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Okay, first things first. A week after I saw our paradise tree snake I saw one dead on the road. Sad sad sad. Well, this morning, hanging from the rafter of the car port was a second Paradise skin, this one 2 inches longer than the first edition. YEAY!! It is still around.
Now the pobblerem. I go out to load the washing machine on the back porch. The lid won't open all the way. I note about 6 inches of snake tail up in the hinge area. I grabbed the tail and lowered the lid to uncrush the critter, but then what? Gently pulling on the tail the snake produced a very weird sound a little like the toad. Sort of a reptilian version of a sheep's baaah. It did this twice, about 1 second long each.
Okay. The scales were very fine. Much finer than the Paradise. At 6 inches up from the tip it was around 3/8ths of an inch thick. The color was a uniform yellowish tan with a lighter underbelly. And it made a gronk noise. ID please!!!
Resigned to my fate I got a screw driver and began to dismantle the washing machine. For those not in the know, I believe the correct procedure for taking apart these appliances includes sojourns at midnight into spooky cemeteries during the dark of the moon. I got the top off but of course, no snake visible. Next I took off the back. Then, being a genius, I unplugged the machine. (Ever wonder about those automated self flushing toilets? I mean, does anyone really want to relieve themselves into a 240 volt appliance?)
Anyway, still no snake. Tip the thing on it's side and take the bottom off. The snake would invariably be coiled inside the motor if this inspection was not made. Nope. Only one place left: between the inner and outer tubs and I don't have the custom grave robbing 19 sided wrench to take the tub out. And so, I reassembled the machine then filled it to the brim with water and left it. Maybe the snake will relocate on it's own. Now to explain to the boss she will be wearing the same undies for a few days.
A few years back we had a 2 foot snake die between the inner and outer tubs. After the appliance repair maniacs removed the snake I had to call them back and take the monster apart a second time so we could leave the various stinky parts to alternately air in the sun and get drenched with strong bleach solutions for 2 weeks. Then call the maniacs back a third time (with that rare much treasured wrench) to reassemble the thing once more.
Now the pobblerem. I go out to load the washing machine on the back porch. The lid won't open all the way. I note about 6 inches of snake tail up in the hinge area. I grabbed the tail and lowered the lid to uncrush the critter, but then what? Gently pulling on the tail the snake produced a very weird sound a little like the toad. Sort of a reptilian version of a sheep's baaah. It did this twice, about 1 second long each.
Okay. The scales were very fine. Much finer than the Paradise. At 6 inches up from the tip it was around 3/8ths of an inch thick. The color was a uniform yellowish tan with a lighter underbelly. And it made a gronk noise. ID please!!!
Resigned to my fate I got a screw driver and began to dismantle the washing machine. For those not in the know, I believe the correct procedure for taking apart these appliances includes sojourns at midnight into spooky cemeteries during the dark of the moon. I got the top off but of course, no snake visible. Next I took off the back. Then, being a genius, I unplugged the machine. (Ever wonder about those automated self flushing toilets? I mean, does anyone really want to relieve themselves into a 240 volt appliance?)
Anyway, still no snake. Tip the thing on it's side and take the bottom off. The snake would invariably be coiled inside the motor if this inspection was not made. Nope. Only one place left: between the inner and outer tubs and I don't have the custom grave robbing 19 sided wrench to take the tub out. And so, I reassembled the machine then filled it to the brim with water and left it. Maybe the snake will relocate on it's own. Now to explain to the boss she will be wearing the same undies for a few days.
A few years back we had a 2 foot snake die between the inner and outer tubs. After the appliance repair maniacs removed the snake I had to call them back and take the monster apart a second time so we could leave the various stinky parts to alternately air in the sun and get drenched with strong bleach solutions for 2 weeks. Then call the maniacs back a third time (with that rare much treasured wrench) to reassemble the thing once more.
