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lesley ®

01/06/2024, 21:46:34
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but maybe relevant if you think of the snake handler as being the unwanted guru in the nest.

I heard a bit of noise coming from the coop in the early morning yesterday and thought oh I hope no one is having trouble with their egg laying but didn't go to look.  Poor darlings.  The first thing I saw when I finally go out there is that they have laid their eggs under the little tree.  ?.   I look in their nesting box and there it was, looking for nice dry spot to take a nap, I guess and possibly thinking of eggs for breakfast.

The chickens were terrified, the python was not - he is king of the jungle, isn't he.  I call the snake man, I tell him it's a carpet snake but of course he's not to know for sure until he clocks it himself and we get Eastern Browns round here which can be deadly so he is hyper vigilant when he arrives, it is a real act of heroism to go pick up a snake - not this one though, I'm not going to handle it but it is non-venomous and pretty laid back, full tummy and quite young still - this did not stop him one bit, the snake handler milked it for all he was worth.  Yuck, I am still recovering from the experience just of meeting him.

And then I had to pick the chickens up off the back step at dusk and put them in the coop - they are still a little bit cross with me about that today.  My view is that the snake has been taken far enough away that it will not be back and I am back to closing the door on the coop, they are safe.  Their view is of course that once there, the snake will return and they'd rather stay out of his way, fair enough. 




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