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Sneaky Snake One
I kept telling him that sneaky snake lived under the old tree stump for years- he did don’t believe me. Check ALT
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A big black snake sunning himself beside a wire garden fence on a garden pathway. The snake is beside a 12 foot piece of wood that the wire is attached to, and if it stretched out it is a couple feet longer then the wood. Sneaky snake and I have been friends for years; it had lived under a giant tree stump that eventually rotted away. My gardens surround the stump so I had been close to him all the time- we respected each others boundaries and so it went. For years I had told the property manager about Sneaky Snake and he just laughed it off as a joke. Until… the day almost two years ago when he brought our new pup out for a walk. I heard them go out the door, a few seconds later they both hopped (Floated)back through the door with him saying “ SNAKE ! BIG SNAKE!” I looked out and saw Sneaky Snake sunning himself. I had just redone the gardens and put fencing up, shifted everything about, so Sneaky had shifted its home a few feet away. It was testing out a new sunny spot. He believes me now! Sneaky let me walk around him or her for this photo; very well fed it is. We have never had any rodent issues with our chickens… and they do draw them naturally. Mice in the house- all time low. We appreciate how nature works on our little bit of heaven on a city block. It is a refuge for creatures. Anytime a snake is found they usually get killed by neighbors; they are safe here. Nobody stops to think of how beneficial they are. Property manager who was really scared of reptiles can now acknowledge that he rather likes them about, so much so, that last year he actually saved one that got caught up in netting in the yard. He had to get down and dirty to save it, but he did it and was proud of himself. He just saw one sunning on the cottage porch around the chicken pens, and that is where he saved the one previously. Our pens are snake proof so no worry about egg stealing there. We spot a snake maybe once a year if that, so it’s not like snakes on the plane. Respect nature.
September 24, 2025 at 12:45 AM