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bizarro
at Thu Jun 12 13:55:01 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by bizarro ]
BTW Dmong, as I've been browsing the forums I'd noticed someone with "~ Doug" in their sigs, but didn't make the connection with you - my name happens also to be Doug (but without the leading tilde). Doug, meet Doug!  But I digress...
In my 7 years in this house I've caught two or three garters and a gorgeous baby eastern milk snake, but those have been scattered across the years. This one I caught about two weeks after catching another slightly smaller one (about 48" where this one's a solid 5'), which makes this variety downright common in my book. That's my way of saying I doubt this one is an escapee (because as the Highlander would say "there can be only one", right?), but there's no reason why it couldn't be a hybrid offspring of an escapee and a local gray or black rat.
On a side note, how much would you expect one of these guys to travel? I could let it go under my back deck, but then there's my own lawnmower and driveway to consider. My neighbors on one side have dogs that run in the fenced back yard, and NONE of my neighbors are particularly snake-savvy if you catch my drift.
There's an empty plot across the street that's three lots wide, heavily wooded with a creek through it (rat snake paradise, I would think!), but it has houses on both ends. I'd prefer to release the snake there, but not if it's likely to wander into the yards of ignorant people who have lawnmowers and a fear of snakes...
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RE: What kind of snake? - bizarro, Thu Jun 12 13:55:01 2008