The short answer is, if you want free snake removal, do it
yourself! Or you can call in a friend or neighbor. In some rare
cases the police or fire department might help, but most of the
time they will be angry with you for wasting their time and
calling about something they are not meant to handle. The city
or county animal services won’t help – they deal with dogs and
cats only.
So, one day you are going to your attic or getting something out
of the closet and you realize that there is a snake in your
house. You are terrified, and want to do all that you can to
quickly get this creature out of your house and off your
property. But what will you do?
If you honestly admit to yourself, you have no intention on
getting this creature out on your own. This may be a venomous
kind of snake, you are not sure, so you are not going to take
the risk of getting out on your own. It’s just not safe, and
that’s a reasonable assumption to make. There is nothing wrong
with determining that safety should be your primary factor.
Your issue, however, is that you simply can’t afford to hire a
service to come out to remove the snake for you. Depending upon
the area you live in and the expertise of the organization that
you would call, the price to have a snake removed from your home
can be quite expensive. Maybe significantly more than you are
able to afford.
This leaves you with two options. You can handle getting the
snake out on your own, something you didn’t want to do in the
first place, or you can try to find a place that will perform
snake removal at no charge to you at all. The question then
becomes where can you get free snake removal?
That may be a very difficult question to answer. The truth is
that you are quite unlikely to find a place that will handle
snake removal at no cost to you. Businesses aren’t readily going
to offer free services like this, that is if they intend to stay
in business. They are going to charge you and that may not work
within your budget.
Don’t give up yet. There is a couple of things you can do to
seek to find free snake removal. The first of these requires you
to do a little research to determine the kind of snake that you
have. If it is likely that you have a venomous kind of snake in
your home, such as a copperhead or Rattlesnake, then your local
animal control will most assuredly remove this reptile for you.
These are dangerous animals that require an expert to remove
them. As a result, your city, county, or state agency that
handles animal control will likely provide you with a
professional that will do the job. They not only want to make
sure that you are not bitten, but also want to ensure that the
release of the snake is done properly. Call your local agency
and they will likely help you.
That may handle if you have a venomous snake, but what if that
is not the case? A great suggestion for you to look into is to
contact your local college or university, specifically to their
biology department. As part of the teaching of their classes
they may be in need of getting snakes to use in lab or
experimentation, and maybe more than willing to come out and
pick up your snake for you, so that they can take it back to the
school.
Simply call up the biology department at the University or
College and asked to speak to one of the professors. Explain
your circumstance and what kind of snake you likely believe it
to be, and don’t be surprised if they are willing to send out a
few students to handle the job for you. They are benefiting from
getting a free specimen and you get the benefit of it being
removed for free.
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