Found my lost corn snake after 12 years!!!!!!!

Found my lost corn snake after 12 years!!!!!!!

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nurburgring1

617 posts

206 months

Monday 29th March 2010
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Great story.

Famous Graham

26,553 posts

231 months

Monday 29th March 2010
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Andy Zarse said:
normalbloke said:
Andy Zarse said:
Not wishing to be a party pooper, but isn't releasing non-indigenous species into the wild an offence against the Wildlife and Countryside Act? What if he meets a lady corn snake and they nreed? Not good news?
It is almost frowned upon as much as posting on a thread before reading it...

Great story!
I did read the thread before posting ??? and very heart warming it is too.

The Cornsnake is a North American species. It is not indigenous to the Uk and an offence is commited on releasing it into the wild. I was simply concerned that the OP may not realise he was commiting an offence then posting about his actions on PH.

So I don't understand your problem.
The point was that philthy already said that.

eharding

14,108 posts

290 months

Monday 29th March 2010
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Andy Zarse said:
The Cornsnake is a North American species.
...and like a lot of North American snakes, will claim to be able to trace lineage back to the original Pilgrim Pythons who slithered off Plymouth Rock next to the Mayflower, either that or claim to be Scots, and turn up at Burns' Night dinners dressed in very dodgy snake tartan and generally not knowing what the hell to do with a sporran. Thankfully, very few of them claim to be Irish, given that St.Patrick apparently wasn't keen.

Anyway, good luck to the little blighter.

Adz The Rat

14,889 posts

215 months

Monday 29th March 2010
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Brilliant, its amazing it has survived this long in the wild!!

As for it being illegal, come on who really cares???

Dr G

15,374 posts

248 months

Monday 29th March 2010
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Not I, said the Wolf laugh

What a cool story, how long do the blighters generally live for?

Killer2005

19,894 posts

234 months

Monday 29th March 2010
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Dr G said:
Not I, said the Wolf laugh

What a cool story, how long do the blighters generally live for?
25 years IIRC

Hope mine makes it that far, however mine won't be playing out to the same extent as the OP's

okgo

39,209 posts

204 months

Monday 29th March 2010
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Adz The Rat said:
Brilliant, its amazing it has survived this long in the wild!!

As for it being illegal, come on who really cares???
Not me, if its never ventured further than the back garden in 12 years then I would wager it won't anytime soon.

dudleybloke

20,428 posts

192 months

Tuesday 30th March 2010
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snakes alive!

would be cool to put a camera on the rockery to see him hunt.

okgo

39,209 posts

204 months

Tuesday 30th March 2010
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dudleybloke said:
snakes alive!

would be cool to put a camera on the rockery to see him hunt.
Just look on youtube, or discovery channel, cooler snakes with awesom venom killing stuff.

Celt

1,264 posts

198 months

Tuesday 30th March 2010
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Good post. Wonder what the furthest away its traveled is.

Nolar Dog

8,786 posts

201 months

Tuesday 30th March 2010
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clap I think you did the right thing. Must have been cool to see him again!

Signed: A. Snake Fan

GTIR

24,741 posts

272 months

Tuesday 30th March 2010
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Celt said:
Good post. Wonder what the furthest away its traveled is.
Second gnome on left.

AdeTuono

7,394 posts

233 months

Tuesday 30th March 2010
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GKP said:
Wild? It was bloddy furious.


(NTNON)
nono Absolutely livid.

308mate

13,757 posts

228 months

Tuesday 30th March 2010
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Err...Im with Andy Zarse on this one. As nice as it is to hear about, releasing a non-native species in to the wild is an absolute no-no in my opinion. The wildlife balance is too delicate. Im actually amazed that attitude seems to be in the minority on this thread.

Examples:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbits_in_Australia

For something closer to home, the driving out of red squirrels:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Squirrel

Fine, youre doing your old pet/freind a favour. But what about the species already native, happily roaming the countryside who werent expecting to come across a corn snake this summer?

In my opinion, tres uncool.

bonsai

2,015 posts

186 months

Tuesday 30th March 2010
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I'm sure it was well chuffed, having enjoyed the last 12 years free to roam as it pleases it's now back, stuck in a poxy tank.

Somewhatfoolish

4,618 posts

192 months

Tuesday 30th March 2010
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bonsai said:
I'm sure it was well chuffed, having enjoyed the last 12 years free to roam as it pleases it's now back, stuck in a poxy tank.
You're the worst at reading so far hehe

Davi

17,153 posts

226 months

Tuesday 30th March 2010
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Somewhatfoolish said:
bonsai said:
I'm sure it was well chuffed, having enjoyed the last 12 years free to roam as it pleases it's now back, stuck in a poxy tank.
You're the worst at reading so far hehe
can you hit reply just by looking at the title in the forum list? hehe

bonsai

2,015 posts

186 months

Tuesday 30th March 2010
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Davi said:
Somewhatfoolish said:
bonsai said:
I'm sure it was well chuffed, having enjoyed the last 12 years free to roam as it pleases it's now back, stuck in a poxy tank.
You're the worst at reading so far hehe
can you hit reply just by looking at the title in the forum list? hehe
ooops. sorry. well done for letting him free again.

Pyro

99 posts

187 months

Tuesday 30th March 2010
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If you armchair warriors want to go on about how its illegal what he's done, as far as anyones aware its never left the garden, which is private property.


SO NER! :P

Rusty Arches

694 posts

179 months

Tuesday 30th March 2010
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308mate said:
For something closer to home, the driving out of red squirrels:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Squirrel
Who cares about Red Squirrels? A Squirrel's a Squirrel, just seems that the Grey ones are better.
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