Next time you get snake bit Mona, take some vinegar and squirt it into his mouth, the snake will promptly let go. (ask me how I know
remember, it's my son with that 9 or 10 foot boa claiming a bedroom in my house right now!)
I don't mind snakes - and as far as I know, there are no poisonous ones nearby. Now the family Cottage in PA is a different story - rattlers and copperheads there - but they mostly stay on the other side of the river thank goodness ~Jan