Black rat snakes are particularly useful snakes. They eat rodents and they are territorial, so they keep away other snakes. Having said that, I have smelled what snake enclosures smell like and wouldn’t want a ton of them living in the walls of my house. It would be nice if they could remove them without hurting them but that probably is not going to happen. Maybe they could rent Mongoose?
Did they have their home inspected before they bought it? I guess it pays to have this done. In a related story, heard of someone just purchasing a home, and the dryer caught fire when they weren’t home, and turns out the dryer vent wasn’t cleaned for 4 years, and it’s supposed to be done once/twice even a year. Homeless, til they repair their home.
That was my question-if you are buying a home, particularly if it is in the $400,000, can’t you afford a home inspection??! Everybody wants to blame their stupidness on every one else
Black rat snakes are harmless .The pest control company is blowing a load of ssss. Take the ones you find outside. Remove their food source and the rest will leave, period. Sounds a whole lot more like those “trails” in the insulation are mouse trails and a couple of inexpensive traps baited with some peanut butter for 4 weeks should do the trick. Finally, check the foundation for holes. There must be some or the snakes wouldn’t have gotten in. Seal them off.
A few years back there was an article about a family (Ben and Amber Sessions) who moved into a home in Idaho that was snake infested. They eventually had to leave because it turned out the home was built on a “hibernaculum”, which is a breeding ground and hibernation den for snakes. It’s an important site for snakes, and there’s not much anyone could do about it. The quantity of garter snakes in the area was overwhelming. The family had to leave.
Maybe this home is located on a hibernaculum as well.
You people seem to have a great deal of faith in home inspections. I have had personal experience of inspections missing huge problems. You want to try and sue the inspector? Good luck – you might get your fee back, but that is all. Meanwhile you are stuck with a the house.
Black rat snakes are harmless to humans. These people are panicking about something not very significant, though they may have a case of some sort if the realtor lied.
Is this that same house they keep trying to pass off to unsuspecting home buyers. There was a show about a house that literally had snakes crawling in the walls and in the plumbing and its previous owners could not believe it was sold to someone else she thought it was going to be destroyed after she moved out ,but the Realtor never told the new owners about the problem and the new owners were the ones who got the show made to shed light on their problem.
First of all I don’t know why everybody is making this such a big deal personally I would had left and went out of town and had that house burn down there problem solve and then ruin the broker, realtor, and home inspector reputation. Some of people are just crazy for one snake are going to bit you no matter what harmless or not; they weren’t even supposed to be on earth as you go to bible and read the story of Adam and Eve when devil came into the garden as serpent. God did not create them the devil did and release them on earth to harm and put people in fear. And what if the baby was bitten what would you people have to say then those people deserve to be sued because if those people where black they would have beat those people up and burn that house to the ground case closed.
Black rat snakes are particularly useful snakes. They eat rodents and they are territorial, so they keep away other snakes. Having said that, I have smelled what snake enclosures smell like and wouldn’t want a ton of them living in the walls of my house. It would be nice if they could remove them without hurting them but that probably is not going to happen. Maybe they could rent Mongoose?
Did the couple have a problem with the infestation of brokers, attorneys, and bankers in the deal?
Did they have their home inspected before they bought it? I guess it pays to have this done. In a related story, heard of someone just purchasing a home, and the dryer caught fire when they weren’t home, and turns out the dryer vent wasn’t cleaned for 4 years, and it’s supposed to be done once/twice even a year. Homeless, til they repair their home.
That was my question-if you are buying a home, particularly if it is in the $400,000, can’t you afford a home inspection??! Everybody wants to blame their stupidness on every one else
Black rat snakes are harmless .The pest control company is blowing a load of ssss. Take the ones you find outside. Remove their food source and the rest will leave, period. Sounds a whole lot more like those “trails” in the insulation are mouse trails and a couple of inexpensive traps baited with some peanut butter for 4 weeks should do the trick. Finally, check the foundation for holes. There must be some or the snakes wouldn’t have gotten in. Seal them off.
A few years back there was an article about a family (Ben and Amber Sessions) who moved into a home in Idaho that was snake infested. They eventually had to leave because it turned out the home was built on a “hibernaculum”, which is a breeding ground and hibernation den for snakes. It’s an important site for snakes, and there’s not much anyone could do about it. The quantity of garter snakes in the area was overwhelming. The family had to leave.
Maybe this home is located on a hibernaculum as well.
You people seem to have a great deal of faith in home inspections. I have had personal experience of inspections missing huge problems. You want to try and sue the inspector? Good luck – you might get your fee back, but that is all. Meanwhile you are stuck with a the house.
baby your are never stuck with anything cause guess what they have insurance on that house you figure out.
Black rat snakes are harmless to humans. These people are panicking about something not very significant, though they may have a case of some sort if the realtor lied.
Is this that same house they keep trying to pass off to unsuspecting home buyers. There was a show about a house that literally had snakes crawling in the walls and in the plumbing and its previous owners could not believe it was sold to someone else she thought it was going to be destroyed after she moved out ,but the Realtor never told the new owners about the problem and the new owners were the ones who got the show made to shed light on their problem.
First of all I don’t know why everybody is making this such a big deal personally I would had left and went out of town and had that house burn down there problem solve and then ruin the broker, realtor, and home inspector reputation. Some of people are just crazy for one snake are going to bit you no matter what harmless or not; they weren’t even supposed to be on earth as you go to bible and read the story of Adam and Eve when devil came into the garden as serpent. God did not create them the devil did and release them on earth to harm and put people in fear. And what if the baby was bitten what would you people have to say then those people deserve to be sued because if those people where black they would have beat those people up and burn that house to the ground case closed.
HUH? (@ Williams)