First off, the Gopher snake was huffing and puffing when I took the pick and was inflated for that purpose, otherwise when he crawled off he did not appear to have a food item in him.



**Theres also a real hard fact to swallow. That is, in order to learn about the snakes, you must learn what they do without AC, they are designed for NC=natural cover, not artificial cover. All their behaviors are formed from natural cover**



I am aware that the snakes won't make their permanent winter home near water (a death sentence). My purpose is to see how long they will stay in that area until it gets too cold and they move away. I've never kept looking in that area when the temps start to fall. I'm just curious as to how long they will stay. I know they will seek another habitat for the cold winter. Also about AC, what is natural?? Surely all the rocks and logs are natural. The shoreline is littered with these. There are boards that have floated ashore (not natural, but the snakes does not know that). Even Wandering Garters and Narrowheads can be found in different places between early spring and late summer and then late fall again.



Kerby...

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