About snakes: no surprise. This area was once loaded with snakes. Witness the origin of the name Secaucus.

I recently read this autobiography of a NYC cop who was a 15 year old worker on a Dutch ship who decided to make a go of it in the USA in the 1880s. After he jumped ship (in Hoboken), he fled to the cliffs where he hid for a few days until they stopped looking for him. There he noted a small shanty town and tons and tons of snakes “and they all wanted to get a good look at me.”

sah wrote:

Every morning I see the groundhog that lives at 8th and Hudson somewhere in that green hill leading up the Stevens Tech parking lot. He’s completely unphased by people and obviously really tame, although I’d never pet him. He’s been living there for years.

There are 5 or 6 that live in the hill behind the fraternity there. Whenever they see me walking the dog they run into their holes between the railroad ties. Last time a baby one was too small to climb the ties and ran around the yard looking for a place to hide.

ownedby3 wrote:

We have ants and termites. About 2000+ termites swarmed through the living room floor 2 weekends ago. Thankfully I rent but the management company isn’t doing a very fast job of getting rid of them so we use Raid before going to bed at night. I love adding that to the bedtime routine!

use a residual insecticide. it should keep killing them for weeks. spray all around the doors, windows, pipes, the kitchen floor and anyhere you see them come out. just don’t use around pets or kids. you could also fire off a bug bomb. i would also bomb the basement if you have access.

BokenGuy wrote:

My apartment has been taken over by ants since the flooding we had the exterminator spary and no luck.

try boric acid