SNAKES alive!

As we are surviving in France and have had to remove small grass snakes from the house twice and have owned a much larger corn snake which we managed to entice out of the mechanism of an office chair with a blanket thought I would just mention how they seek darkness. Thanks for your details and obviously if scared or in doubt leave well alone or call the experts .... not sure who they are in France, perhaps someone else does.

timely news. Got the beejeepers when I went outside to find a particularly long blue/grey snake with black 'piano key' markings slithering down the path. Even my chickens beat a hasty retreat! Googled to find it is a grass snake and it's slithered off somewhere into the woods. Good advice though if you find one in the house although I think Mr. H. would have to deal with those ones whilst I supervised from a safe distance!