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[Cordeliere]

Ick. There was a snake in the pool this morning. It was little--a foot long and about as big as my pinky in diameter. It had rings so it may have been a coral snake which is a poisonous species.

DH was going to scoop it up with the leave skimmer (rake like thing with a fish net deal on the end) and put it outside of the pool cage. I am skeptical "like so he can come back in?". So we get dressed so we can walk it across the street to an empty lot.

DH does nothing with finesses. He tries to scoop it with a quick jerk and ends up throwing it in my vicinity. Of course, the snake is more scared than I am and huddles against the pool cage. Great. What do we do now since we can't get it with the skimmer. Or so I thought. DH, who fancies himself as a knight in shinning amour, comes over and smashes it with the handle end of the pool skimmer. I suggest he wash off the end of the pool skimmer and he dips it in the pool. Oh gross. That really wasn't what I had in mind, but he was trying to please.

I think I will go take a nap to rest up.

 

[EmileH]

Ick. There was a snake in the pool this morning. It was little--a foot long and about as big as my pinky in diameter. It had rings so it may have been a coral snake which is a poisonous species.

DH was going to scoop it up with the leave skimmer (rake like thing with a fish net deal on the end) and put it outside of the pool cage. I am skeptical "like so he can come back in?". So we get dressed so we can walk it across the street to an empty lot.

DH does nothing with finesses. He tries to scoop it with a quick jerk and ends up throwing it in my vicinity. Of course, it is more scared than I am and huddles against the pool cage. Great what do we do now since we can't get it with the skimmer. Or so I thought. DH, who fancies himself as a knight in shinning amour, comes over and smashes it with the pool end of the pool skimmer. I suggest he wash off the end of the pool skimmer and he dips it in the pool. Oh gross. That really wasn't what I had in mind, but he was trying to please.

I think I will go take a nap to rest up.

Oh my. I'm sorry. The only thing worse than bugs are snakes.

 

[Genie27]

Oh these tips are very helpful, rainneday. That's interesting that Livermore is warm - I would not expect that as my recollection of SF was that it was 4 seasons in a day, pack a sweater or buy one there.

Ick. There was a snake in the pool this morning. It was little--a foot long and about as big as my pinky in diameter. It had rings so it may have been a coral snake which is a poisonous species.

DH was going to scoop it up with the leave skimmer (rake like thing with a fish net deal on the end) and put it outside of the pool cage. I am skeptical "like so he can come back in?". So we get dressed so we can walk it across the street to an empty lot.

DH does nothing with finesses. He tries to scoop it with a quick jerk and ends up throwing it in my vicinity. Of course, the snake is more scared than I am and huddles against the pool cage. Great. What do we do now since we can't get it with the skimmer. Or so I thought. DH, who fancies himself as a knight in shinning amour, comes over and smashes it with the handle end of the pool skimmer. I suggest he wash off the end of the pool skimmer and he dips it in the pool. Oh gross. That really wasn't what I had in mind, but he was trying to please.

I think I will go take a nap to rest up.

Omg, I could see my bf doing this exact thing. That bit of cleaning the skimmer by dipping it in the pool!!!! Guy logic.

 

[eagle1002us]

Ick. There was a snake in the pool this morning. It was little--a foot long and about as big as my pinky in diameter. It had rings so it may have been a coral snake which is a poisonous species.

DH was going to scoop it up with the leave skimmer (rake like thing with a fish net deal on the end) and put it outside of the pool cage. I am skeptical "like so he can come back in?". So we get dressed so we can walk it across the street to an empty lot.

DH does nothing with finesses. He tries to scoop it with a quick jerk and ends up throwing it in my vicinity. Of course, the snake is more scared than I am and huddles against the pool cage. Great. What do we do now since we can't get it with the skimmer. Or so I thought. DH, who fancies himself as a knight in shinning amour, comes over and smashes it with the handle end of the pool skimmer. I suggest he wash off the end of the pool skimmer and he dips it in the pool. Oh gross. That really wasn't what I had in mind, but he was trying to please.

I think I will go take a nap to rest up.

Another good story from you! Was he more scared than you of the snake?

 

[scarf1]

Oh these tips are very helpful, rainneday. That's interesting that Livermore is warm - I would not expect that as my recollection of SF was that it was 4 seasons in a day, pack a sweater or buy one there.



Omg, I could see my bf doing this exact thing. That bit of cleaning the skimmer by dipping it in the pool!!!! Guy logic.

At this time of year Livermore usually has daytime highs of 90-102F. It can be 40 degrees warmer than Sf. We call that our Bay Area micro-climates

 

[prepster]

Ick. There was a snake in the pool this morning. It was little--a foot long and about as big as my pinky in diameter. It had rings so it may have been a coral snake which is a poisonous species.

DH was going to scoop it up with the leave skimmer (rake like thing with a fish net deal on the end) and put it outside of the pool cage. I am skeptical "like so he can come back in?". So we get dressed so we can walk it across the street to an empty lot.

DH does nothing with finesses. He tries to scoop it with a quick jerk and ends up throwing it in my vicinity. Of course, the snake is more scared than I am and huddles against the pool cage. Great. What do we do now since we can't get it with the skimmer. Or so I thought. DH, who fancies himself as a knight in shinning amour, comes over and smashes it with the handle end of the pool skimmer. I suggest he wash off the end of the pool skimmer and he dips it in the pool. Oh gross. That really wasn't what I had in mind, but he was trying to please.

