom) and after telling him how big and scary the snake was, he drove over to save me. Tom did admit it was a pretty big snake and then removed it with our rake 'n hoe.
It was about 3 feet long and an inch in diameter, still too big for my porch.
This snake was mad! He was hissing the entire time, and Ginger's look on her face was priceless. She didn't recognize this new sound and she would constantly tilt her head and perk her ears up at the hiss.
Tom tossed the snake over the fence into the field, he didn't see a need to kill it, it did no harm. So I felt much better.
Until next time,
The Farmer's Wifey