A captured snake doesn’t know you don’t intend it harm. It undergoes physiological stress, which uses some of its vital resources. Retaining a wild snake too long compromises its ability to survive upon release. Don’t cause the snake any additional stress. As noted, the snake’s already...
Snakes are revengeful. There is no scientific basis to this. A snake's brain is not developed to the extent of retaining memory. It is said that if you kill a snake, another (its mate) will follow you and take revenge. What animal kills snakes? The top ten snake killers, in order,...
Garter snakes are highly variable in appearance, and generally have large round eyes with rounded pupils, a slender build, and keeled scales (appearing ‘raised’); some have a pattern of longitudinal stripes that may or may not include spots, and certain subspecies have stripes of blue, yellow...
ginger, garlic and chilies, dilute it with water and spray on the foliage. You can use a hand sprayer or just spray it on the plant with your hands. The solution is not harmful like chemicals. However, take care not to get this in your eyes as it may hurt...
, the first act of a newborn snake is to extend its tongue and taste the surroundings, conveying to the Jacobson’s organ (a sensitive region in the roof of the mouth) chemical information perhaps more significant than the visual cues picked up by the pair of very inexperienced eyes. ...
becomes a threat to continued good health. At this point, the snake’s eyes become a milky blue, an indication of a physiological loosening of the skin that forms the eye cap. This loosening isduplicatedall over the body, although not so obviously. Shortly, the eyes clear, and the snake...