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ratsnakehaven
at Sun Oct 23 16:29:10 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by ratsnakehaven ]
I live in Cheboygan County, about 1/2 hr. below the bridge. We have Eastern garters, northern water, brown, redbelly, green, ringneck, hognose, and milksnakes here. The ones we have good numbers of are all the live-bearers (natricines) and milksnakes. You have to remember we manage our 20 acres to maximize diversity and habitats. We also are connected to a swamp, a creek, and have four ponds on our property. If you have the habitat the animals will be there. The reason we have so many milksnakes is that there is so much food for them, plus we maintain about ten acres of prairie-like habitat, a favorite of theirs.
There's lots of snakes and other herps in s.w. MI. You just have to go where the good habitat is.
TC
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