I'm not thrilled with snakes either. But the fear is not as irrational as it is with spiders.
When we moved to North Carolina, I was cleaning out the backyard.
When I got to ground level and below of this rock pit I was wheelbarrelling rocks from, I found it was a snake pit.
I just grabbed my BBQ tongs and started collecting snakes into multiple rubbermaid boxes. Didn't even think about it.
As we went hiking and fishing, we brought a box to release.
Whereas with spiders ::monsters!::, I say kill them.
Now, if a snake happens into my house....the fish gutten knives will emerge.
Your a good girl for what you did with the snakes but spiders are our friends too. Now skunks are a different matter.