Late this morning, I found that my first snake, Stewie, had passed away. She had been lethargic lately, almost appearing as if she was an "old snake" She could have been as she was a W/C. She had lived with our family for 1 1/2 years. When we found her, she was gravid and gave birth to 11 beautiful babies. We have 6 of them still, 3 males and 3 females. One looks just like her Mom. I estimate her age to be at least 3 1/2 years old. She was around 26" when she was found. I will miss her terribly but we still have her offspring as her legacy. Unfortunately, proper burial will have to wait until spring, as we have at least 8" of new snow today, and it is still falling. I am happy to have known her and been witness to the last half of her life.