GRASS SNAKE!!

belto · « **Reply #15 on:** July 16, 2007, 22:20 »

Hi Bruce girl
what a challenge you have in life a target to go for to overcome your fear.
As a child like many others I was afraid of spiders and I felt weak and insignificant becuse of this little ugly creature.
But constantly challenging myself I have overcome this fear along with Snakes by handling slow worms from my compost.
Go For it and do a little at a time

agapanthus · « **Reply #16 on:** July 17, 2007, 00:30 »

Quote from: "mkhenry"

Quote from: "NATHAN"
To answer your question, it was a little under a meter long

I was on the marron grass at Hemsby sitting on a small bank when I looked down and saw an Adder shedding its skin. It was a warm day and I had been there for about an hour not moving just enjoying the day, so I had not scared it.I watched its struggle and when it had finished I waited until it went and picked up the skin. My niece took it to school the following week for Show and Tell..........However later I had a very itchy ankle which swelled and became painful.You guessed it an Adder had bit me.The doc said it must have been a small one.I never felt the bite at the time but the puncture marks remained visible for weeks.It was still a great privilege to see an Adder let alone watch one shed its skin.

WOW Lucky you....a fantastic sight to see I should imagine:)

Trillium · « **Reply #17 on:** July 17, 2007, 03:19 »

Grass snakes are far more afraid of you than you are of them, so always keep that in mind. They also eat a lot of rodents and such so leave them in peace to do their cleanup duty. However, I once battled a grass snake to literally cough up my resident toad. A few whacks on the snakes tail and he spit out my toad, but I think the stomach acids were already affecting the toad who later died. But at least we both knew who was the real boss of the plot

brucesgirl · « **Reply #18 on:** July 17, 2007, 08:46 »

Trouble is I am so scared that I can't possibly think of wanting not to be!! Does that make sense?
Strange thing is that if I get stung by a bee I have to have immediate steroid treatment, but am not in the least bothered by bees, am fascinated by them in fact.

Trillium · « **Reply #19 on:** July 17, 2007, 20:13 »

You can be allergic to things without being afraid of them. I suspect the snake's form rather puts people off. You'll have to overcome your fears or you'll never go back out in the veg garden with confidence, which is such a shame for people wanting real veggies. Only things I fear are ones close to my size, and only because they can run faster!

Fat Hen · « **Reply #20 on:** July 17, 2007, 21:44 »

Quote from: "Scribbler"

Don't toads and frogs eat slugs...

I hope so I found (frog) one in my greenhouse a few weeks ago, so I put a dish with some water, a few rocks and a plant pot in it under my staging (well actually pallets laid on the ground) in the hope of encouraging it to stay. It seems to have worked as I see it almost every day, usually sat in a plant pot sheltering beneath my chilli plants.

Axe victim wrote: Bunch of wusses...grass snakes totally harmless. You are more danger to them than vice versa.

Beautiful creatures...cherish them too!

I agree i'd love them in my garden, as long as they don't eat my frog

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