Day 1:
So I was minding my own business making copies in the office, when I reached down to grab some paper - and...I find a snake instead - no biggy - my office is fairly rural and I am kind of used to the idea of snakes hanging around. So I gather my "snaking" equipment (read trash can and gloves) and go back to catch my new office friend, and lo and behold - he has a buddy. One King Snake and one Santa Cruz Garter (I think)...Why they are hanging out together, who knows, maybe they were having a snake Annual GTG to discuss the latest snake fashions...So now I have two snakes - time to call in for re-enforcments.
Now we have crocodile hunter 1 - and crocodile hunter 2 on the scene to catch the snakes. The snakes ended up crawling/slithering under our copy machine, so we moved it and caught the King snake. But the Garter snake got away under our office floor.
We then relocated the King Snake.
Day 2:
I had figured the snake had moved on to greener pastures by this point, but I was wrong. I found the Garter snake sneaking into my co-workers office. It was crawling underneath the door, by the time I got to it only 2 inches of tail was left on my side of the door. I grabbed it, but it made it the rest of the way into the office. So, I called in crocodile hunter 2 again, and after about 30 minutes of searching the office we found it the snake coiled up underneath one of the filing cabinets.
As a side note - I had caught another snake two days ago at my sister-in-laws house. Apparently the snakes in San Diego have been doing a lot of breeding in the off season...
(Side note - that's pink spray paint in the trash can - not blood)