Can I take my snake for a car ride ?
She's a female ball python and I handle her a lot. So she's used to that. She'll even get right down into my shirt sometimes lol. I work at a community care home for people with mental disabilities that can't live on their own like extreme bipolar disorder, or some people who are recovering addicts that were on the street without serious mental illnesses. They all want to see my snake. I've okay'd it with my boss and she's fine with that. So now I just need to know how to get her from A to B... Can I just put her in my shirt, or let her lay on the hot dashboard in the sun until we get there? It's not a long drive, maybe 15 minutes.
Can a snake die in a hot car?
live in Florida and wouldn't you know it went to 69 degrees this am. The snake I found was about 7in black and had a yellow spot on the back of its head-neck. Don't know what it is....
Driving over Snakes ?
If somebody intentionlly drives over ANY animal, they absolutely deserve to be bitten right in the face as soon as they open the hood! Hopefully, the thing was able to avoid being run over and took off into the bushes at the side of the road. It's doubtful that it got up into the engine compartment, though I have known of snakes getting up into the wheel well and giving the moron driver a well-deserved bite when the idiot got out of the car! I have no sympathy for anyone who deliberately runs over animals, whether they're snakes, dogs or whatever, when it can be avoided, and I've seen people literally wreck their cars and endanger their own kids inside the car in an attempt to run over a harmless snake or turtle crossing the road.
Will a snake die if it's run over by a car?
I ran over an Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake today when I was driving in my car. I could not swerve my car to miss it. When I looked in the rearview mirror, it was all balled up, writhing in agony. Later when I drove by the same spot, it was gone. Do you think it may have crawled off somewhere and died?
Will realistic rubber snakes keep mice away from my car (one on the hood, one under the engine)?
I've posted this question already, but with much more detail... If the snakes won't work to scare them away then what will? More info-(mostly in response to other questions) -Getting a cat is out of the question. -I don't have a "rodent problem," I just live in the woods so naturally they're living around me. We keep 3 other cars and they only like mine but I've got no food or anything in there so I'm not sure why... -My whole engine was inspected twice...no dead animals. Just a mouse nest, chewed up wires, and mouse feces and pee everywhere, especially my heating vents. It smells awful and I keep having to breathe it in! -Also, someone mentioned poison...but if I put that in my vents could that harm me, too? Or is there a kind that only works on mice? I REALLY NEED TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM! I can't afford to keep taking my car in and I would really like to be able to use my air conditioner! If this keeps happening I won't be able to use the heat in the winter and it gets COLD! Please help! Any suggestions are appreciated!
Why are people afraid of snakes?
An Australian wildlife TV presenter named Harry Butler once commented that snakes are perfectly safe. He said, “You can walk past a snake at any time and it won’t attack. Unless, for some snakey reason that you couldn’t possibly understand, he’s in a bad mood. Then he’ll bite.”We are naturally apprehensive of animals that bite—snakes, spiders, tigers, hippos, even dogs—and the snake is no different. My personal experiences with snakes, and there have been a few, have all been good, but I still treat them with respect.About 1985, my wife, Lynne, and I had a close call while cycling through Cranebrook—a semi-rural area in Sydney's west. Cranebrook Road was an acne of pot holes with rough verges. It was just wide enough for two cars to pass comfortably so we were riding in single file and keeping well to the left.There was a car behind us waiting for an opportunity to overtake and two more approaching from the front when, just as we were all converging, I saw a big Eastern Brown snake moving from right to left across the road. I shouted, "Snake!" swerved to the right, and just had room to squeeze between its tail and the first oncoming car.It not only scared me, it frightened the living daylights of the snake which reared up, leaving Lynne room to move past in front of it. I hadn't taken my eyes off the thing and, as I watched to see how she was faring, it struck at her.The snake didn't have a chance!It's surprising what a bit of adrenaline will do but Lynne went through that gap so fast she could have qualified for the Olympics. She was still laughing when I caught her about a kilometre down the road.When she finally slowed down I remarked, "It's interesting to watch a snake strike at someone when you're not involved yourself."I should have known better! Two weeks later I cornered too fast on a slippery surface, hit a strip of reflective tape, and bounced my new helmet off the road. Lynne had a quick look to see how badly I was injured then quipped brightly, "It's interesting to watch someone fall off a bike when you're not involved yourself."
