What's the most peculiar unexpected visitor (or "pest") that wound up in your home?
What's the most peculiar unexpected visitor (or "pest") that wound up in your home?
Was listening to someone from Algeria who mentioned they often have issues with lizards finding their way in homes. And I was like "at that point it sounds more like a free pet than vermin."
Also, what do you do when this happens?
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Florida scarlet snake. Disconcerting to find a danger-colored snake in your house at midnight, even if it's harmless. Very surprised I found it before the dog or six cats did.
Red on black - okay jack
but in the middle of the night
fuck that shiteI always heard “red and black, venom lack” but this works too
I heard friend of Jack
Red and yellow kill a fellow
I never knew there were so many versions of this.
Mine was:
Red touches yellow, kill a fellow
Red touches black, venom lack
So a combo of a couple of these.
This is pretty much my goto. Red touch black, friend of Jack. Red touch yellow, kill a fellow.
A friend of mine found one of those slither up some tiny vents and into his parents' bathroom through the heater, in New York. All while his older brother was going number two.
She's a cutie
Isn't it a milk snake?
I'm no herpetologist, but Florida scarlet snake was the closest I could find.
Nor am I. It appears scarlet kingsnakes used to be considered a milk snake, but not anymore.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_snake
The scarlet kingsnake page has a pretty good line from "peepshow":
"Red next to black, jump the fuck back, red next to yellow, cuddly fellow",
Although that's the opposite of what I've always heard. Maybe it was supposed to be wrong?