[QUOTE=Happydaz;855284]I am glad you are enjoying watching the snake! That is a lot better than what my neighbor did when he saw a snake in his yard. Being a city person he thought you had to kill the snakes so he attacked it with his shovel. I attempted to educate him that most snakes here are non poisonous."
Excellent! Before I moved to The Villages, I volunteered at a county nature center and gave reptile demonstrations to school groups. I used black racer snakes, king snakes, and corn snakes in the demonstrations and the kids seemed to enjoy it a lot better than their parents and teachers.
The county had a policy of no animal cruelty being allowed. This even applied to the white mice that were snake food. The county bought frozen whole mice as snake food. A snake will eat only food that is warm - body temperature. We had to put the frozen mouse in a microwave oven to warm it up for the snakes to eat. You do NOT ever want to see what happens to a frozen mouse that is left in the microwave too long!
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