Vanity Help identify this snake found in my bedroom! Please!!

[Sweet_Sunflower29]

light brown/grey snake, no obviously pointed head, skinny about 10-12 inches long, looks like a baby

how can i identify this quickly before I figure out what to do with it.

[snippy_about_it]

Sorry, google is down I was going to look for a number for your local animal control.

No trash can. What is within your reach you could use, a drawer, heavy book, rope, handgun?

[Dubya]

Hope this will help. We just put them outside and turn them lose.

Features of poisonous & non-poisonous snakes

[Senator Pardek]

I retract my statements in #58.

[deport]

snake is under my foot.

You standing on it?.......

[Tall_Texan]

Does the alleged snake have any marketable skills?

Does having an ACLU membership count?

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

If you have a cat, the cat may have brought the snake in the house. My cats do.

This is very true if the cat brought it in its a gift for you if shes /hes still kicking just let the cat have it

[Sweet_Sunflower29]

cool...slide show!

[freedox]

"cats are watching it with wide eyes..."

Lift your foot and let the cats handle it......they're much more skilled than you are.

[hellinahandcart]

no pic of the particular snake under my foot.

Let me get this straight: it's under your FOOT right now? Holy crap.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Think of how much different this thread would have been, had it been a guy who posted this thread? ;0)

[Sweet_Sunflower29]

bump for later laughing...

[deport]

Any suggestions on dealing with snakes?....... LOL

[ErnBatavia]

slithering in an 'S' shape on the floor and if it matters, i live in the southwest.

Well, you're in New Mexico...could be a sidewinder, especially since you say the head is NOT "pointy"....and since sidewinders are rattlesnakes, you've got a spot of bother.

Always wondered over threads like this, by the way - during these times of extreme stress, why do some people jump on the computer?....and then NOT go to Google to try and ID the problem?

[Teacher317]

I was a herpetology freak when I was a kid. I'd love to see a picture and let you know. While there are several good generic ways posted here to determine whether it is venemous or not, I was taught that you look at the belly scales after the ventral opening (its butt), and if they are divided in two, they are non-venemous. All along the belly, the scales go all the way across, until you get near the end... then they split for non-venemous varieties. Of course, this involves handling the critter, which is probably not among your top choices, LOL.

I know NM has milksnakes, but they are banded and not a flat brown/grey color. Young copperheads are grey/tan, but generally have yellowish heads (and are VERY poisonous), and have light banded markings even in youth. Garter snakes are about a foot long like yours, have flat colors (and sometimes stripes), are thin and extremely common (and mostly non-aggressive). That'll be my guess until we get more details.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

well ive done all i can do if your to scared to do anything you will be there all night snakesitting theres gotta be something there you can beat it with or throw over it like a towel or a blanket close then just snach him up and get rid of it

[Sweet_Sunflower29]

underfoot, im sitting in my chair
cat saw it on its way to where i sit,thought it was a bug till i saw whole thing,went right under my feet, under shoe wiggling around

[ErnBatavia]

more snakes could be around here? if so, how would i know

Easy - walk around the house barefoot later tonight, after lights out.

[Fintan]

Does having an ACLU membership count?

I wouldn't insult the snakes. ;-)

[John W]

Shoes on or barefoot?

[Teacher317]

Is this him?