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[infernalis]

I have seen snakes in the wild that had healed from horrific looking wounds.

There is an older Eastern (Sirtalis Sirtalis) that moves through my back yard we named her "Scar" She is fully wild, and I have only picked "Scar" up a few times to check on her.

Oddly, no sightings of "Scar" this season, but for the 3 years prior right around mid July, "Scar" would show up under a sheet of plywood behind the barn.

Snakes are really quite rugged when they are healthy.

[wolfess]

Hi Snake Whisperer,
Your comment about Scar made me want to tell you about my resident garter -- she's been around every summer for the last 5 years and after the first year I named her Beelzebel (someone told me most garters are female so i couldn't name her Beelzebub). This is the first summer tht I haven't seen her -- I'm not quite ready to believe she's dead, kinda like as long as I don't see any evidence that forces me to face that I'll just go on believing that she's still around. I've picked up a number of snakes in my yard over the last 5 years and it's possible I've picked her up at some pt but I haven't in a number of years b/c she's just too fast in spite of her size!
The good news is that I haven't seen the one I saw yesterday so I'm hoping that means she's ok, hopefully I'll see her again some time this week (but not 2moro as I have to mow the backyard).
Wolfess