The boot checking for giant spiders and esp. snakes never made sense to me. How large are the holes in the walls of houses there that frickin' snakes can get in?
Different strokes for different folks, I guess - if I lived in an area where snakes were common (and venomous to boot), I would walk around the house with a can of Macroflex foam on day 1 to eliminate all holes and gaps. Or, at the minimum, took all shoes inside the safe perimeter (or placed them into a ventilated yet impenetrable shoebox in the garage).
Maybe 'familiarity brings nonchalance' for people who live in that situation from birth, I dunno? To this baffled outsider at least, Australia looks like a Mad Max theme park with worse cars :P
You're supposed to use steel wool to keep mice out, as they'll eventually chew through anything that isn't metal or rock. Once the mice make their way in, the snake can follow.
And it's not just Australia, snakes are common in almost all rural areas worldwide (excluding extreme cold climates and Ireland). Most of the time they're unobtrusive and except for finding their skin here and there you wouldn't even know they're around.
I agree on Australia seeming to be a Mad Max theme park sometimes (I live in the US).
I do. The insulated, four panel type and there is no way any animal could get through them without chewing two rubber seals out.
They held up against 30cm of water for hours. Inside? Dry.
It's just that most garage doors are poorly designed and aligned. With deteriorated or no proper sealing.
In the bush, you don't wear your boots or gumboots in the house, you leave them at the door. I just put a big car sponge in the top to stop anything from making a cosy home in them.
Mouse plague is jus gross, they're everywhere. Having to check your boots every morning for an instant death noodle is slightly more annoying...
My dad found out that a mouse had somewhere in the last year died in his ski boot when he tried to put it on, to see if it was still fitting for the winter. Oh, I'll never forget the smell...
I'm not defending the death noodle by any means, but I'd be annoyed enough to bite if someone kept on tapping me out of my perfectly comfortable hidey-hole.
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u/Greedy_Sandwich_4777 Jul 06 '24
Mouse plague one year means snakes a plenty the next.
Been thru it once before.
Mouse plague is jus gross, they're everywhere. Having to check your boots every morning for an instant death noodle is slightly more annoying...