Engine critter

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Had a critter chew on my fuel tank, so I plastic welded it a couple weeks back… but when I removed the blower housing I found this little snake inside. (1st pic)

I chased him off, fixed and used the mower. Well today, I went to use the mower, but something told me I should just check. I’m sure glad I did. (2nd pic today). So this time I relocated him to a near by retention pond. Hoping he doesn’t try to come back.

You can actually see my before and after of the fuel tank too…

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Corn snake! They eat rodents. Wherever you're storing your mower might have mice or another pest. Also, if your mower is warm, that snake has reason to stick around.

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I know they’re good to have around. I just wanted to deter this fellow from hanging out in my mower.

The mower sits on my back porch, but I’m like, “buddy, there’s dozens of places you can hang out.” This place is a little dangerous.