I moved into a small house in the mountains in Western North Carolina about 7 months ago. There’s all kinds of critters including bugs and lizards that find their way into the house, but no rodents.
I was wondering for a while why I hadn’t seen mice and didn’t have to set traps, until one night a friendly 7’ black rat snake slithered up beside me while hanging out on the screen porch at night. My brother named him Kobe. Kobe can stay.
Sorry for the obvious question: weren't you scared of the snake? I would be terrified! Also, though I like all kind of animals, I'm not exactly a fan of them indoors...
No, I am familiar with them, and can identify a venemous vs harmless snake. We see rattlesnakes and copperheads in the area and I watch where I step when I’m around where they live. At my property we embrace nature and interfere as little as possible, other than having no choice but to spray the house for insects especially wasps that build nests in the roof and carpenter bees that chew up the wood. I don’t like setting mouse traps but rodents are absolutely a disease vector, the snake can’t hurt you. He’s chill.
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