Snake in the irrigation control box
Our RV site is irrigated, meaning that our lovely bushes and shrubs are supposed to get a daily dose of water. But I have seen the system work exactly once in the two years we have been in residence – I heard the sprinklers activate once at about 2am. Somewhere way down on my To Do list is “call the irrigation company.” But it never rises very high because the flora does fine without any assistance. Everything is always green and lush.
Until this month. March was pretty much rain-free in Fort Myers. The grass is turning brown and I have been hand-watering our two new bushes. But before I called the irrigation company I thought I should take a look in the control box – buried behind our huge palm shrubs.
Surprise! A snake was curled up in there. It didn’t move when I lifted the lid and for a second I thought it was dead. My second thought was “it might be poisonous” so I carefully replaced the lid. It started to move as I did so.
It wasn’t huge – maybe 18″ and the thickness of my pinkie. But small venomous snakes can be deadly. So I wanted to identify it. After 10 minutes on the laptop I got the answer: eastern corn snake. Non-venomous.
But I think I will let the irrigation company take it from here.