I was cruising this forum yesterday evening when I heard a ruckus above my head. I went upstairs to see what was going on and no one was up there. I went back downstairs and the noise was still going on. I contemplated and reluctantly decided to cut a hole in the drywall above my head and stick a spare Wyze v2 cam in the holeā¦
Yikes! It was a 6 foot Eastern Ratsnake shedding its skin. You can see his skin in this capture, but heās actually over 20 feet farther back across the ceiling. Heās obviously been a busy boy as there are piles of mouse fur poop all over the place.
I fished the skin out with a hanger and left the cam up there with motion detection enabled. We canāt figure out how heās getting in and out of the house, so we named him Houdini.
My big tabby always ātook care ofā the occasional mouse that dared enter the house but he passed away last winter. We recently adopted a 7-month old female from the shelter, but she hasnāt yet figured out that itās her job to keep the mice out. I guess Houdini is just taking care of business until she grows up. Now if I could just convince the rest of the family that Houdini is a friendly, harmless petā¦ itās not going well.
Holy crap. Burn the house, claim the insurance call it goodā¦Iām not afraid of snakes, but one thatās doing that stuff is up to no good and is possibly an evil sorcerer.
In order to cite my evidence I would have you only watch Harry Potter and the chamber of secretsā¦ #facts
Ah, hell, I was hopinā to see the chainsaw drywall āviolationā with you wearing a tom cruise vanilla sky mask or such like then maybe a reverse angle from wyzecam-in-ceiling-cavity pov of your head slowly rising into cavity and peering around.
But this is still pretty good.
Maybe you could burn the mouse fur poop in some potteresque incantatory ritual?
Cut to family members recoiling, wretching, ralphing and then back to you raising smoldering poop balls to ceiling hole over a deep didgeridoo crescendoā¦ ?
Glad youāre not the type to kill it. Itās doing a good service for you. Just tell the family it moved out and leave it at that. Probably want to patch the hole or he may visit inside.
Iāv had mice, a squirrel, known people with birds, raccoons and even bats but never a snake. If Houdini has figured in and out, whatās to say he hasnāt managed to visit the downstairs! Is he big enough to be an issue for the kitten?
Lol, I thought for a second you meant like a guy you knew with a parrot on his shoulder living in the crawl space - remember those old stories where someone taps into the utilities and sets up house under the floor?
Havenāt seen one of those in a whileā¦
I know guys big enough to be an issue for the kitten.
My wife claims she hears something in the automatic now and then. I claim that it most likely the house settling, or temperature changes making things expand and contract. To appease her, I placed an Pan Cam in the attic. Iāve left the single light on as well. I was wondering if you were using a light for the above photo, or whether the infrared was adequate for your picture?
BTW, nothing has been spotted by the Pan Cam yet, but I did have a false motion detected.
Can I borrow Houdini? I canāt even set up my WYZE to capture the roof rat problem Iām having! Theyāve chewed through the wires before so I had to buy a game camera. I wish I had a Ratsnake!
I went back downstairs and the noise was still going on. I contemplated and reluctantly decided to cut a hole in the drywall above my head and stick a spare Wyze v2 cam in the holeā¦
It was a 6 foot Eastern Ratsnake shedding its skin. You can see his skin in this capture, but heās actually over 20 feet farther back across the ceiling. Heās obviously been a busy boy as there are piles of mouse fur poop all over the place. 
Now if I could just convince the rest of the family that Houdini is a friendly, harmless petā¦ itās not going well. 
