"Theres a garter in my dog food!"

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

So....

today was an interesting day at work. The phone rang and shortly after that I heard "Shannon phone call line 1 please".

I was like oh boy someone needs help with a reptile!!!

They sure did!! A lady called, horrified, to find that upon getting her case of dog food cans home that there was an "evil mean scary looking snake 'guarding' the dog food cans".

I said okay, remain calm and don't touch him, just tell me what he looks like. "Well he is brown with a yellow stripe and black spots with a brown head and 'evil' red eyes". I asked her if she could see the eye pupils, were they round? Yes? okay great. Were there black markings on his lips?! oh yes? Ah ma'am you have an eastern garter snake in your dog food. I said go ahead and bring the case of dog food in and I will remove him for you.

So she brought the case in and sure enough there was a young sirtalis wedged down inside this case of food, head flattened, striking, that whole silly little act they play. i pulled him out, gave he lady back her food, and I sent him on his way out into the woods by the pond behind our store!

I am just glad that she did not kill him :rolleyes:

How on earth did a garter snake get in there, and why did he choose to remain there of all places! ha!

[Snake lover 3-25]

in a bag of empty dog food cans??? or sealed?????

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

in a sealed, brand new case of 12 dog food cans.

[Zephyr]

Hmm... Maybe some one at the packing plant wanted to have a little fun. XD

[Snake lover 3-25]

lol very strange...:confused:

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

poor little guy :(


he looked pretty healthy though!

[el lobo]

Yeah, that sounds like a joke someone would play. that would explain why it might have been sort of pissed off haha...all that jostling around...

[infernalis]

I'm just happy the story ended the way it did:D:D

Way to go

Wayne

[Lumpy]

Maybe it was some kind of promotional give away? :p

Lump

[adamanteus]

Maybe it was some kind of promotional give away? :p

Lump

I'd buy it!.... and I don't own a dog!:D

[jeanette]

lol sounded like a really interesting day for you. its great that she didnt kill it though, and fantastic that you were able to release it.

[flickerfriend]

Hmm. you think he snuck through into there and coulodnt get out? i mean. garter snakes CAN go through small spaces.

[Snakeknot]

I'm not surprised at all. If there's dry and canned dog food being stored somewhere, well that equals mice to me. What follows mice? Anything that preys on them. Wait a minute. HOW BIG did you say that snake was??? Never mind. I've got snakes breaking into my house all the time. Usually big, smelly black snakes. Once a baby Eastern milk snake. That was cool! But that was just prior to my fever about snakes.

I think the snake just knew he would end up being found by a snake-wise person like Shannon. He just had to deal with the OTHER people to get to her!;-)

Devon

[ConcinusMan]

LoL. you guys crack me up.

Interesting story. I do have a theory. Cans of dog food will absorb heat during the day and remain warmer than the surrounding area, all night long. Wouldn't be a bad place for a garter to spend a cool night.