PrincessMommy Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 While I was eating lunch something outside caught my eye in our holly tree. I looked and it was snake! We've been seeing them around lately. Then I looked closer I and there were 5 other snakes roiling around in the tree together. They were acting like they were playing. I went outside to watch them. One fell out and then another, but the other 4 kept roiling around and then coming down the tree. One stayed and watched me for a very long time and the others just kept going back up the tree again... I've not come inside and they're still in the tree. Not sitting still - constantly moving - over each other and on different branches. They look like young garden variety of snake - probably about 1.5-2feet long. What could they be doing? I've never seen snakes act like this before and I've never seen so many together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBasil Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 I don't know, but *shiver*. Snakes over my head? I am usually fine with snakes, but not ones that could drop on me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homebody2k Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 possibly mating.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4kiddies Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 UGH....that would seriously freak me out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebra Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Ugh, I hope you're not too far up the East Coast...nowhere near me hopefully. They were probably mating or something like that :blink:! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 I don't know, but *shiver*. Snakes over my head? I am usually fine with snakes, but not ones that could drop on me! I didn't stand where they could fall on me... *shiver*!! I like snakes too, but at a distance. possibly mating.. That's what my husband thought too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Sounds like the name of a picture book. Instead of the birds and the bees, you can teach about snake s*x! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 ^^ :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 :eek::svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 If you saw six snakes slithering in a tree, what could it be? Mating or playing or simply hanging out. I would be long gone from the area no doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Would snakes mate now though? Winter is right around the corner. Do female snakes stay pregnant all winter? I know some snakes around here group together in dens for the winter. But unless they are stupid snakes, winter in a tree doesn't sound like a great idea. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 :lurk5: Waiting for Faithmanor to chime in. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusksAngel Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 According to this some snakes will do this if the ground is cooler than the air temperature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Mating? SIX at a time? I had no idea snakes were such sluts. All the more reason to stay far, far away. Like in the next state--you know, the one with no snakes. Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokotg Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Eek! Creepy! I try to like snakes, but they pretty much just freak me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 According to this some snakes will do this if the ground is cooler than the air temperature. very cool. I bet that was it. The air is muggy but cool and we had lots of storms/rain last night. The ground is probably colder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 Mating? SIX at a time? I had no idea snakes were such sluts. All the more reason to stay far, far away. Like in the next state--you know, the one with no snakes. Terri :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebra Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Mating? SIX at a time? I had no idea snakes were such sluts. All the more reason to stay far, far away. Like in the next state--you know, the one with no snakes. Terri That can be a new insult! You're as slutty as a snake :lol:!!!!! Maybe they were having a swingers party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialClassical Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 That can be a new insult! You're as slutty as a snake :lol:!!!!! Maybe they were having a swingers party. Are you saying those snakes are lovers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth Angel_79 Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Are you saying those snakes are lovers? "Lov-aaaaahs" :lol: Bwahahahahaha!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in MI Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 You do know you have to move? Right? Right?????? And you have to burn your house and all foliage? Right? Right???????? Personally. I think they were sister wives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Grace Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 I am laughing so hard about the slutty snake lovers! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebra Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Are you saying those snakes are lovers? No...I would never say that :lol:! Well, at least they weren't wearing kilts and eating cupcakes. Then I would have to move! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle O. in MO Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 After this thread, I don't think I'll ever view a snake the same way again. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 All the talk of slutty snake lovers was amusing...but I keep going back to the fact that there were 6 snakes in her tree. I would be freaking out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celticmom Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 possibly mating.. :iagree:That was my first thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy the Valiant Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 It could be a new toungue-twister . . . "she sells seashells" is SO last-millenium. Hip kids can go around saying, "Six simultaneously sexy snakes slithered surreptitiously south at six o'clock." :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Where's the pictures! We like snakes. Last time I saw a snake in the yard the whole family came out and watched for a long time. It was just one, though, and didn't move much. I guessed it was a black snake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted September 29, 2012 Author Share Posted September 29, 2012 yeah, I should have grabbed my camera. It would have been hard to get good picture - It was gloomy, tree was shaded by the house, and the snakes are almost the same color as the tree itself. My kids were very disappointed they missed it when I told them about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebarefootamazon Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Slutty snakes. :lol: Sneaky snake goes dancin', a wigglin', and a-hissin'... sneaky snake goes dancin', a-gigglin', and a-kissin'... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof4ks Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 You ladies crack me up. :lol: I am stuck on six snakes in a tree and you were outside with them *shudder.* I saw a snake on a walk two nights ago, and my usual slow self figured out how to sprint very quickly. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBS Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 A counselor at Boy Scout camp talked a bunch about "balls" of snakes, how they would twine and weave together. I don't remember where he was from, the camp was in foothills/low mountains area, and some boys were reporting having seen some snakes together. He said they might have been a breeding ball, or a bunch coming out of hybernation, warming up, I think. I cannot remember if he referred to the time of year, but it sounded plausible. My parent's used to have black snakes in the Victorian farmhouse they owned in western N.C. and they would live in the underground drainage pipes, we thought. They would crawl in and out of the holly trees in the yard, in the summer, but sometimes lay in the transom over the front door. My mother was letting herself in the front door in the dark one time and a huge heavy one fell on her. Snakes falling on you is scary, gross and creepy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheerioKid Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 I would love to see something like that. The kids have a python, and we have had pet snakes even before we had kids. I am so fascinated by them. W will catch them in the yard all day long in the summertime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Coming soon to a theater near you! Samuel L. Jackson in "Snakes in a Tree". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
learningmama Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Mating? SIX at a time? I had no idea snakes were such sluts. All the more reason to stay far, far away. Like in the next state--you know, the one with no snakes. Terri This happened on our back fence last year. Just a few feet from the kids bedroom window, there were two snakes mating and another two that seemed "jealous" and kept bothering them. They were all weaving in/out of the chain fence, jumping to the ground, then climbing back up and heaping up on each other. :tongue_smilie::eek: :ack2: It was interesting, but creepy. My dd had issues going into her room for awhile after that. Needless to say, we don't play in the backyard much, we stay in the front/side. It was spring mating time and luckily we only see snakes once in a blue moon, but still....:scared: I think some probably live under the house. That's okay, it's expected since we live in the south. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candid Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Garter snakes don't get much longer than two feet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Garter_Snake So I don't think they are necessarily young (sounds full grown to me). I'm wondering if there were small insects in the tree or bush that you couldn't see but they were eating? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeFe Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 My mother was letting herself in the front door in the dark one time and a huge heavy one fell on her. Snakes falling on you is scary, gross and creepy! I would have DIED right there on the front porch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted September 29, 2012 Author Share Posted September 29, 2012 I would have DIED right there on the front porch! me too! Having a big snake fall on me IN THE DARK would have done me in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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