Snake lover 3-25
01-07-2009, 05:33 PM
does anyone take there garters out when the weather is nice and let them roam the yard?
mine love going out and exploring and maybe even getting a meal on the run lol
got any close call stories? outside? inside?
i take meadow out often and she's always great.... she just chills and she actually follows me whenever i start to move away... i'm out there with her of course but i don't have to pay much attention.... i usually have her out with her 2 yr old kids... but they are much more unrulely than i ever would have imagined and although she's great they tend to burrow into the grass and disappear from view...
i had 2 close calls on the same day last year with them.... i had meadow out along with sooty and willow (her kids) and another big girl i called big mama who i later let go along with her 22 babies.... i went over to bring big mama closer to where i could supervise and when i came back i could no longer see willow... now as many of you know willow is a pretty bright orange color and so i dug around a little and then i just waited for him to pop back up... around 10 mins passed and no willow so i started to panic and got the idea to spray the area he was in hoping to flush him out.... i sprayed and then i waited and finally he popped out and i captured him and put him away....
so i was just sitting out there and i glanced over at the others and when i looked back sooty was nowhere to be found.... so i sprayed and sprayed and dug and dugand no sooty.... 20 mins later i decided to check one last time and there she was and she looks at me like "what are you doing tearing up the lawn?" so that said lol now i just take them out one at a time...
meadow usually doesn't need much supervision... she just lounges and basks in the sun unless i start to walk away... only had one scare with her and that was her first time in the back yard.... i was helping my bro launch a rocket and then i went to check on her and she had vanished... my back yard is about 2/3 the size of my front yard and is bordered with woods.... after about 30 mins of searching with the help of my parents and my brother i found her under some brush at the edge of the woods with a toad in her mouth lol
once i was working in the garden with willow roaming in the dirt and meadow basking on a rock the garden is in a strange corner and is surrounded by a wide concrete path and i was keeping a close enough eye on them to catch them crossing it... so i looked up from weeding and of course willow is gone... so i pick up each rock and look under each plant and when i eventually make it to the corner i pick up some leaves and there he is with his head in a hole with a HUGE nightcrawler in his mouth lol
mine love going out and exploring and maybe even getting a meal on the run lol
got any close call stories? outside? inside?
i take meadow out often and she's always great.... she just chills and she actually follows me whenever i start to move away... i'm out there with her of course but i don't have to pay much attention.... i usually have her out with her 2 yr old kids... but they are much more unrulely than i ever would have imagined and although she's great they tend to burrow into the grass and disappear from view...
i had 2 close calls on the same day last year with them.... i had meadow out along with sooty and willow (her kids) and another big girl i called big mama who i later let go along with her 22 babies.... i went over to bring big mama closer to where i could supervise and when i came back i could no longer see willow... now as many of you know willow is a pretty bright orange color and so i dug around a little and then i just waited for him to pop back up... around 10 mins passed and no willow so i started to panic and got the idea to spray the area he was in hoping to flush him out.... i sprayed and then i waited and finally he popped out and i captured him and put him away....
so i was just sitting out there and i glanced over at the others and when i looked back sooty was nowhere to be found.... so i sprayed and sprayed and dug and dugand no sooty.... 20 mins later i decided to check one last time and there she was and she looks at me like "what are you doing tearing up the lawn?" so that said lol now i just take them out one at a time...
meadow usually doesn't need much supervision... she just lounges and basks in the sun unless i start to walk away... only had one scare with her and that was her first time in the back yard.... i was helping my bro launch a rocket and then i went to check on her and she had vanished... my back yard is about 2/3 the size of my front yard and is bordered with woods.... after about 30 mins of searching with the help of my parents and my brother i found her under some brush at the edge of the woods with a toad in her mouth lol
once i was working in the garden with willow roaming in the dirt and meadow basking on a rock the garden is in a strange corner and is surrounded by a wide concrete path and i was keeping a close enough eye on them to catch them crossing it... so i looked up from weeding and of course willow is gone... so i pick up each rock and look under each plant and when i eventually make it to the corner i pick up some leaves and there he is with his head in a hole with a HUGE nightcrawler in his mouth lol