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Coming across a snake in nature can be a startling experience, especially in your own yard. But it's an entirely different type of encounter when you happen to find one inside your house. Read on to find out the different sneaky ways experts say snakes can wind up entering your home.

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Certain wear-and-tear repairs on your home such as leaky roofs can be impossible to miss and prioritize fixing. But if you're looking to keep unwanted visitors out, you should also be focusing at least some of your attention downwards on your foundation.

"Snakes can get into your home through a gap the size of a pencil," says Nancy Troyano, PhD, a board-certified entomologist with Ehrlich Pest Control. "It's important to close up any holes, cracks, or crevices in the home, especially near the crawl space. Drainage areas are a perfect entry point for snakes."

The whole point of a door or window is that it's supposed to limit what comes into your home. But experts warn that seemingly tiny gaps in your entryway can provide all the space a snake needs to make its way inside. Ayon kayPaul Osborne, owner of All Creatures Wildlife Services in Tennessee, this is especially true of garage doors, which can sometimes fail to seal correctly and allow the cold-blooded creatures to enter in search of warmth or food.

To avoid welcoming in any snakes, inspect your home for any gaps and install a door sweep or caulk any gaps closed. And it should go without saying that leaving your doors wide open can also act as an open invitation for anyone to slither in, so make sure to keep garage and screen doors closed tight—unless you're trying to welcome much more than a cross breeze into your house.

We've all heard the urban legend about the unlucky homeowner who goes to use the toilet in the middle of the night only to find a snake awaiting them when they lift the lid. But while it can be easy to write such events off as hearsay, experts unfortunately point out that it's not an entirely implausible scenario.

The reason has to do with the way plumbing works in homes, which often uses stack pipes that run all the way up from the sewer and through the roof to vent gas, writer Meg Scanlon explains for home improvement website Angi. These ventilation pipes are often dry and attach to drainage pipes connected to toilets, sinks, showers, and dishwashers. In some cases, snakes can enter the plumbing—sometimes in search of rodents—and become disoriented before finding their way out into your toilet bowl.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb

Scanlon suggests cutting back tree branches that might allow snakes to climb onto your roof and enter the ventilation pipes to avoid any traumatic surprises. You can also make sure any openings are sealed with a screen to prevent anything from getting into your plumbing.

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In most homes, exterior walls are made of flush, solid concrete at the base and sturdy drywall and wood above it. But the points where external hardware such as gas and plumbing lines enter the house can provide an unintentional entry point for pests.

"If your home has gas lines coming into your home, these pipes have to travel from outside your home through your foundation or exterior wall," David Floyd, may-ari ngThePestInformer, tells Best Life. "This can sometimes mean there are small gaps between the pipe and the foundation of your home," which can leave enough space for snakes to make their way indoors.

Your home's subterranean level may provide that extra storage space you need, but it could also be granting entry to snakes who find their way indoors through gaps, cracks, or holes.

"In order to prevent visits from our resident reptiles, you'll need to seal up that basement," Andrew Christopher, may-ari ngWestern Mass Wildlife Removal, previously told Best Life. "Common entry points are leaky or open windows, rotted sills, and drafty bulkheads."

By their very design, vents work by allowing the passage of air into or out of your home to keep things cool or warm as needed. But experts warn that animals can sometimes use these typically one-way corridors to work their way indoors—including snakes.

Appliances such as dryers and air conditioners Maaaring magbigay ng isang naa -access na entryway sa mga bahay, lalo na kung naiwan silang bukas o ang kanilang mekanismo ng bantay ay hindi hanggang sa snuff. "Maaari silang dumaan sa anumang bagay na pangkalahatang kadalian ng pag -access," Patrick O'Briant Mula sa Tennessee na nakabase sa Pest Control Services Company na si Critter Wrangler ay sinabi sa lokal na NBC na kaakibat na WBIR. "Alam ng lahat ang mga ahas ay walang mga kamay. Kung maaari nilang itulak ito, itutulak nila ito upang makapasok sa isang lugar," idinagdag na natagpuan niya ang mga reptilya sa mga dryers ng mga customer matapos nilang habulin ang isang rodent sa pamamagitan ng isang vent.

Kung nababahala ka, gumawa ng isang pana -panahong inspeksyon ng mga inlet at outlet ng control ng iyong tahanan upang matiyak na sapat na nasasakop sila.

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