Poor li'l fella!

[Pheesh]

Ok, so I found a snake on my kitchen counter the other day. It was probably young-ish (and I'm still not sure what the exact species is, my guess would be a gwardar, although the colouring wasn't exact, so it could be something else). Long story short, I picked up the pot it was hiding under, saw it and freaked out, hit it with the pot, and it died.

Now...snakes don't generally bother me, they're pretty good as long as you leave them alone, and I haven't had any prior problems with them actually coming into the house. But on this occasion I think the fact that I was casually picking up a pot, and was caught so off guard by how close I'd been to it I just did what was natural and thwaked it. So I'm starting to feel a little guilty.

My question is, do you guys ever get the guilts after you kill a bug (be it a cockroach, or a simple ant) or another small animal? Or are you one of those people that kills on sight?

[Rebellious Eagle]

Sometimes I feel bad for killing a bug, unless it was antagonizing me and I just had to kill it. Like the bug that was in my shower one day. I didn't feel bad at all for killing it. :<

[Raistlin]

They invaded my space; they must suffer the consequences.

I don't casually kill anything bigger than insects, though.

[rubah]

EE => australia => snake => poisonous by default

I feel a little twinge for gross things like centipedes, cockroaches, etc

I feel a bigger twinge for poisonous spiders

I release the nonpoisonous nongross ones outside.

I would be too afraid of a snake to even approach it xD "daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaddy halp plz"

I was going out to mow the lawn (so the grass was kinda tall), and directly in my path was a large king snake, sunning himself. I freaked out royally and ran back inside xD I know that king snakes are A-OK, but ah, call it Biblical~

Went back out, he was gone, which is almost worse-- "omg, where is he now"

but I was safe on the mower

[Pheesh]

EE => australia => snake everything => poisonous by default

[Rodarian]

Well I hate snakes in general so I have no qualms if someone killed them :P

Oh and Mosquitoes. They must all perish...

[Zeldy]

If there's a spider in the bath tub, I quite happily drown it.

[Imperfectionist]

I actually like snakes so i'd feel pretty bad to kill one.

Bug and spiders and stuff scare me to my very soul though. I can't get close enough to kill them in the first place

[Brunettepudding]

I usually put anything outside if it's not a cockroach.

I found a baby one in my shower the other day and drowned the bastard.

[Shlup]

I usually put anything outside if it's not a cockroach.

I found a baby one in my shower the other day and drowned the bastard.

Me too, on both accounts.

If I see ants I just clean the kitchen. Spiders I make BJ take care of.

[Bunny]

I found a baby one in my shower the other day and drowned the bastard.

I totally misread that.

[cloud21zidane16]

Sometimes when a spiders been sitting in the same position all day and I finally decide to kill it I feel a little bad

[qwertysaur]

I found a baby one in my shower the other day and drowned the bastard.

I totally misread that.

I did too :/

[Meat Puppet]

But Whacking Day is two months away!

[NorthernChaosGod]

I found a baby one in my shower the other day and drowned the bastard.

I totally misread that.

Yeah, I did a double take. I was kind of disappointed.