Snakes & Sneakers

We often put these cardboard squares around the house to catch cockroaches. They are super sticky with some bait in the middle to lure the roaches in. Once the cockroach hits the sticky part, it's stuck ... for good!

As we live on the 1st floor, we get more than our fair share of creepy crawlies trying to get into the apartment... so we usually put a few of these roach stickies in our entry way to try to cut down on the summer population inside. Today, Michael thought he'd check to see if he caught anything... and found this:

You'll notice what remains of a roach on the bottom right. Then a lizard/gecko encircled by the snake, then of course, yes, the SNAKE!

And where did Michael pull this out from? Right under the kids' shoe shelf, in the entryway of the house, right next to the screen door with totally broken screens (the kids don't even both to open the screen doors, they just walk right through)!

Michael showed it to our community groundskeeper who said it was a very poisonous variety... comforting thought!

If this was the first incident, it might not be so bad... but this is the 5th snake we've found in our entryway area, and the 3rd one under the shoe shelf! So, I guess the next time we put on our sneakers, we'll check to see if there's anything slithering inside first!