snakes and bugs in villas??????

[disneymom]

ok freaking out now! we're looking at the villas on here and elsewhere to book one for our next visit and Im reading horror stories about people having snakes in the bedroom and spiders in their shoes!!!!

Tell me this isnt how it is in villas because its not like that at the polynesian in Disney which is where we stayed last time

[arkvilla]

We have never had snakes in the villa or spiders in shoes and I would be horrified if that ever happened.

As Florida is a tropical climate ( especially in the summer when it's very humid) you can get tiny ants around the pool deck ( which is why we pay for pest control) and the small gecko's get about the pool area a bit and occaionally a flying insect will come in the front door ect but we have never had any reports from any of our guests about bugs.

Hope this helps

Sandra

[Keith]

Ive heard of some nasty but understandable bug problems but they were almost without exception in less well looked after villas :yes:

The way I understand it is some large leisure groups have their own villas or rent villas in bulk from people and then just sell them without really caring too much. Since the chain between owner and renter is broken by the faceless company in the middle, things just don't seem to go as well

All I can say is I've talked to all of our villa owners here on disney secrets and I know they all care deeply for the experience their guests receive whilst staying at their villas :yes:

I would always start by speaking to the great folks here before going for a "bargain" from some travel company somewhere :yes:
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[ukwdwnut]

only ever had ants in one villa, called pest control and they sorted it while we were out and went to where the nest was, job done. never ever been a problem whatsoever, so stop freakin :D

[Tink]

I know this sounds corny, but if I were to rent a villa here, I'd only do so from one of our villa owners. :redface: Clearly, they care for their properties and know the area very well. It's a huge thing, vacationing in Florida, and I'd want to be guaranteed I'd not have to worry about such things.

I can tell you, if I EVER had a snake get in a villa, I'd leave and that would be that. :eek:

We've not ever had a snake in our house, or a spider in our shoes here (and we live in central Florida).

Now, Herself's Mother? She did have a snake get in her house one time (and I nearly flipping DIED just hearing about it) but that was her own doing. Left all the doors open for ages thinking she was airing out the house. Windows with screens, yes. Doors without? NOPE!

[Keith]

I can tell you, if I EVER had a snake get in a villa, I'd leave and that would be that. :eek:


I'd be thinking YAYA photo op! but then I'm crazy :lol:

[Isafari]

I'd be thinking YAYA photo op! but then I'm crazy :lol:

:lol: I'd be right BEHIND you!

Only ever had one bug and that was a cockroach

[malcolm]

:point:Had a bug in my villa ..but then Mick only stayed for two weeks before he slitherd back home.

[ukwdwnut]

:point:Had a bug in my villa ..but then Mick only stayed for two weeks before he slitherd back home.

i was gonna book yours again, now im having second thought you cheeky beggar :lol:

[malcolm]

i was gonna book yours again, now im having second thought you cheeky beggar :lol:

Cater for pensioners now....got rocking chairs on the pool deck, you can sit there with yer gun watching for pesky critters.

[Isafari]

:tape:

[Britchick]

LOL Malcolm!

[Johnie]

Last year a snake got into the room via the air conditioner unit next door to us at POR. Stuff happens.

[Deafjeff]

Did you meet the snake?! What happened?!

What kind of snake was it??

[Britchick]

i had a snake slither across my flip flopped foot in a housing estate once.

and last year on two occasions a copper head swam by me in a lake i was swimming in eek!!

[malcolm]

LOL Malcolm!

Dont want him sitting on the porch playing a banjo....Lower the house prices...:point:

[Johnie]

Nope, I never saw the snake. We just heard about it.

[Tink]

i had a snake slither across my flip flopped foot in a housing estate once.

and last year on two occasions a copper head swam by me in a lake i was swimming in eek!!

A copperhead? :eek: In the water? In the UK?

(Note to self... add the UK as a place to stay OUT of the water)! :eek: :lipwobble:

[Britchick]

no on holiday last year in north south carolina :point:

[Tink]

Whew. That makes sense then, all but the "copperhead." Are you sure it wasn't a water moccassin? (Cotton mouth)?

[Britchick]

I don't think so.....i don't believe you get cottonmouths up there Tink. It was a pinkish brown and my friends did say it was one. It was swimming along the shore line and when i ran for my camera it swam into some rocks under the dock.

[Tiggers Golf]

I don't think so.....i don't believe you get cottonmouths up there Tink. It was a pinkish brown and my friends did say it was one. It was swimming along the shore line and when i ran for my camera it swam into some rocks under the dock.


Best place for it too the vultures would get them on our estate lol we have had all sorts of wildlife pass by the pool cage Always outside thank goodness
Were off on Saturday if the cloud doesn't decend again keepin fingers xxx'd
Barbara

[Tink]

Well, I'm no snake expert, but I've not ever heard of a copperhead in the water.

And yepper, there are loads of water moccassins in SC, NC, Georgia, FL, Louisiana, Mississippi, and so on.

A woman I used to know used to terrorize me with stories about them, and she was from SC.

[Britchick]

see i thought water moccasins were dark in colour, we used to see them in our friends back yard as they were on the river. Used to find the babies in her pool filter.

However........i reckon now it was a baby cotton mouth (they are reddish in colour) - Jon said it quite small although it never seems like that when it's swimming at you ( i could have sworn it was 6 ft long :tongue:) I've sent an email to my friend to see if they ever saw it again and if they have a photo.

[Tink]

I think you are beyond brave for even getting in the water where there are known snakes that also go in the water! :eek: And poisonous ones to boot! :mental:

Cottonmouths are more dark than not, but rather a brownish, not black? :unsure: The key feature is of course, that horrifying viper head and the white inside their mouths (hence, cottonmouth). Like I'm going to be close enough to see it's MOUTH OPEN! :mental: :eek: :eek:

[uscwest]

Here are pictures of each. The copperhead and the water moccasin.

[Tink]

:mental: :mental: :mental:

WARN ME!!!!! AIUUUUUGUGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!

I'm so not going to make it through this morning.

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMOGOMGOMGOMG!!!! :mental: :mental:

[Britchick]

it looked more like the copperhead, more reddy than brown but i can't find many juvenile cottonmouth pictures. I have seen other images that are more red than the one you showed John. Whatever it was it was more likely poisonous because it had the right head. It's an education this site!

[Clare-Swindlehurst]

Only time I ever saw a snake in Florida was at Typhoon Lagoon - just a little harmless one but it drew quite a crowd ;)

I think the only bugs we ever see in villas are cockroaches - ugh nasty things. One year we had a 3bed 2bath villa for the two of us and one morning we found this ginormous cockroach in the ensuite. We dashed in and rescued all the toiletries, put a towel at the bottom of the door so it couldn't escape and then moved into the family bathroom for the last couple of days of our trip :rotfl: