Raccoons and snakes oh my...

“well I had the best birthday anyone could ever want.
in the morning twignut and myself went to the rehab center and hung out with all the critters.
never held a snake before so holding the Boa was pretty darn scary. I love the pics of Samantha holding the snake. funny faces!
getting to go into the cages and just sitting there and having the raccoons crawl on me was something I will never ever forget!
sorry there are so many pics, but hope you enjoy them.

http://community.webshots.com/album/221005723NOexIt

then going to the station and watching treebeard doing what he loves the most, was the best way to end a great day


sorry there are only three pics, my battiers died.

http://community.webshots.com/album/221037427WyTVHi”

“Raccoon: 60 pics
Boa: 11 pics
Iguana: 4 pics
Treebeard: 1 pic


Hmmmmmmm......”

“ACK! You held a snake, oooooo, gross! =)
Glad you had such a great Day Maple.”

“Seeing snakes and raccoons in rehab is not that uncommon. Part of the withdrawal cycle.

I use to see cockroaches crawling under my skin.....”

“LOL, ol' tree now knows how he rates! ;-)”

“The iguana was really cool. Actually, that little fat coon was pretty cute too.

Treebeard? I guess I outlived my cutesiness!”

“LOL @ bitpusher.

sounds fabulous, Maple...glad you had a happy birthday!
:-)”

“I guess you just didn't buy her enough kayaks tree. Three hundred and twenty-eight is not all that many (for the Imelda Marcos of kayaks).”

“the sad thing was, someone rescued a rabbit, only to have it give birth to 8 babies.
7 of them died and they put them in the freezer to feed the snake. at first it bothered me but it's part of nature”

“You gotta learn to deal with that fact of life, Maple. Or else, you will be spending your days with a broken heart that never heals...”

“oh I know that,. I got over it pretty quick. even twignut handled it pretty well. I was very suprised about that. she loved it so much she wants to train with me :)”

“7 of them died and they put them in the freezer to feed the snake. at first it bothered me but it's part of nature

Do they use the same freezer snakes use in the wilderness?

On the one hand, I would expect them to so the snake feels at home. On the other hand, snake freezers are notoriously inefficient and I would hope the center would use something better.”

“umm bear what the heck are you talking about?”

“I'm asking about the freezer, was it a snake freezer or a regular human freezer?”

“home freezer.
what is a snake freezer?”

“Not sure. Never been in a snakeden



Shoot.

http://www.miceonice.com/
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“Did you guys talk about Artex around the fire? Be honest now!”

“no. only because there was no camp fire...”

“Kewl! Happy B'day.

Doug”

“LOL bear, mice on a stick?
the other white meat?

LOL it's sick but funny.
9 out of 10 snakes prefer our rats
LOL

what did the 10th snake do, eat the handler?”

“wild, man, wild. have u ever checked out the zoo at bear mt?”

“Not sure what the 10th did? Email 'em and ask maybe? ;)”

“heck he just ate the zoo keeper.

the other OTHER white meat!”

“and the day gets better
the center got an allagator last night and I was asked to go and take pics of it. yeah baby!!!
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“i hope to post pics tonight of the gator!”

“here are the pics of the gator. he was only about 3 feet long, but still cool




http://community.webshots.com/album/222184262ugSURh”

“They came out good!”

“The gator's a cute little thing, but that poor turtle's water really needs to be changed. Yuck.”

“the turtles were in the same tank as the gator, the flash on my camera made the color of the water wild looking.”