Anonymous wrote:When you say rat trap do you mean a glue trap? These are cruel and inhumane. The snake is harmless, please don't kill it.

+1

Please do not put down glue traps to try to catch this snake. They are so cruel and the snake is totally harmless.

Hunt that thing down!

My cleaning ladies found a baby snake in our basement and freaked out (understandably). They thought it was one of my kid’s toys and picked it up and then it starting slithering! She was way more calm than I woudl have been and caught it in a mason jar. I took a pic of it and posted on facebook snake group and it was identified as a Dekays brown snake (non venomous). I just let it out in the woods around the block. I was very concerned whether one baby snake meant there woudl be more, but we haven’t seen any in almost a year so I think we are safe!

Unless this is your house you should be fine.
http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/crime/ph-ac-cn-snake-house-settlement-1123-20161122-story.html

Give it to the lady who had a mouse a few days ago

Anonymous wrote:We had a rat snake In our basement. Our attitude was “happy hunting, big fella.”

yep

Anonymous wrote:They can get in under a closed door.

+1 We have seen these a couple times in our basement. They come under the door— I know this because one got stuck once! We really need to replace the door but just haven’t gotten around to it.

This was at least a foot long but very thin.

We found a baby snake in our basement too. It was a garter snake. I at first thought it was a worm and then it slithered and I thought no worm can slither like that....it's a snake. Told my husband and he killed it and this was about 3 weeks ago and I still feel so bad for that little baby snake. Haven't seen another one since and I'm thinking it had to come in through a little opening somewhere down the basement and my husband made sure there were no more open little gaps anywhere. If I had known he was going to kill it, I would have put it in a net and carried it out myself outside and left it go in the woods.

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like an adult ring necked snake. Totally non-venomous, can't even bite. Prefers damp areas inside and outside the house. Usually found in basements or near pipes.

Release outside the house in a wooded shaded area.

Found one in our basement last weekend and released it.

This happened to us a couple years ago. I panicked and called an animal control company to check things out before doing more research and realizing that babies go off on their own very young. They are so small it’s not hard for them to get in a basement. Mama snake is not likely anywhere nearby.

The wildlife company tried to sell me on glue traps and sealing my house for thousands of dollars. I decided to wait (because the traps seem inhumane unless there is a major infestation that can’t be handled any other way) and I didn’t want to go crazy with sealing for one little snake.

Sold our house 2 years later, but never saw another snake in that time.

Mama snakes don’t stay with their babies. No worries there. Baby copperheads have bright yellow or green tails. That’s really the only dangerous snake you need to worry about. It sounds like a harmless rat snake. Don’t kill him. He is one of the good guys! If you can catch him, simply release him outdoors.

We had a rat snake In our basement. Our attitude was “happy hunting, big fella.”

Anonymous wrote:Pick it up and let it go outside? It won't harm you. That's a baby rat snake.

Rat snakes are beneficial. They eat mice and rats. I moved a baby rat snake off a bike trail before it got smooshed by a bike, just last week.

Exactly this.

The snakes in the basement are there to eat the mice in the basement. No mice, no snakes.

Pick it up and let it go outside? It won't harm you. That's a baby rat snake.

Rat snakes are beneficial. They eat mice and rats. I moved a baby rat snake off a bike trail before it got smooshed by a bike, just last week.