Shared my shower with a snake
By GreenMoo
@GreenMoo (11833)
June 9, 2012 6:29pm CST
I got a last minute appointment with the physio earlier so I ran out to the waterfall to have a quick shower before I went. I bent down to wash my legs and there was a beautiful little snake in the water just by my feet. He was really lovely, and the markings on his back were sparkling as the sun was shining on the water.
He didn't hang around for long, the next time I looked he'd moved on. I guess he didn't like the smell of my soap (even though it was eco friendly!).
Who have you shared your shower with recently? Do you ever have a shower outdoors?
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15 responses
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
10 Jun 12
I love how you calmly tell us you showered with a snake! If I saw a snake in my shower, I would be moving! So my answer is no, I have never showered outside.I never will I'm city folk, lol!
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
10 Jun 12
I'm the opposite. I love spiders. They are weavers.But snakes I don't like.
@chicksdigscars (5483)
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11 Jun 12
Other than my partner, no lol I have not shared my shower with anything. THANKFULLY!
I quite frankly, would die, if there was any other being, other than human, in my water with me lol! and That's not me being posh or up myself, thats me being me lol.. I simply loathe anything like that being near me lol! I touched a tarantula last year and it was the single worst experience of my life lol!
And no, I can't even manage to pee outside if we are on a roadtrip.. I will hold it until I find a toilet lol. So I couldn't shower outside lol!
@GreenMoo (11833)
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13 Jun 12
You'd not survive two minutes here ;-) Our toilet is a dry one, so no peeing in it.
A friend's girlfriend won't go in the bushes either. She stands there getting increasingly uncomfortable and he thinks she's being stupid so he refuses to leave. I reckon one day he'll get his come uppance coz she'll burst in his car as they go over a bump on the driveway!
@chicksdigscars (5483)
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13 Jun 12
I'd love to try though! I reckon if I lived with you for a few weeks, it would change my outlook a lot. I mean I'd be glad to get back to my luxeries, like a working toilet haha, but I reckon I'd be able to pee outside without thinking twice maybe haha!!
I just can't go.. it's like stage fright. I mean I've pee'd outside when I've been drunk.. but when I'm sober, I just can't seem to manage it. And the last time I pee'd outside, a month or so ago on a roadtrip [when I'd already managed to find 4 toilets that trip, and this was an emergency] I ended up pee-ing on my own foot! lol!
What do you mean a dry toilet? lmao!
@peavey (16936)
• United States
10 Jun 12
Haven't showered outdoors for a long time! There's no place around here to do that, although I've thought of creating a solar shower in the back yard. They'd probably call the police on me, though. 
The only thing I've shared a shower with recently was a little spider and he didn't stick around long.
The only thing I've shared a shower with recently was a little spider and he didn't stick around long. 
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
12 Jun 12
Yikes! I would have freaked and ran away screaming!!
I haven't ever showered outdoors.. and haven't bathed outdoors since I was a kid and we went camping where I'd have to bathe in a lake.
Think I'd love to shower in a waterfall though.. it sounds so peaceful!
Do you always shower outdoors?
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
13 Jun 12
One of the places I used to camp, there was a house with running water, we could do dishes, and there was a shower, but they still told me I had to bathe in the lake. Only the elderly guests showered in the house. Not sure why..
@inertia4 (27960)
• United States
13 Jun 12
If people were to shower outdoors here there would be lots of arrests for indecent exposure. LOL. There is nowhere to shower out side here. Not in the city. I bet in the country is must be nice. And besides, lots of people here would be looking and snapping pictures and video and it would wind up on FaceBook or YouTube.
@ForSouls1234 (720)
• United States
10 Jun 12
Aw how cute lucky you. I am always thrilled when I come across something like this. I would have jumped for sure but then bent down to admire him as well ha ha. I guess he didn't like your soap ha ha. When we go to a vacation cabin in the woods I end up sharing my shower with spiders, millipedes, centipedes you name it.
I just get my bug catcher which is a plastic cup with paper or something, put it over them and slide the paper over the top. Then my guest is ready to be rejoin his world. The only shower outside I have ever taken was outside our apartments pool.
@GreenMoo (11833)
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10 Jun 12
Spiders I'm fine with providing i can see them. Centipedes I don't like at all. There's one in my kitchen just now. I failed to catch it earlier and now all my cats are hanging around the shelves where it has obviously gone to ground. I do hope they catch it by morning!
