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10/10/12, 08:00 PM
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For future reference, if it still warm enough in your area just open the crawl space door and pile up some old rags. Moisten them down a bit, shut the door and leave. Next morning, open the door and rake the rags out in one quick motion. The snakes will likely be in the rags.
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10/10/12, 08:20 PM
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You are right bearfoot, most people won't stick around long enough to even try and tell... A few differences that you can tell real fast though. Some copperheads will have a yellow tail. A copperhead will have more of a velvet looking skin, not really glossy. A rat snake has a glossy shine to it... The head shapes are a little different, and the eyes are a lot different..
I tend to take the time to look.. All snakes are good in my eyes, unless it's a danger to my wife or animals..
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10/10/12, 08:32 PM
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"Wildlife" is not a problem with the property itself.
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Infestations of any kind on the inspection are grounds for backing out.
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10/10/12, 08:48 PM
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Mongoose? If there are any kind of snake and you want them out get a sprayer and fill it with a gallon of gas. (This really works) SPray it in the den area. Preferably down the hole that come in and step back. They will come out and everyone of them that you did not count on either. This is how I get rattlers out of the den. works every time. Just talking from experiance.
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10/10/12, 10:08 PM
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"If there are any kind of snake and you want them out get a sprayer and fill it with a gallon of gas. (This really works) SPray it in the den area. Preferably down the hole that come in and step back. They will come out and everyone of them that you did not count on either. This is how I get rattlers out of the den. works every time. Just talking from experiance."
Then light a match!
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10/10/12, 10:46 PM
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We have used a product called Snake-Away with success.
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10/11/12, 03:28 AM
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Infestations of any kind on the inspection are grounds for backing out.
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LOL
A swarm of bees in the wall might be an infestation.
Cockroaches everywhere might be an infestation
TWO little snakes is hardly an "infestation"
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10/11/12, 03:30 AM
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"If there are any kind of snake and you want them out get a sprayer and fill it with a gallon of gas.
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I doubt that's a good strategy under your house, and I KNOW it can't be good for your ground water
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10/11/12, 05:09 AM
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BFF~ You are absolutely right! We need to get totally away from pouring gas on the ground for any reason.
"Out of sight, out of mind" don't really work any more. You or your kids could be inhaling or drinking that gas in tiny amounts....just enough to give you mysterious ailments that can wreck your life.
For around 10 years I drove a pickup with a leaky filler tube on the gas tank. (my foolish mistake to not replace it). If you want to read what it can do, google for Myelofibrosis. It takes a while to kill you but then again, I've had it for a while. Can be caused by benzine found in gas.
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10/11/12, 06:22 AM
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PLEASE! No snake pictures without warning!!
I guess I should have known better than to keep reading posts....
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10/11/12, 06:54 AM
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A few of you might want to distance yourselves from applying logic, fairness, or ethics when it comes to the buyer's ability to back out of a contract due to ANYTHING that shows up on an inspection report. Bottom line is, if a buyer wants to walk away, they are going to. If they need an excuse, the pick a meaningless flaw on the report. Think you're going to find a realtor and a lawyer to go to bat, and make things all better, with a long a battle over who keeps the deposit, or a few years of litigation to make you whole again, once you get stuck holding the bag? Good luck. Been down that road, and it isn't pretty. If you talk to a competent Realtor who has been in the game for a while, they will tell you that it happens pretty regularly, and from a seller's perspective, it typically doesn't end well. If the buyer perceives an issue, and they cannot be satified, they can and will walk. i have seen deals crash and burn for amazingly trivial BS. My realtor lost a recent $300K sale when the inspector reported that a bath fan didn't operate properly. The seller offered to fix it immediately, the buyer asked for the deposit back. Deals can crash at the walk through. You agree to leave the place "broom clean" and it still is a mess with your junk in the attic and the garage? Hope it goes well, but don't count on it. I know agents who have had to cut a check from their commision, at the last minute, to keep a deal going. After selling a few million $ worth of single family homes in the last few years, I learned one thing, it's over when it's over. When you leave the settlement table with a check in your hand, it's sold. Until then, a harmless baby snake is no less important than a meteor flattening the place. Many buyers are making the most stressful purchase of their lives. It's an environment where even good people get a little goofy, and things can go wrong quickly.
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10/11/12, 07:48 AM
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Another trick that I learned on this forum was to cut a hole in a 5 gallon bucket, and place a heat lamp over the top. Supposedly, the snakes will crawl into the bucket seeking warmth, and then you cover the hole once they are inside, and remove them.
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10/11/12, 08:23 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bearfootfarm
LOL
A swarm of bees in the wall might be an infestation.
Cockroaches everywhere might be an infestation
TWO little snakes is hardly an "infestation"
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It is if you don't like snakes.
Seriously, anything negative on the inspection report is grounds for the buyer to back out of the deal legally.
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10/11/12, 02:08 PM
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Get something in writing that they were rat snakes and not copperheads and that they have been removed and holes sealed up. Get that into the buyer's hands; yesterday wasn't soon enough.
A buyer is less likely to back out over non-poisonous snakes than over poisonous snakes inside the house.
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