hubby found this

[mourne]

Hubby found this about 1 hr ago while mowing the lawn. It is very lucky it wasnt shredded by the lawn mower. Its very thin and i removed 2 ticks from it. It has eaten 2 small fuzzies as thats all i had suitable.

[Muphesto]

thats great :>
u think its a wild one or someones pet that got out?

congrats on the find and tell ur hubby hes a lucky guy not to be a murderer today

[jo]

oh wow where do you live ? i cant belive that do you think its someones pet thats gone missing is it defo a corn or a king ? id ask your naighbours if its lost, how lucky is it to be fowned by a snake owner ;D will you keep it if no one claims it ? id also take it to the vats might need a paracite jab

[lee]

nice cornsnake
it looks in good nick so should be fine great find and all the best with it
lee

[mourne]

Hi i live in northern ireland.Its a tame one didnt mind being held as i removed the ticks and then i coated in a solution of Frontline (just bought this morning). It is very thin you can see its backbone raised up and it seems to either be going into or out of the blues. I thought it was a corn snake but i cant see a band across its eyes do all corns have this band?

[mourne]

Sorry forgot to say i will enquire if anyone owns it, if not i will keep it probably. Where i live i have never heard of anyone having a corn snake. After this i know someone did and either lost it or threw it out .

[jo]

i didnt see the stripe thats why i asked i dont no if all corns have the stripe, but i was told they did but not by a pro so im not sure yeah he dose look a bit thin about the same as my hugo that iv had probs with feeding, and he had a paracite thats why i thort of that. H must be a missing pet what ya gonna do ? id want to keep him/her ;D

[mourne]

Its the same as a corn in every other way. I will make enquiries around and if i dont find anyone i will probably end up keeping it(not that i needed it) but i couldnt see the wee thing come to any harm.

[jo]

oh cool im happy for you its great you got him not a none snake person what you gonna nick name him ? i think fate is at work i belive every thing happens for a reson no mater how small or silly it seems at the time. This proves it i think what chance did that snake have in the wild ? then you finding him ?

[Dave]

pretty sure that is a corn(mainly cos of the face and colour)! ;D

[mourne]

It certainly is a corn just checked on it and now that it has warmed a little and settled i can see the line above the eyes its just a more faint line than my own normal corns line.

[John Pilling]

It's definatley acorn, theirs no question about that.

Good find, some people are so lucky to find those things , and for them to be friendley to boot!!!

It's a little underweight, but appart from that looks good from the pic's.

I wish you every hope of keeping him/her or finding the owners, if they want to be found that is. Good luck eather way.

[Vicki]

Aww, what a lovely story. Well done ;D

I hope he gets back to good health soon, im sure he will now hes in good hands.

[andrea]

Nice find . Got to be called Lucky or something similar as it was drnn lucky! ;D Lovely little snake! Wonder how long it had been roaming free? Good job it's not winter.

[lozzer]

Its very lucky you found him,Due to its size its most probobly a escapey.
Someone told me once that his mate lost his corn as a yearling and a few years later he found it living in his garage ay a healthy weight and everything as it got the heat from the heater in the garage and was eating mice that were scurrying in there.
So it might of been the same story of yours but it is a bit skinny.

[John Pilling]

Looking at it, it might actually have escaped last year.
The reason being, with the size of it i think it's been in burmation during some or all of the winter and that would also explain the slimness of it.

Thats just a theory though, but i recon it's a good possabilaty.

[lozzer]

Yer as no one normaly throws out a unwanted pet at that size.

[mourne]

Awe thanks everyone. St. Patrick was supposed to have rid Ireland of snakes haha Well all is well so far Lucky (think thats appropriate) has been resting all day has still kept the 2 wee fuzzies down and seems to be enjoying the heat.Haven`t been able to find an owner seems very strange how it turned up in my garden. How long would they be able to survive outside like that? The nights have been very cold here with frosts last night there was a heavy frost so i guess it was very lucky or it might not have lasted much longer. I`ll just wait and see what happens now but looks like i`ve got another corn snake.

[mourne]

Forgot to ask when should i feed it again? I know not to overload its stomach too heavily too soon.

[lozzer]

Maybe someone knew you already had corn snakes and dumped it on your front door but the snake got out and went adventureing because they didn't want because i do doubt it that by chance got into your back.