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Hi to All,

I lost a beautiful 3 year-old yellow thayeri last week (due to my own bonehead mistake). He was my favorite male and had been cooled to make some beautiful offspring this summer. He disappeared from a container with a loose-fitting lid in an upstairs bedroom. I tore things apart but did not find a trace, and have been bummed out ever since.

Today I am taking an unusual weekday off and was puttering around the garden when I decided to look for some leftover peat moss I had under the front porch. As I turned around the side of the house, there, glinting in the bright sunshine as he crawled over the top of a planter by the porch steps, was the yellow male in all his glory, unscathed and calm as can be. It was divine providence, pure and simple.

Best May Day present I ever received. Ever!

Cheers,

Tom

Simply amazing, Tom. Glad you found him. Talk about being in the right place at the right time after being in the wrong place at the wrong time!

--Dennis

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Good to hear that! I've been having nothing but bad luck lately. It's good to hear some good news!
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Good for you Tom, like you, I am always grateful to get a second chance. I once recovered an Andean milk snake after 18 months of liberty! It had rodent scars and a stub tale, but seemed to be getting along fine in the cool coastal climate. I also had my heart broken as a young kid when a prized speckled king was chopped into pieces by a hoe weilding ignoramous neighbor. Everyone needs to find ways to keep snakes where they belong, nothing good comes of escapees, and it seems almost all of us have had it happen.

That is AWESOME!!!!!!!!! What a great ending!!!!!!
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