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The Following 5 Users Say Thank You to Gio For This Useful Post:
Bogertophis (05-17-2024),dakski (05-17-2024),EL-Ziggy (05-19-2024),Homebody (05-17-2024),Malum Argenteum (05-17-2024)
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Semi sad update.
I was mowing the lawn earlier today and I hit a garter (likely this one) with the mower. It was only the tail, but unfortunately I couldn't tell if it was below the vent or not.
I'm rather upset about it. I'm telling myself it will eventually recover and it will just have a stubby back end.
I love having wildlife around my house and go out of my way to coexist with everything.
I'm really hoping it was a lower tail injury with a non crippling recovery.
I have the blades on the 2nd highest setting, and I was surprised this happened.
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It happens. I feel like I've gotten better at spotting snakes while on the mower, but sometimes I don't see one.
We've been slowly removing lawn and putting in prairie and other non-lawn plantings. It helps give the wildlife some more space, and saves lawnmower fuel. I see you're in Minneapolis; we lived there for a few years and had no lawn at all -- our small yard was all perennial plants, rockwork, little paths, etc.
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Bogertophis (05-20-2024),Gio (05-19-2024),Homebody (05-20-2024)
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I worry about just this thing happening every time I mow the grass here. There's a lot of trees so I usually walk around first to pick up after my dogs & all the sticks. I use a small walk-behind battery-run Greenworks because this place is an obstacle course- no riding mowers here- & I keep a watch for any of my tiny neighbors- I worry about the little snakes & toads & sometimes move them to the safe areas of groundcover. So far I've not hit anything that I know of...I feel for you & hope he's okay. The trouble with humans is the world we make is very rough on wild things.
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
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