For snake owners: Would you feed your captive snakes wild-caught rodents?
That depends. Is the snake wild-caught from within about 5 miles of your house? If so, they're probably fine (except the possibly of them having ingested rat poison recently). If not, especially if they're from another continent, then it's probably not safe. Local snakes can resist local parasites and diseases, because they are used to them. Snakes from other places have no resistance to local parasites, other than being inherently hearty. Vet visits are expensive, more expensive than frozen mice for sure, and are stressful and often painful for the snake. I just can't think of a good argument for feeding wild mice.People say things to me, about both this and live feeding, like "But it's natural! Shouldn't the snake live like it would in nature?"To which I reply, "You know what else is natural? Dead snakes. Injured snakes, missing tails, missing eyes, deformed spines, massive scars, intestinal parasites and all kinds of other nasty stuff is natural. That doesn't mean I want my snakes to suffer through those things."
Snake Stuck in my dash?
When was the last time he ate? get a live mouse, and pinch it to make it squeal so the snake hears it. keep the mouse in a cage on the seat. let it scamper around and make noise. you will probably have to sit in the car for a few hours, as quietly as possible. when he comes out to see whats going on, DONT MOVE. right now he is probably stressed and will stay hidden until he feels that all the commotion is stopped and he's alone. the snake will have to crawl out of the car to get the mouse, and when it does you grasp him by the neck and bring him back to a properly heated tank. Oh. and give him the mouse. lol. If he has eaten you will have to wait a while until he is hungry again. but he will get cold or hungry and climb out. and dont grab him until he is completely out. otherwise it will scare him and he'll go back in. Next time, tie the bag better. =] Also he may need a vet appt when you rescue him. The fan and other a/c parts can be sharp and may hurt him. Snakes don't heal very well, so if hes hurt at all he needs to be treated.
Have you ever seen a snake that was lying across 2 traffic lanes in your neighborhood? Did you run it over? Did it live?
Yes, and it made me horribly sad. I was down at the river across the road from my house and as we returned — a thunderstorm was blowing up — when we were under a large tree a huge black snake fell from the tree directly in front of my face, writhing and hissing! This startled me more than a little and two young women a little ways off screamed when they saw it. We got home and enjoyed the electrical storm indoors. A week later the great snake was in the middle of the road, killed by a car. I nearly went into mourning I felt so bad. Snakes, bats, toads, spiders: I’m cool, I live in the country. I really hate rats.
Can snakes really get in locked cars through the transmission?
I guess that will depend on the size of the snake and on the car itself. And, if not through the holes for the gearbox lever, they eventually will find a waySnake slithers out of car's air vent while woman is drivingThey can eve get inside the doors, apparentlyThey like the engine bayThey like it a lotYou have holes near the hand brake, The seat belts,near the gear lever, near the pedals and so on.Maybe the car was not new, maybe not all rubber pieces are in place, maybe the car had a crash and was not properly put together, maybe the snake got in the car while you had your door open and you never did notice it…. there are too many maybes to consider. The fact is that one way or another, they sometimes find a way to get in. For instances on the image bellow you can see that the car had a recent paint job, and not a good one (look closely at the door handle).SNAKE FOUND iN CAR :CHARLOTTE MAXEKE HOSPiTAL | ZiMetroEven big ones such as this Python like your carObviously this will depend where you live and where you decide to park your carBut you can get cute animals in the car tooRodents and cats come to mindAnimals In Your CarBut, what ever animal you find in your car, or on itjust give it/them a brake. They are probably just chilling.No big deal. Right?After all every living being loves carsBirds love themSpiders do tooeven exotic animals love themmonkeys doJust face it. Cars are just amazing pieces of functional art. And the world would just not be the same without them.