[Paul R.]

Haha - you wouldn’t like our place. Since it warmed up / in the last 5 weeks I’ve seen 5 snakes on our property. 6, if you count that I’ve seen the big (for a garter snake) twice. That is NOT counting my daughter’s pet corn snake, which is about 4’ long now.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Paul; I grew up in an old farm house in an area that had a lot of farm land. While it was mostly used for corn and wheat there was a lot of prairie and savannah along the rivers. They used to hold annual rattlesnake hunts in an area about 5 miles away. I saw a lot of rats in the barn next door and a lot of garter snakes, but never saw a rattle snake or any snake that climbed up ladders.

I wonder if Qiviut's new "pet" rat snake was resting after a meal and hope that it finds a safe comfortable place outside where it can be useful patrolling for small damaging animals without bothering Q too much!

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Paul; I grew up in an old farm house in an area that had a lot of farm land. While it was mostly used for corn and wheat there was a lot of prairie and savannah along the rivers. They used to hold annual rattlesnake hunts in an area about 5 miles away. I saw a lot of rats in the barn next door and a lot of garter snakes, but never saw a rattle snake or any snake that climbed up ladders.

I wonder if Qiviut's new "pet" rat snake was resting after a meal and hope that it finds a safe comfortable place outside where it can be useful patrolling for small damaging animals without bothering Q and Mom too much!