A Texas mom who jumped into motion and wrangled a snake away from her daughter’s automobile engine described her personal bravery as simply one other day on the job.
Nicole Graham, a mom and enterprise proprietor, was cleansing a hen coop for a consumer in Burton when she discovered the snake on the premises. The slithering creature was within the coop however then discovered its method right into a car belonging to her daughter, Haylie, based on FOX 26 Houston.
Haylie seize the second on digital camera — “as any teen would,” she later stated — and uploaded it to social media. Within the video, Graham might be seen safely apprehending the snake utilizing a ruler, gloves and her experience.
“Do not do this at residence,” Graham later instructed FOX 26, noting she knew the snake was non-venomous so that’s the reason she acted with out hesitation to take away it. “Selecting snakes up, it is not for everyone. Clearly, you all the time should be cautious as a result of it might not all the time be a nonvenomous snake, it may undoubtedly be toxic. So simply watch out and do what you’re feeling snug with.”
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Nicole Graham, a mom and enterprise proprietor, eliminated a snake from her daughter’s automobile whereas cleansing a hen coop for a consumer in Burton. (FOX 26)
The video exhibits Graham, carrying a short-sleeved t-shirt, leggings, flip-flops and gloves, grabbing the snake in a single hand whereas utilizing a stick within the different to elevate it from the engine of her daughter’s Mini Cooper.
“[My mom] got here working over to my automobile, I roll down my window. She’s like, ‘Haylie, there is a snake within the hen coop,” Haylie, who recorded the video, instructed FOX 26. “So I run over, I instantly as any teen would do begin filming.”
Graham runs an academic service via her enterprise, The Backyard Hen, which teaches life abilities that embody the development of yard hen coops and “every little thing below the solar,” she instructed FOX 26 Houston.
“I personal an organization known as The Backyard Hen, we’re educationally based mostly, which means we educate lifecycle and abilities in faculties,” Nicole stated. “We construct yard hen coops, we form of do every little thing below the solar cleansing is an enormous a part of our enterprise, cleansing hen coops for shoppers.”
She additionally often encounters snakes, together with the rat snake or hen snake, as it’s typically known as.
“Rat snakes, also referred to as Hen Snakes, like to enter hen coops and eat the eggs of the chickens,” Nicole continued. “They do not sometimes go after the birds or the poultry until they’re comparatively small, however the actuality is, eggs are an enormous a part of their eating regimen similar to small rodents, small birds, issues of that nature.”
Burton, Texas, is positioned simply northeast of Houston, in Washington County.
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“It was loopy!” Haylie instructed FOX 26, highlighting her mom’s bravery. “And so my mother, she picked it up on just like the stick, after which we introduced it out. After which it ended up falling off the stick after which working below my automobile after which going up into the engine.”
Rat snakes, also referred to as Hen Snakes, are sometimes present in hen coops, Graham defined. (Instagram/Nicole Graham)
Graham stated she solely proceeded as a result of she knew the way to professionally strategy the scenario.
“For those who observed, I used to be carrying gloves and I had a protracted keep on with me,” she famous. “I am not asking anyone or anyone that comes throughout it to ever do something that doesn’t really feel proper to them. As a result of clearly, security is vital.”
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Graham uploaded a pair of images and a video of the “sneaky little satan” to her Instagram.
“Making new mates at this time lol simply add snake wrangler to my resume,” she wrote.
Graham and her husband, who she calls Hen Mike, have been married since 2004. They’ve three daughters: Haylie, Harper, and Harley-Rose.
