The downside of being "the snake people" on the block...

So, with spring and warmer weather the snakes are out in force this year. Our neighbors know we "keep a few snakes" so whenever the odd legless critter turns up cruising through someone's garden, guess who gets called to remove it?

:rolleyes:

We're up to two garter snakes and three black rat snakes carefully and safely moved to either our woodpile or the tree line at the edge of the neighbor's back yard since March.

Oh, and do you have any idea how much musk can be released by a full-grown garter? :weirdface YUCK!

Haha same here...although so far all the knocks on my door were for gopher snakes

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Sounds like a business opportunity to me! At least your neighbors are not just killing them.

I work with a guy who advertises snake removal as part of his "pest removal" side job, this time of year he makes a killing moving snakes around.

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Originally Posted by bcr229

So, with spring and warmer weather the snakes are out in force this year. Our neighbors know we "keep a few snakes" so whenever the odd legless critter turns up cruising through someone's garden, guess who gets called to remove it?

:rolleyes:

We're up to two garter snakes and three black rat snakes carefully and safely moved to either our woodpile or the tree line at the edge of the neighbor's back yard since March.

Oh, and do you have any idea how much musk can be released by a full-grown garter? :weirdface YUCK!

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You're crazy with your downside talk - it's a perk in my book!

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Originally Posted by KING JAMES

I work with a guy who advertises snake removal as part of his "pest removal" side job, this time of year he makes a killing moving snakes around.

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Problem is that most folks would rather pull out a shovel instead of their wallet when dealing with a wild snake.

Thats pretty awesome area especially since we are from the same place, I feel like my neighbors would just kill them so kudos to yours

Let's be honest! is it really a downside? I love catching snakes no matter how often I do it. At least in Canada we don't really have to worry about venomous snakes. Not in people's gardens at least.

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Originally Posted by bcr229

Problem is that most folks would rather pull out a shovel instead of their wallet when dealing with a wild snake.

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Again same here, its ok for them to come get me when its free, but if you ask for any money they just kill it. We have local guy that will come get rattlesnakes and relocate them to a nature preserve in our area, all he asks for is a few bucks for gas money, and hardly anyone calls him...its pretty sad.

I wished my neighbors would call me out for snake removal. But then again, my neighbors aren't entirely aware of my reptilian fascination since I keep it on the down-low in my neighborhood...
Instead of asking for some money to remove the snake, may I recommend that those people ask for an optional donation, with the incentive being so he can keep doing what he does?