Snakes and deer, oh my!

[wraithfodder]

Here's the snake that I almost stepped on the other night, down in the basement. I stuck it in a cooking pot, as it was handy, and it was tiny, a young hatchling. I put on plastic gloves cuz I know from experience as soon as you pick up a snake, they exude this awful stench (aka piss) all over your hands. Yech! It was cute, and good thing to know, non-venemous. I released him in the pachysandra patch.



Meanwhile, I spied a young buck in the backyard.  He glared at me, of course, although I was a distance away.



Now to sort out and load up my Hurricane Irene pictures...

Comments

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

So what is it?? A racer?
I would have no problem with that, other than had I stepped on it,
but I would have had a problem had it been big and hairy and many legs variety..............
:-/
That deer is beautiful............quite young

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

It's a ringneck snake. Very young as it was tiny. It's rare I see bucks in the yard. I know one passed through our yard a year ago as I ran over an antler with the lawnmower. Fortunately only knicked it. Now it's on the shelf.

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

I assume not poisonous?

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Ringneck snakes are non-venemous.