Quote Originally Posted by WingedWolfPsion View Post
It's true, sometimes snakes do inexplicable things. I had a garter snake get into the basement, and I wasn't able to catch it (it darted under the washer, and then disappeared). A few days later, as I was sitting on the couch, I caught a movement out of the corner of my eye, and looked up. The garter snake had glided up over a box, and was sitting there in plain view, staring at me. It allowed me to pick it up gently with little fuss--I released it outside and snapped a few photos. It was perfectly healthy, and took off quickly once released. I didn't even get musked on that time, lol.

What possessed a wild animal to approach me openly in that fashion? To overcome all of its instincts and allow me to see it, and then pick it up?

It wasn't the first time. An escaped baby mourning gecko approached my husband the same way--it actually climbed onto the arm of the couch where he was resting his elbow!

He will come back when realizes that he needs your help.
In hindsight, I should've picked up the black 'ankle snake' and kept him as a 'replacement'.

Obviously, he had no problems with hanging out with me for a while.



[usually the wild things that come to me are either very wounded or dying...most of the time, I can get them better and they go free...sometimes, they just get a warm place to pass away with somebody who grieves for them...maybe that's all they wanted]