I just killed a snake!!!!!  

I would not be able to kill it, lol. I can't even kill spiders. I would try to put it into something and then bring it outside and watch it go wherever :)

What will I do? kill it myself. I rather kill it, than post a risk for all people in the house. A snake may have life, but the life of the people are more important. Here in my country we don't "technically" have a government office who will have the expertise to handle such animal, what they will do will probably be what I will do.

But that is scary because if a baby snake is there, there maybe other snakes nearby.

I would react the same way you did. I am so afraid of snakes and worms or any crawling creatures really makes me shiver. Even if it still a baby snake, I'd say you have done the right thing. Yes it is a pity to kill something so tiny but we all know most snakes are dangerous to humans and other animals when they really grow big. So why wait till it grows up and kill it when you have the chance now?

If it's a poisonous snake, or I just can't tell, I'd kill it too. But if it's a non poisonous snake, I'd find a way to catch it and throw it outside.

I think you did the right thing. Although I pity little creatures, you're right that it can be harmful to people, especially in the urban area.

Funny thing because just a couple of weeks ago, we saw one outside our house, and my uncle tried killing it by setting it on fire. He then sprayed it with baygon (lol), and it slowly weakened. Then I guess it died. Although I didn't want it to die, I know that it may really be dangerous to people here when it grows up. I've been hearing a lot of snakes that kill people in subdivisions and such, so I just thought of it as a safety precaution.

Though I will not kill the snake, I will get it killed by someone. I do not have the courage to confront a snake however small it is. I am so afraid of snakes that after reading your discussion I am not able to concentrate and I am trying to look around my room for snakes. Yes I agree they have life but what about my life?

You are one barve person. i would never be able to get close enough to a snake to kill it. My cat is good at killing snakes. it took the life of a pretty big one last summer. Thankfully he just left it out in the garden iinstead of bringing it into the house as a trophy.

We once had a little snake out in the hall way. It had managed to get it's ugly head trapped under the wrough iron door. My father in law was staying with us at the time so I did the womanly thing and just let him deal with it urgh!

First of all don't panic. Second of all, find something to trap it in. third, release it out in some woods or outdoors. If you are too scared to handle the snake yourself, usually they have animal control that are trained to remove those types of animals. Taking matters in your own hands is a bit dangerous, because snakes can be lightning fast.

Do some online research on snakes, edicuate yourself on them. It doesn't matter if the snake is endangered or not, the fact is it could have been venoumous, and trying to kill it could have resulted in you getting killed.

Where I live there are some black snakes about. Sometimes they get in the lower-level apartments (including ours) And, the cats usually find them first. To protect the cats, we usually remove the snakes, or have maintence remove them. Because one of two things would happen. The snake would be injered/killed by the cat, and or the snake would attack the cats or us. So we don't take chances.

I wouldn't likely have killed it. Just caught it and took it outside. I'm pretty sure it didn't want to be in your house anyway as there wouldn't be much for it to eat. Unless, it was providing a service, like eating any mice in your house for you.

We have several types of snakes here, the garter snake is completely harmless and would not hurt you. Now, a water moccassin or a colourful water snake or even a rattlesnake, those you should fear as they are poisonous.

A baby snake would mean there's a mother snake. Good thing you were not bitten.