Field Herping... in our backyard...

Yeah the musk will be fatal in confined areas if the fumes can't escape.

The kids requested to leave the poor d00de, er, gal alone. Said it doesn't bother them and since it's non-venomous, the dog should be okay. I mean, she's been living in our yard for over 2 years! I just need to put screen on the fish pond just so we can keep koi and turtles in there again.

So, they named her Indigo. They thought it was an indigo snake at first so when I told them it's a southern banded water snake they decided to just keep the name Indigo anyway.

I've come sooooo far in my appreciation for these creepy crawlies. Last October, I would've gotten a spade and chopped up that thing instead of running for a camera!