SNAKE IN POWDER RM...THIN BROWN RED YELLOW...DONT KNOW WHAT KiND?

Question

VERY LONG SNAKE WAS JIGGLING ACROSS THE TILE ON A FIRST FLOOR LEVEL...SCARED THE COMPANY......ALOT....IT DISAPPEARED UNDER THE VANITY NEAR SOME PIPING....WHAT IS THE KIND....IS IT DANGEROUS? WE STUFFED THE HOLE WITH A PAPER TOWEL....NOW WILL DIE UNDER THERE OR FIND A WAY OUT.....PRETTY UNEXPECTED SCARE FOR SOMEONE VISITING....WE LIVE IN THE COUNTRY IF THAT HELPS. MOSTLY TURTLE SHELL COLOR...BUT THE SURPRISED GUEST SAID IT HAD SOME RED FLECKS ON IT THANKS

WE LIVE IN PENNSYLVANIA NEAR READING

Answer 1

Hi there;
You said you live in the Quaker state (Penn.) so that rules out many species. I know that some snakes can appear to be very long but could you post back with an approx. size? Say approx. have many tiles long. Use those as a gauge, ex. one tile = 3 inch square. Size is important because it is necessary to determine if the snake is a juvenile. Often juvenile snakes are vastly different in pattern and coloration than the adults.
If you are worried about contact with the animal it is very easy to humanely remove the unwelcome guest from your home.
Turn off all heat to the bath if possible and provide a source of heat like a hot water bottle on the floor in plain site. Also place near the hot water bottle an open can of chicken soup. The molecules in the fat of the chicken soup will attract the hapless critter and you will be able to snatch it up. Use an old pillow case which you can toss onto the snake. Once the snake is covered by the pillow case, gently turn the pillow case inside out over the snake and tie to close. Relocate your party crasher to a nice field or a wooded area. Though I would urge extreme caution until you know if you have a copperhead or not. Copperheads do love water but usually avoid human habitats. The reds and orange/yellows of a copperhead are distinctive and the pattern is bold. Did your snake have a pattern at all? My gut thoughts are that you have a common water snake ( no pun intended) which does have a red phase coloration. Beware, water snakes are notoriously aggressive when cornered. Though not poisonous they can deliver a nasty bite. I suggest you use winter gloves or work/garden gloves for the capture and handling. If you are still shy about the removal, I am sure that you can contact one of the many fine herp societies in your neck of the woods who can steer you to some one who will gladly do the deed.
If you are unsure about the animal being poisonous here is an excellent website all about snakes of Pennsylvania which includes how to correctly identify poisonous and non poisonous snakes.
Snakes in Pennsylvania
http://www.fish.state.pa.us/factsnake.htm

Good luck :)

Answer 2

Sounds like a garter snake....

was it like this???

http://coloherp.org/geo/species/SpePics/PicThsi.jpg

If so, its harmless. Unplug the hole and let it try to get back outside. Its just lost and more scared than you guys....It eats mice so dont hurt it.

Oh and shame on us???? Some of us are experts when it comes to herps so don't be so quick to judge. Why are you even on this ANSWER if you have none? Oh, just starting crap...almost forgot this is Yahoo.

Answer 3

I'd be a frustrating scaled python! I'm uncommon, exciting, weird and wonderful, one among a form, and unknown to many of the international! I'm one among those snakes that has a classification of its own! I'm also reliable, like to climb, and my chew isn't to be underestimated! I fairly have appropriate fantastic minty eyes and warmth, milk chocolately brown scales(hair)! Odds are, you'll in no way meet yet another like me.

Answer 4

I'd be a difficult scaled python! I'm infrequent, exciting, bizarre, considered one of a sort, and unknown to a lot of the arena! I'm a kind of snakes that has a class of its possess! I'm additionally powerful, like to climb, and my chunk isn't to be underestimated! I have lovely shiny minty eyes and hot, milk chocolately brown scales(hair)! Odds are, you'll certainly not meet a further like me.

Answer 5

I'd be a rough scaled python! I'm infrequent, intriguing, weird, one in every of a style, and unknown to much of the world! I'm a kind of snakes that has a category of its own! I'm also robust, like to climb, and my chunk is not to be underestimated! I've stunning brilliant minty eyes and heat, milk chocolately brown scales(hair)! Odds are, you'll under no circumstances meet yet another like me.

Answer 6

Probably just a rat or corn type snake. I live in the country too, just had one in my dining room last week. Not sure if it was a rat snake or a rattler baby. Yeah, it's a shocker lol.......

Answer 7

WHAT STATE are you in? THere are way too many snakes to even Guess at what it might be without atleast knowing the state you are in.

Twenty-one species of snakes are considered to be native to Pennsylvania. 19 are NON-Venemous and three are.
check this link
http://www.lib.duke.edu/bes/reptiles/snakes.htm

Answer 8

Sounds like a corn snake. Not poisonous, not dangerous, they eat mice and other rodents.

Answer 9

it might be a corl snake deadly piosonus evacuate building

Answer 10

I'd be calling someone if I didnt know..