Snake in the House

No its not a worm...its a snake! Brittany is holding a three inch Texas Blind Snake. These are very tiny snakes that reach about eight inches in length. They hunt ants and the eggs of insects. Their mouth is so small that they can't bite people. They are a good snake to have around the house but not in the house. They live under the concrete slabs of homes but when it rains very hard, as it did this past week, they crawl out of their holes and enter warm dry houses. When in the house they will often breed and lay eggs. With time you'll have many of these snakes in your home. The other night we were moving some furniture around, lifted our rug and found the little critter. It's likely a yearling and thus likely did not lay its eggs in the carpet.