Snakes and TTs

Snakes in the RV concern me. If my DW found one inside, we would have to drop the insurance, take it out in a field and burn it to the chassis. Then the chassis would be taken somewhere and be melted.

Then I would have to buy a new RV.

Seems like a lot of hassle for a snake. :B

they frequently climb up my chimney and go into my attic. some of their shed skins are mighty big.
bumpy

gbopp wrote:
Snakes in the RV concern me. If my DW found one inside, we would have to drop the insurance, take it out in a field and burn it to the chassis. Then the chassis would be taken somewhere and be melted.

Then I would have to buy a new RV.

Seems like a lot of hassle for a snake. :B

Huh! It sounds like you would be getting off easy! All you would have to do is just sink $50K into a new RV and.... problem solved? Your wife must be much more level headed than most! ;)

Gbopp,
Your DW and mine must share the same snake fear gene.

Bugs, rodents, mammal, even lizards and alligator are no problem, but a snake the size of an earth worm is immediately deemed to be of the cotton mouth water rattler species.

Blacksnakes climb up porches for bird nests up by the gutters.

Of COURSE you had to start this thread just as we are leaving for the SW!!! But we do live in FL so we have seen snakes before. No RV is big enough for a snake or spider!! I would jump out while it was going down the road!!!!

I'm not sure it matters what part of the country you are in. Barring climates way to cold for them, snakes don't just crawl into places for the heck of it, they go where the food is - or where it smells like food MIGHT be.
My property is on the Mason Dixon line (not some tropical / desert place) and within the last week I came face to face with 2 big black snakes right near where the TT it usually parked (at the dealer now). One under the lawnmower and another on the shed door handle. With trees / downed logs, tall grass / weeds, rocks, and outbuildings all with mice / voles and such around - We have snakes aplenty. One crawled out of the chimney inside the house this week - wife snapped a pic and sent it to me showing his head peaking out of the flue cover.
I'm not saying they will get into just about anything, just that they follow the food (mice). We are newbies to the TT world and I will be trying seal up as many potential entry points as possible to keep ALL critters out.

I found a snake skin in my battery box recently. It can happen. Safety protocol would indicate to never place your hands where you cannot see them or the snake.

gbopp wrote:
Snakes in the RV concern me. If my DW found one inside, we would have to drop the insurance, take it out in a field and burn it to the chassis. Then the chassis would be taken somewhere and be melted.

Then I would have to buy a new RV.

Seems like a lot of hassle for a snake. :B

You got that right! My wife can spot a paint drip at 100 yards. Before we even left home last year she was sitting on the couch and spotted a spider. As I started look the TT over I was amazing what a cheesy job they did on se3aling it up. It was a Jayco and I considered it well built. I knew that if we had a mouse, a scorpion, a snake or anything else get in that TT it would be all over. It would be sold and my butt would be stuck in the snow.

I don't think I would dry camp around Sweetwater TX. I'd even be careful in RV parks. :E

In Korea I kidded a Major about snow snakes and even went so far as to put a piece of waterhose in his sleeping bag. Needless to say, he tore the sleeping bag to shreds coming out of it. The sleeping bags were made with feathers in those days and I can say that feathers were flying. :)