Snake Rescue.

 We rescued a snake today. The poor thing was stuck on some ductape and she was stuck with 3 different parts of her body, the front, the middle, and the end. Things looked hopeless there for a bit but it all worked out in the end.

She was stuck on a bag in the old chicken coop which we now use as a hay storage shed. I saw her right away when I opened the door, but it took me a few minutes to realize that she was stuck on the ductape and couldn't move. I took the bag outside because it was super hot in the old coop.

If you look carefully, you will see the snake stretched out across the tape. It quickly became clear that the tape was far too strong to simply pull her off, so we resorted to the next best and maybe only option, Mark cut the tape from around her and simply left pieces of tape on her body.

Rescue operation almost finished..

While I was holding a piece of the tape she was stuck on, she 'musked'. I actually thought she pooped since I had never heard of snake musk. The smell was awful and very strong. Turns out that snakes use this musk to keep predators at bay.

Miss snake was very lucky that she was found because I usually only go in the old coop maybe once every other week. This could have ended very badly for the snake but thankfully, this story had a happy ending.