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[Jus1More]

Got a call today from my mother today while I was at work. She was talking fast and was frantic. I asked her what was wrong and she paused a moment, took a deep breath and said, "I found your snake!!"... I thought I was hearing things, but she kept repeating it..."I found your snake!" After calming her down, because she seriously dislikes snakes, she explained that she was in the den cleaning out our cat's litter and when she went to scoop out some fresh litter from the box out pops up the snake. Talk about freaking out someone!

It has been 8 weeks to this day that my Trans-Pecos rat snake had been missing. When I got home this evening I was pretty excited that he had been found, just wish It was me that would have found him instead of my mother. I felt so bad that she went through that experience. But now that I speak to her, she laughs about it ...she is such a trooper!

My little fella seems to look ok, although he is going into shed and feels alittle like jelly, if that makes any sense?
He is secure in a small tub with water, heat and a hide. I am sure he is freaked out as well, so i thought I let him be for the night and feed him tomorrow...I know he must be hungry! So I am wondering since he was found in the fresh cat litter, if that would have harmed him? But besides that, should I take him to the vet to get checked out?
Being gone for 8 weeks, I am thimking he was just hibernating somewhere and decided to venture out since it was alittle bit warmer for the last few days. Anyhow, I was very doubtful that he was going to be found, but relieved he was still alive and had not wandered into someone elses apartment.

I would just like to say "Thank You" to everyone who replied awhile back with positive comments and tips on how to go about finding him. Hopefully he will be ok and stay put.