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Williesmom ( member #22870) posted at 12:37 AM on Friday, September 27th, 2013
Bulldoze the place. Be done with it.
Ick!
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Tred ( member #34086) posted at 12:50 AM on Friday, September 27th, 2013
Hmmmm...that does look like a Blacksnake Hilton. But unless there is a good supply of amphibians, small reptiles, or mammals in the fountain, he's going to move on to eat. Depending on when his last meal was, that could be a couple of weeks. Worst case scenario is when the nights get cold, he'll want to move somewhere warm. Unless of course, the fountain is heated. Just move some stones around and disturb him in general, he'll leave.
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lieshurt ( member #14003) posted at 12:51 AM on Friday, September 27th, 2013
Bulldoze the place. Be done with it.
Ack.....neverrrrrr! It's too beautiful.
I'll just take it off your hands. After all, what are friends for? 
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Tred ( member #34086) posted at 12:52 AM on Friday, September 27th, 2013
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wifehad5 ( Administrator #15162) posted at 12:52 AM on Friday, September 27th, 2013
Do snakes eat fairies? He's right next to the fairy garden 
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Rebreather ( member #30817) posted at 12:56 AM on Friday, September 27th, 2013
he'll want to move somewhere warm
Like inside the house?
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Deeply Scared (original poster administrator #2) posted at 12:59 AM on Friday, September 27th, 2013
It's not heated...that's one thing I've got in my favor
I'm going to get a long metal pole and give it to MH to knock the rocks around and then I'll hand him the machete and a big bag 
Lies...come on up and get that fountain!!
Wh5...I KNEW you were going to see the fair garden & door
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Deeply Scared (original poster administrator #2) posted at 12:59 AM on Friday, September 27th, 2013
"Don't give up, the beginning is always the hardest." My Mom:)
My tolerance for stupid shit is getting less and less.
lieshurt ( member #14003) posted at 1:00 AM on Friday, September 27th, 2013
Lies...come on up and get that fountain!!
Fountain? I thought we were talking about the house...my bad 
No one changes unless they want to. Not if you beg them. Not if you shame them. Not if you use reason, emotion, or tough love. There is only one thing that makes someone change: their own realization that they need to.
Deeply Scared (original poster administrator #2) posted at 1:07 AM on Friday, September 27th, 2013
If it gets in the house...you can have that too
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lieshurt ( member #14003) posted at 1:42 AM on Friday, September 27th, 2013
I'm cheering for the snake!
No one changes unless they want to. Not if you beg them. Not if you shame them. Not if you use reason, emotion, or tough love. There is only one thing that makes someone change: their own realization that they need to.
Deeply Scared (original poster administrator #2) posted at 1:47 AM on Friday, September 27th, 2013
"Don't give up, the beginning is always the hardest." My Mom:)
My tolerance for stupid shit is getting less and less.
Nature_Girl ( member #32554) posted at 1:50 AM on Friday, September 27th, 2013
http://www.chinese-astrology.co.uk/snake.html
2013 is the Year of the Snake according to Chinese zodiac. The Year of the Snake starts from Feb. 10, 2013 (the Lunar New Year / Spring Festival of China) and lasts to Jan. 30, 2014.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080417081952AAiiEEp
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Tred ( member #34086) posted at 2:06 AM on Friday, September 27th, 2013
DS can't wait until Feb 11! Of course, the next year is the year of the Horse. Probably won't fit in the fountain.
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circe ( member #6687) posted at 2:45 AM on Friday, September 27th, 2013
Aww, come on, if he's not doing harm and he's eating rodents, what's the problem? He'll hide a lot, you'll see him once in a while and you can have an uneasy truce. He doesn't want to bite you or even get close to you. He also doesn't want to get close to your dogs, which could easily eat him. Once he eats your mouse and rat vermin, he'll leave for greener pastures.
Your fountain is lovely and if I were a snake, I'd totally love to live there! Please don't machete him though! He's really not going to hurt you.
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myalterego ( member #32756) posted at 3:15 AM on Friday, September 27th, 2013
we back up to woods and sometimes on a nice sunny day, I'll see a snake on our back patio - I know enjoying the warmth of the rocks. It does slightly freak me out though, but I've learned to quickly get a camera and leave it alone. I have noticed that we have had less of a mouse problem in the last year : )
We also see groundhogs (nasty creatures... thinking about doing trap and release), foxes, turtles, and gd deer all the time. I've given a bow hunter permission to hunt on my property, but they multiply faster. Thinking about a bb gun...
Deeply Scared (original poster administrator #2) posted at 3:18 AM on Friday, September 27th, 2013
YAY...HORSES!!! I can't wait for 2014 to roll around
circe...Ok...no machete. But he better just leave or my offer still stands for you to come down and get him
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Sad in AZ ( member #24239) posted at 4:08 AM on Friday, September 27th, 2013
My former neighbor in Tucson had a black snake living in her front yard--it was freaking her out. I managed to talk her into leaving it alone--live and let live. Call me the Snake-host Whisperer 
I guess I'll have to come back to TX to have a talk...
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woundedwidow ( member #36869) posted at 4:13 AM on Friday, September 27th, 2013
Aw DS, he's really doing you a favor being there. I miss the black snake that used to live in my garage - I never had a mouse while he was there. Sometimes he would crawl outside and lay up on the branches of an adjacent butterfly bush to sun himself and even let me stroke his back. I lit into my neighbor one day because she killed a black snake and then called me up to ask what to do with it. Really, they are very GOOD to have around. Honest!
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Deeply Scared (original poster administrator #2) posted at 4:15 AM on Friday, September 27th, 2013
"Don't give up, the beginning is always the hardest." My Mom:)
My tolerance for stupid shit is getting less and less.
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