# Couple's new home has a snake den underneath it. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 28, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-new-home-has-a-snake-den-underneath-it/848653 "2020-02-28T14:58:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-new-home-has-a-snake-den-underneath-it/848653/1 "2020-02-28T14:58:10Z")
Ah, home sweet home. You, your partner, pets, and a snake den. I’d have to find another place to live until they were gone. :eek: Glad the snakes weren’t killed. Relocating is a better option. But, will more snakes visit and lay eggs under there for next year? [https://www.9news.com/article/money/markets/real-estate/elizabeth-home-snakes/73-5df1ffca-2e56-4337-a2f2-d232c2873036](https://www.9news.com/article/money/markets/real-estate/elizabeth-home-snakes/73-5df1ffca-2e56-4337-a2f2-d232c2873036) More Pictures > **[Couple buy a new Colorado home only to discover a SNAKE DEN](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8055163/Couple-buy-new-Colorado-home-discover-SNAKE-DEN-underneath-house.html)** > > A couple were shocked to discover their new home in Colorado was infested with more than 150 snakes. The new homeowners were forced to spend thousands on pest control. > [@](#): > > “We started seeing garter snake heads popping up in between the wood slats on the ground level patio,” Shaynon McFadden said. > > As the weather warmed, more snakes appeared. They spotted snakes in the yard, under the deck, around the foundation and even inside the home. > > “My cats had it cornered in the bathroom," McFadden said. “We’re not sure how it got in, but we got rid of that one right away.” > > The couple hired an exterminator, who discovered a large snake den underneath the back deck. More than 150 snakes were removed from the property and relocated, the couple said. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-new-home-has-a-snake-den-underneath-it/848653/2 "2020-02-28T15:32:32Z")
In 2009 I moved into a house in Spearfish, South Dakota, that also had a garter snake den under it. My response was… “Awesome!” Loved seeing 20+ snakes every day slithering about the place. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-new-home-has-a-snake-den-underneath-it/848653/3 "2020-02-28T15:47:05Z")
We have rat snakes that live under our house and porch. We’re glad they are there because they help to keep the field mouse population down. The snakes don’t want to come into the house - the mice do! ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-new-home-has-a-snake-den-underneath-it/848653/4 "2020-02-28T16:39:32Z")
When we had a tin roof put on our cabin, they found that the attic was filled with snakes, including copperheads. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-new-home-has-a-snake-den-underneath-it/848653/5 "2020-02-28T16:47:33Z")
Our historic adobe in a border mining town was much more pleasant after the huge scorpion nest was removed from under the floorboards . ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-new-home-has-a-snake-den-underneath-it/848653/6 "2020-02-28T17:34:31Z")
> [@RioRico](#): > > Our historic adobe in a border mining town was much more pleasant after the huge scorpion nest was removed from under the floorboards . Our house in Dallas also had a nest of scorpions in the crawl spouse under the house. Then my father ran over baby copperhead snakes while mowing the lawn :eek: Garter snakes? Meh. Wait until you encounter a possum in your garage one night, with the streetlight reflected in her orange, beady eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-new-home-has-a-snake-den-underneath-it/848653/7 "2020-02-28T17:41:23Z")
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS, that could be a problem! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-new-home-has-a-snake-den-underneath-it/848653/8 "2020-02-28T17:57:47Z")
[Link to a show called Infested!, with a garter snake den under their house. Also in Colorado.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6Gc-n0rlww) They couldn’t sell their house, and allowed it to be foreclosed on. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-new-home-has-a-snake-den-underneath-it/848653/9 "2020-02-28T18:08:15Z")
If the couple did not say to the exterminator either “I’m tired of these motherfucking snakes in my motherfucking house” or “Snakes–why’d it have to be snakes”, then they really aren’t the type of people that I would like to meet. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-new-home-has-a-snake-den-underneath-it/848653/10 "2020-02-28T18:14:50Z")
Welcome to my life. We had a snake-pocolypse last spring. We’re hoping it doesn’t repeat this year. Mr.Wrekker has killed a couple in the barn around his big stack of dog food bags. Mice hang out there. So it attracts varmits. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-new-home-has-a-snake-den-underneath-it/848653/11 "2020-02-28T23:43:18Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Welcome to my life. We had a snake-pocolypse last spring. We’re hoping it doesn’t repeat this year. > Mr.Wrekker has killed a couple in the barn around his big stack of dog food bags. Mice hang out there. So it attracts varmits. The snakes are eating the mice. They are not eating the dog food. Why kill the snakes? I’m a certified snake aficionado. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-new-home-has-a-snake-den-underneath-it/848653/12 "2020-02-29T00:31:58Z")
Snakes are ok up and until you reach in a wood pile and there are 2 rattlesnakes, rattlin’ at you. The barn snakes have been poisionous, overwhelmingly. I don’t deny they are catching rats and probably helping, to an extent. I have grandchildren roaming the place, small dogs and a barn cat. Chickens and Quail. I need as few poisonous snakes as possible, around here. We knew upon building here we’d encounter wildlife. And have. But, like the feral pig situation the snakes became a HUGE problem last year. Sometimes you have to make choices. I choose not to be bitten by a poisonous snake. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-new-home-has-a-snake-den-underneath-it/848653/13 "2020-02-29T00:33:03Z")
Dbl.post ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-new-home-has-a-snake-den-underneath-it/848653/14 "2020-02-29T01:09:12Z")
Interesting video about Cottonmouth/ Water Moccasins. [Chased By A Nest Of Cottonmouths](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=314N7xIeRR8) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-new-home-has-a-snake-den-underneath-it/848653/15 "2020-02-29T03:08:22Z")
I saw chicken snakes at my uncle’s farm. They raided the hen houses for eggs. We caught a few. They’re not poisonous. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-new-home-has-a-snake-den-underneath-it/848653/16 "2020-02-29T05:36:19Z")
Well, it’s better than having an ancient Indian burial ground underneath it. We all know how that turns out. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-new-home-has-a-snake-den-underneath-it/848653/17 "2020-02-29T16:24:49Z")
Or, that famous movie quote: “You moved the cemetery, but you left the bodies, didn’t you? You \*\*\* \*\* \* \*\*\*\*\*, you left the bodies and you only moved the headstones!” ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-new-home-has-a-snake-den-underneath-it/848653/18 "2020-02-29T16:30:45Z")
\ Snakes are venomous, not poisonous. \ ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-new-home-has-a-snake-den-underneath-it/848653/19 "2020-03-01T01:20:41Z")
Climbable boulders loomed near my Mojave Desert shack oh so long ago. My rock-climbing class taught a valuable lesson: always carry a stick. Before reaching up for the next handhold, scrape the rock with the stick, to awaken any rattlesnakes sunning there. If rattling is heard, choose another handhold. That shack was cinderblocks on a concrete slab. Others of our residences sat on solid slabs - no sub-floor area for critters to infest. Anything living under the slab probably won’t be too much bother. Except for [tremors](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liJfZvXdiTE). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-new-home-has-a-snake-den-underneath-it/848653/20 "2020-03-01T05:04:32Z")
This year should be, well, interesting. Normally, the deep cold winter severely reduced the critter population. It has NOT been all that cold this year, so the varmints will be roaming free. Saw my first squished skunk of the year, over a month early this time around. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-new-home-has-a-snake-den-underneath-it/848653.md?page=2)