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    Apr 21, 2009, 03:47 PM
    Can snakes climb up mobile home underpinning & walls?
    Can you please tell me if snakes can climb up mobile home underpinning and walls to get into a trailer? If so, what kinds of snakes climb?
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    Apr 21, 2009, 07:38 PM

    Yes, can't name them all causethe list is too long. Snakes can climb an almost sheer rock face so a trailer is no obstacle.
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    Apr 22, 2009, 03:32 PM
    Ballenger, are there species that can't climb?? Any place that a trailer can be put has lots of kinds that can in the area. The question that needs asking is why would they want to. Snakes normally enter a home only if there is a food source in it. Most snakes favorite food sources include rodents, which is the most common attractant in a home. The most common answer exterminators give when asked if they get rid of snakes is that they'll be happy to get rid of the mice.
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    Apr 22, 2009, 03:59 PM

    From my experience snakes enter homes to seek shelter too. I am sure a nice fat mouse would be nice but many also like a cool, dark place to call home.
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    Apr 22, 2009, 07:42 PM

    The great thing about snakes is they are cold blooded and rabies and other diseases can't survive in a cold blooded animal. Usually when a food source is gone so are the snakes. If a snake visits your home the rodents are sure to leave and then the snake.

    Most snakes are not climbers to say the least even though they can. Some of this is due to the fact if a snake falls it could kill itself because it has no legs to absorb the impact.

    The fall could break a rib and puncture the snakes elongated long.

    There is also a snake that will not bite you and its becoming extinct in the U.S. because of the toads dying off and people killing it out of fear.

    A snake around the house and yard is the best deterrent for rodents. Without snakes there would basically be no food, the mice and rats would take over.
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    Apr 23, 2009, 03:26 AM
    I have to agree with 21boat. Other than the phobia thing, snakes are good neighbors. One house I lived in was at the corner of four farms and the only way to get rid of the field mice was to catch a rat snake and release him in the crawlspace. After 2 weeks - no mice
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    Apr 23, 2009, 04:29 PM

    I use to give lectures at collages on snakes when I was in high school. The snake I was referring to that won't bite you is a common Hog nose. Its main diet is toads. Since the toads have been dying of back in the 80s no hog nose. On a side not you can keep a toad in a refrigerator alive. It will go into hibernation.

    A hog nose when surprised will spread its neck real wide and actually hiss to scare you away. This helps it demise also. We are taught if a snake has a triangular head it is poisonous. Not true. If the hissing doesn't scare you away it will strike at you but will Not open its mouth to bite you. If that doesn't scare you away it will actually roll over to play dead slightly open its mouth and off set it mouth and let the tongue hang out playing opossum. You can pick it up and its limp, lay it on a fence post drooped and it will sway with the wind. Put it back down and when it feels safe, rolls back over and crawls away.

    Thought I share an incredible species barley living on the planet
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    Apr 23, 2009, 04:31 PM

    I have abother-in-law just like that.
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    Apr 23, 2009, 04:42 PM

    If the snake in question is non-venomous then you don't have anything to fear. Despite what some horror movies might want you to think snakes are not viscous, wild creatures out to attack you and they aren't going to slither down your throat while you sleep. In fact you are unlikely to even catch a glimpse of your scaled comrade. Even a venomous snake will not seek you out to harm you but I would highly suggest calling someone to remove said snake from the trailer.
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    Apr 24, 2009, 07:31 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by ballengerb1 View Post
    From my experience snakes enter homes to seek shelter too. I am sure a nice fat mouse would be nice but many also like a cool, dark place to call home.

    I totally agree with this comment ballengerb1 brought up.

    Just my own experience from living in Arizona, it really does depend on where you live because out here you have to be sooooo careful because they ARE looking for shelter from the heat so we get rattle snakes hiding on our patios, under the chairs, under the bushes that might line your patio area, sometimes they will slither to where it's cool and if that means going up then that is what they do. I've seen these rattles right up against the foundation and I am sure if there was a crack they would move into it, getting even closer.

    I am not trying to scare just speaking from experience and hopefully allowing you to just be cautious and open-minded. I am not sure what to do in your situation, I leave that to all the experts but I just wanted to throw the experience out there so you can make a safe find for you concern.. Good Luck

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