I think I will go take a nap to rest up.

It's easy to tell if it's venomous. If the red stripe touches yellow, it's always a coral snake. If the red stripe touches black, it's always a harmless (and good) Scarlet or Scarlet King snake. (Not that such knowledge makes discovering a snake in the pool any less shocking! )

 

[EmileH]

It's easy to tell if it's venomous. If the red stripe touches yellow, it's always a coral snake. If the red stripe touches black, it's always a harmless (and good) Scarlet or Scarlet King snake. (Not that such knowledge makes discovering a snake in the pool any less shocking! )

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[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] like I'm really going to get close enough to tell. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

All snakes are deadly to me because I could have s heart attack if I see them

 

[prepster]

[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] like I'm really going to get close enough to tell. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

All snakes are deadly to me because I could have s heart attack if I see them

A coral snake is pretty easy to spot, you would not need a magnifying glass. My thinking is more a question of priorities. I dislike mice and rats more, so I try to encourage and preserve the things that eat them. That's why I take care of the foxes on the property, because they apparently think the voles in my gardens are yummy.

 

[Mindi B]

Isn't there some striped snake identifying rhyme, prepster, like "Red against yellow will kill a fellow; red against black won't attack"? I'm too lazy to Google it at this moment. . . .

 

[Genie27]

Yeah, my luck I'm gonna mix those up. I'm sticking to the city and will stay away from all snakes when in the wild.

 

[EmileH]

Yeah, my luck I'm gonna mix those up. I'm sticking to the city and will stay away from all snakes when in the wild.

I'm with you genie. If I see a snake there is no way I'm remembering a rhyme. Only two worlds would be going through my head. Fortunately I never saw a snake while living in Texas. Amazing isn't it? Of course I didn't go looking for them.

 

[Cordeliere]

It's easy to tell if it's venomous. If the red stripe touches yellow, it's always a coral snake. If the red stripe touches black, it's always a harmless (and good) Scarlet or Scarlet King snake. (Not that such knowledge makes discovering a snake in the pool any less shocking! )

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He was probably harmless. His stripes weren't as vivid as the pictures you post. I did not really want to inspect him closely while he was in the pool, and I really didn't was to inspect him after his unfortunate demise.

We are not really snake haters. Two summers ago, we had a lot of black snakes living underneath the hedges at our apartment building. They scared the tenants. But one tenant was not afraid of them and would catch them and put them in a bag for me. I would drive them to a park on the river and release them. The brave tenant is no longer there, so next snake infestation, I will be the one catching them (wearing thick leather gloves).

 

[rainnebeauxday]

At this time of year Livermore usually has daytime highs of 90-102F. It can be 40 degrees warmer than Sf. We call that our Bay Area micro-climates

This, exactly. Livermore isn't really considered SF (the Bay Area is huge and generally considered to encompass Alameda, SF, San Mateo, Contra Costa and Marin counties), although plenty of people do commute from there.

Ick. There was a snake in the pool this morning. It was little--a foot long and about as big as my pinky in diameter. It had rings so it may have been a coral snake which is a poisonous species.

DH was going to scoop it up with the leave skimmer (rake like thing with a fish net deal on the end) and put it outside of the pool cage. I am skeptical "like so he can come back in?". So we get dressed so we can walk it across the street to an empty lot.

DH does nothing with finesses. He tries to scoop it with a quick jerk and ends up throwing it in my vicinity. Of course, the snake is more scared than I am and huddles against the pool cage. Great. What do we do now since we can't get it with the skimmer. Or so I thought. DH, who fancies himself as a knight in shinning amour, comes over and smashes it with the handle end of the pool skimmer. I suggest he wash off the end of the pool skimmer and he dips it in the pool. Oh gross. That really wasn't what I had in mind, but he was trying to please.

I think I will go take a nap to rest up.

Oh lordy, I would be exhausted too! Do you need to drain and replace the water in your pool, or is the filter sufficient for this?
I grew up with snakes on our property in SoCal, my dad is very comfortable with them and often picks them up and moves them to an empty parcel nearby. Occasionally we would have rattle snakes, but mostly gopher snakes and such.
I have a snake phobia so (in the case of the snake in the pool) I would have been inside the house safely watching from behind some (very thick) glass. My mom bought an herbal anti-snake potion that she sprinkled along the border of their property, idk that it works very well as they still get a snake from time to time in the summer months. I can ask her what the name of it is, if you are curious.

Oh these tips are very helpful, rainneday. That's interesting that Livermore is warm - I would not expect that as my recollection of SF was that it was 4 seasons in a day, pack a sweater or buy one there.

What Scarf1 said

 

[prepster]

He was probably harmless. His stripes weren't as vivid as the pictures you post. I did not really want to inspect him closely while he was in the pool, and I really didn't was to inspect him after his unfortunate demise.

We are not really snake haters. Two summers ago, we had a lot of black snakes living underneath the hedges at our apartment building. They scared the tenants. But one tenant was not afraid of them and would catch them and put them in a bag for me. I would drive them to a park on the river and release them. The brave tenant is no longer there, so next snake infestation, I will be the one catching them (wearing thick leather gloves).

You are very impressive!

 

[Cordeliere]

You are very impressive!

Not so impressive when it comes to spiders. ha ha