@ForSouls1234 (720)
• United States
10 Jun 12
I had two of these in the house this week. Like I said I just use my home made plastic bug catcher as I don't like to kill anything. I was absolutely heartbroken when we lived in Arizona and had an unfortunate experience with the cat's. We had these adorable little salamanders that used to get into the house.
I would be watching t.v. and look down and there would be this cute little green thing looking up at me blinking his eyes just like on the Geico commercials. I used to chase him back out the hole then block it up. There were a lot of holes. Well one morning I found one laying on the bedroom floor and he wasn't resting. Well, at least I saved quite a few little guys.
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
10 Jun 12
No, I don't shower outdoors. Nor have I shared my shower with anyone recently. However, I've shared it with a frog before. I'm not sure how he got in there, I'm just glad I didn't step on him or worse yet scaled him with hot water!
By the way, I wouldn't mind sharing the shower with hubby, but the darn shower's so small, it just isn't possible.
Happy mylotting!
Happy mylotting!
@MoonGypsy (4606)
• United States
10 Jun 12
i use to share my shower with my babies when they were infants. i would hold them body to body and then the baby up. that's the only kind of little things i want to share my shower with. if i saw a snake i don't care how little, i would just die of fright. i promise i would. i could feel my self sweating just thinking about it.
@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
10 Jun 12
Outdoor bathing is the best!! I love the feel of a gentle breeze on my body and the flow of natural water on my skin. I remember when I was camping in northern California for a summer of gold panning I would bath in the creek and dry off on a sunny rock..I did find a waterfall far from camp and it was a real treat to stand under it and let it wash me clean.
Snakes don't bother me. Nothing really bothers me except cockroaches, which will send me screaming. I loathe them so much that I can't even bring myself to step on them, they are so disgusting I don't even want my shoes to touch them. I love snakes, they do so much good for us and they are so velvety smooth.
@GreenMoo (11833)
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10 Jun 12
Snake *are* all smooth aren't they? Not at all as I expected the first time I held one. That was years ago when I visited a show as a child and got to hold a giant python or something. I've been fascinated by them ever since.
I've never seen a real cockroach. I suspect I'm not missing anything!
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
10 Jun 12
this would have been me : HOLY CRAP RUN!!! and I'd have done it.
I am glad he was beautiful, and glad you knew he wouldn't hurt you. I think even if I knew that I'd still run. I"m a fraid of snakes.
I'd love to take a shower in a waterfall though.
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
10 Jun 12
There's a waterfall that is not too far away from me, I've gone to it a few times. Really beautiful, I've scuffed myself on it before. Not sure I'd want to wash myself there though as people tend to visit it quite a bit.
@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
10 Jun 12
I wouldn't have been quite so laid-back about finding a snake in my shower. I like snakes, but I prefer not being surprised by them. Of course, I don't do the outside shower thing either.
My male cat generally likes to supervise my baths. He will come into the bathroom and lap water out of the tub while I am in the tub. If he doesn't have much else on his busy schedule (eat, nap, play, nap, eat, nap...), he may even hang out on the edge of the tub for a bit.
@Navoptimus (172)
• India
10 Jun 12
I always share a shower with my towel and soap and nobody else. Its ridiculous to do shower with a snake. Every creature looks beautiful when it is silent. If it had bitten you, probably you would have another last minute appointment with a doctor. Or this discussion wouldn't be here...
@GreenMoo (11833)
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10 Jun 12
Why is it ridiculous? It's the snake's natural environment and it has every right to be there. The two of us were not bothering each other one bit.
And I know it was not poisonous so I'm afraid you shall have to put up with my discussions for some time yet ...! I may have been more wary had it been a danger to me.
@dobsyto (298)
• Bulgaria
10 Jun 12
Man if this happen to me I would just start shout and go out as soon as possible. I just can't imagine this happening to me. I actually don't like to share my shower because when I bathe this is my private space and I don't want to share it with no one(especially animals). Well I use outdoor shower when I'm at the pool or when I'm at the sea.
@NailTech (6874)
• United States
10 Jun 12
I'm with gifts, I would have started screaming and running the other way. LOL, I do not care for them. My brother had them upstairs and a few times they got out of their cages and out of his room, I found one in the hallway and I couldn't go back downstairs til he came home and got it back where it was supposed to be. I forgot how long it took. I'm terrified of them. He's had all kinds of animals that I don't particularly care for like rats, mice, snakes, 'fairly large' lizards, and a ferret who liked biting at my feet, argh. The gerbils and hamster I could tolerate. I don't share my shower with any animals, sorry. I think the waterfall there where you can play in the water is pretty neat however. Just have to make sure the snakes stay away, LOL.
