Thursday, June 4, 2009

Guess who showed up?

While I was moving camping equipment down in the basement yesterday in preparation for a weekend away, I found a shed snakeskin. It was pretty big. "Uh oh," I thought.

Then I looked up and saw 5" of tail sticking out from behind a piece of wall. I must confess, I seriously considered not telling Ellie and just letting him be -- obviously he is/was thriving! But he's not, technically, my snake. So I took a deep breath, and called her.

To her credit, she worked for about 1/2 hour, with an ice pack, a long sleeved jacket, and a lot of patient tugging, enduring being hissed at and even snapped at once, and she's got her Zipper back.




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6 comments:

  1. SusanJune 4, 2009 at 7:27 PM

    Ellie looks very proud to have recaptured Zipper. He looks very healthy and makes a fine choker.

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  2. Caffeine GirlJune 4, 2009 at 7:53 PM

    Does your daughter know how lucky she is to have a mom who would let her have a snake?

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  3. TammyJune 4, 2009 at 10:47 PM

    And I thought it was just me. LOL. My 12 yo says "way to go".

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  4. Ruby LouiseJune 5, 2009 at 3:30 PM

    Yay Zipper! I probably shouldn't mail you George, the 6+ foot rat snake from the backyard, then. That's ok. He might eat the chickens. :-)

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  5. KristinJune 8, 2009 at 9:16 PM

    What a cool snake!

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  6. allisonmariecatJune 12, 2009 at 11:18 AM

    Oh, my. Was this in the job description when you signed on to motherhood?

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