Found him coiled up outside Ian’s door when I came up for my evening shower.
Mature bullsnakes are docile as can be but babies, being less the masters of their world, can get salty when scared.
Still don’t have any venom, though.
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They say that Louis XIV had the inscription Ultima Ratio Regum cast into all the cannon of the French Army. It means “The Ultimate Argument of Kings,” and that always struck me as one of the most honest and up-front things any ruler or would-be ruler ever said. “We can dress it up prettier than this, but when it comes down to the unvarnished truth this is what it’s about: You’ll do as I say or I’ll send my goons to kill you.”
I thought about that for a long time. If there’s an ultimate argument, it seems only logical that there must be an ultimate answer. For years I thought the ultimate answer must be the bullets in my rifle, but it never seemed quite right. I’ve got bullets – he’s got frigging Cannon Balls. I mean, if there were three hundred million rifles throwing bullets at him, then maybe. But we all know that’s not going to happen. So if there’s an ultimate answer to his ultimate argument, it sure as hell ain’t bullets.
It finally came to me – and that’s when I abandoned the city and most of my stuff, and gave all that was behind me a good stiff Randian Shrug.
The ultimate answer to kings is not a bullet, but a belly laugh.
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Ok, that’s where digital camo comes from. I did not know that.
Salty or no, it will help you with the rodent infestation issue so tolerate them as best you can, eh?
Oh, yeah. Bullsnakes are welcome anywhere except indoors.
I would let them in, if it wasn’t for the wife and MIL, but then, I’ve always been the reptile kid (now at 72). Caught a medium large bull snake yesterday, mid day, in the chicken house. The chickens are safe, but not the eggs. I’m willing to trade eggs for rodent control, plus, Bull snakes taught my dogs to leave all (rattlers) snakes alone. Relocated him a hundred yards west to the garden.
When I was a kid, it was common for North Queenslanders to have a carpet snake or a scrub python sleeping in the rafters, not so much now. Sure keeps the rodent population away, and if the littlies misbehaved, they were warned that “Fred” the snake found naughty children very tasty!