There's a snake in my tank......

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danzig;684758; said:
i used to catch bull snakes all the time as a kid. their not that bad, yes they do bite but rarely hard enough to break skin, more like a sandpaper bite.If you wore rubber gloves theres no way the teeth would go through it.
why dont you buy a large rubbermaid container from wally world to keep it in until spring.
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This is what I would do! As stated grab a good size plastic container, put some straw in there, put the snake in the container, after putting some more straw in there move the little bugger to the barn where it will hibernate out of your house!
 
Well that blows. So you got the tank with the snake in it? I guess the previous owner (friend?) was in a rush to get rid of the tank along with the snake. :grinno:

Like what most have said...get a good thick pair of gloves, and use a thick canvas bag to bag the bugger and put it in a rubbermaid container and store him until you figure out what to do with it.

The aro comes first and foremost! :naughty:

On second thought, put the snake in your "roommate's" bedroom! :ROFL:
 
Wow, thats pretty interesting....you should post up some pix....what a sight to be seen. Poor guy, he's stuck and its too cold outside what to do. :popcorn:
 
If I know Mei, and I prolly should...
she's in town scoring some BEAR loads so she can "plumb" the bottom of that tank for overflows...
I can see it now...BOOM!!, chinq-chinq, BOOM!! mumbling something about men and all her game hens mysteriously missing from the chicken coupe and nobody seen or heard anything not even the cyotes...:WHOA: :screwy: :D
I hope nobody cuts her off in traffic! :grinno:
 
Is the snake/tank indoors? I may be mistaken but I thought you said earlier it was in a garrage or barn. If it is anywhere other then a well heated area, he will be in no position to make any attempt to disagree with beying moved.
 
Have you tried contacting you local wildlife agency? maybe they can help.

I just went through the whole indoor cleaning method on my new/used 120 gallon what a PITA. But at least I was warm.
 
meiling;684676; said:
No, to answer. I don't have my 150 up and running because there's a 2-3 foot Bullsnake in it. They are not venomous, but they bite. No one will go near the snake. I want my darn tank. My Fish wants his tank, but I have to do something with this darn snake.

I can't turn it loose, it's the middle of the snowy winter and down to 12 degrees at night. This is rediculous.

Then I'll have a snake dirty tank, so I'm going to need to wash and bleach and rinse this 150 gallon beast and it's so cold it will freeze and break outside. It won't fit in my bathtub. (No hoses, all rolled up and water pipes are off outside too) so how? sorry no garage, only 100 year old barns

This tank changing stuff is winging monkey wrenches at me from every direction. And now my "roommate" (anyone catch the demotion from boyfriend there?) did a canister filter cleaning, for which normally he gets kudos, so I needed and have been greedily brewing the superload of good bacteria to transfer up and triple the tank size. I did a 50% water change the day before. So when he said "I washed out the canister", I went psycho female. Oh Geez I'm gonna kill somthing or someone!

Good news, there was still enough good bacteria and my water params are good. Ahhhhhhhh what will tomorrow bring?:nutkick:
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look like this?

2-3 foot is just a baby, they can reach over 7ft in length.

intersting about these guys is that they are extremely common in the pet trade, hardly and easy to care for.

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Gads you guys are helpful. The WILD snake is in the tank and some dumba** put it there when it was wild. I don't get a tank till the snake gets out. I'm not going near any damn snakes.
The Wildlife department's answer around here in regards to nusiance wildlife, snakes, coyotes, bears, doesn't matter, shoot it.
So everybody want to come over and play with snakes at my house. Ban you all and your road trips. At least you made me laugh.
 
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