I'm also afraid of snakes and any critter that appears in the field, it's more instinctive than anything else.
In fact, when we bought our house, as they were made in a land that was a cattle ranch, there were some, but thank God in my house never entered but mice and toads, but with adeoptamos a kitten and were lost from there.
They even found a small alligator in a patio and it was the stir of the whatsapp group. I would have seen that and probably die