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Zeina 05-06-2016 04:11 PM

Cornsnakes gone wild!
 
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I am so proud I have to share this story!

My mom and my brother are NOT snake people, which is not surprising as we all know it takes a special type of person to love snakes like we do =)

However, I had my mom holding my boys when they were itty babies, juveniles and into their adulthood, trying to get her to at least appreciate their beauty and that what they do in nature is vital and important. She is still squeamish around them but she has a better understanding and respect for them, which I admire about her. She always tries to understand things she doesn't understand lol

So a couple months ago her home burned down, and the shed in the back made it. They are demolishing the old home today and putting in her new one in a couple weeks, but she had to clean out the shed first.
So my brother and her are working hard and moving everything out of the shed- and my brother lifts up a tub lid and there are two big ol' wild corns hanging out underneath it. Scared the hell out of my brother, who ran out of the shed, grabbed a shovel and went to kill them- MOM TO THE RESCUE!

My mother was like NO NO!! Don't hurt them, let me see them! She said that they had "Seamus heads" LOL! and told my brother they were corn snakes, non-venomous, and to let them go in the woods across the street.
I could have cried I was so happy. I HATE when people fear-kill snakes because they aren't educated on them, it feels like they are killing my snakes and it cuts deep. My mom knew I would never forgive them if they killed those absolutely STUNNING wild corns- I mean this picture she sent isn't great, but the pattern and color on those guys is just gorgeous.

So, lesson here is that a little bit of education goes a VERY long way!
( I know some of you guys probably have seen this on the Facebook Cornsnake page, but I wanted to share on here as well in hopes that this finds its way to educating others <3 )

Tavia 05-06-2016 04:38 PM

Saw this over on FB. So great!

DollysMom 05-06-2016 05:31 PM

That's a great happy Mother's Day story. I zoomed in and that snake is beautiful. So glad mom saved them!

Karl_Mcknight 05-06-2016 05:36 PM

Great story. Some friends of mine and I go out every summer to see who can catch the most wild corn snakes in one day. I used to catch them as a kid and make pets of them. Funny thing is, even most wild corn snakes are very friendly. I've only been bitten a few times over the years.

8Rebecca8 05-06-2016 06:15 PM

that snake is truely beautiful! so happy it was saved and i am so happy by a little education can go such a long way :-D

albertagirl 05-06-2016 09:04 PM

Your mom is my hero. :)

CornySnakeUser 05-07-2016 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by albertagirl (Post 1709295)
Your mom is my hero. :)

That's not how your mom jokes work, if I understand them correctly...

axis1 05-07-2016 05:53 PM

Extremely cool and moving message!

Reading this gave me a warm & fuzzy feeling inside!

Thanx for that!!

Monty from Brooklyn

Nanci 05-08-2016 09:50 AM

Wonderful!!!

jagodzinski 05-08-2016 10:12 AM

That's a great story! You have an awesome mom!


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