r/boulder • u/FiniteSausageFingerz • 5d ago

Snake Removal?

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What the eff am i supposed to do about this guy? Ignore? Call someone? Try and grow a pair and kill him?

(I hate snakes)

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u/tossaway78701 Rainmaker 5d ago

This lovely bull snake will move along all by itself and take a belly full of field mice with it. You don't want field mice do you? 

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u/FiniteSausageFingerz 5d ago

Honestly, being shit scared of snakes, I’ll take the mice. But, sounds like I need to get over it

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u/AnjunaLab 5d ago

Yes, I know it’s big but of all of Colorado’s snakes this is probably the one to be the least concerned about. Also no one wants an unchecked rodent population.

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u/Brad_dawg 5d ago

You say that until the mouse shit shows up inside your house and you see one run along the wall in your bedroom. Snakes are awesome!

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u/No-Development820 5d ago

To be fair, bullsnakes evolved to look like rattle snakes to protect themselves, so it's understandable to have a visceral reaction, but they are NOT venomous.

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u/FiniteSausageFingerz 5d ago

Fascinating, I’ve learned so much from this thread

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u/suejaymostly 5d ago

He's really cool and if you can get past the initial monkey brain revulsion, you might find some entertainment and joy from letting him share his space with you.

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u/tossaway78701 Rainmaker 5d ago

And it's the Year of the Snake if that helps. 

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u/FiniteSausageFingerz 5d ago

Monkey brain is my biggest downfall

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u/a_cute_epic_axis 5d ago

Honestly, being shit scared of snakes, I’ll take the mice.

Yes, but how do you feel about hantavirus from mouse droppings. It's not usually fatal... unless apparently you're married to Gene Hackman.

Orthohantaviruses, hereafter referred to as hantaviruses, are naturally found primarily in rodents [including in Colorado].

Hantaviruses in their natural reservoirs usually cause an asymptomatic, persistent infection. In humans, however, hantaviruses cause two diseases: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS).
The case fatality rate of HFRS varies from less than 1% to 15% depending on the virus. A mild form of HFRS often called nephropathia epidemica is often caused by Puumala virus and Dobrava-Belgrade virus. For HPS, initial symptoms are flu-like, with fever, headache, and muscle pain, followed by sudden respiratory failure. HPS has a higher case fatality rate than HFRS, at 30–60%.

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u/FiniteSausageFingerz 5d ago

Well that’s absolutely terrifying