Mystery Shed!

[Minkness]

Moved into the new house and 2 weeks later random, just about full, shed is on the back porch when I get home at nearly 11pm!

I couldn't make out the markings but it smelled AWFUL, so I'm thinking it belongs to a garter. It was about 2 feet long and dull. I was all excited "mom! There's a shed in the back yard!" Her response "did ine of your snakes get out?" Me "Nope! And it smells REALLY bad!" She just groans.

If a bypasser heard this conversation I bet they would think I was talking an actual shed and not a snake skin lol. Which....we have one of those in the back yard too. Lol.

[macandchz]

dear minkness-i wonder if you'll ever find out what left it behind? the same thing happened to my husband. he is a custodian at a retirement center. last month he was changing a florescent light bulb in the ceiling and when he pushed the panel out and shown his flashlite in the crawl space, there was a nice long snake skin. i think the snake found the perfect place to live. it was warm, dark, no one bothered it, and they have a pantry that an occaisonal mouse has been caught. i told him to keep an eye out for it so he can let it go before anyone kills it. he hasn't found it yet.

[Tiny Boidae]

If you count the scale rows you can then determine if it came from a garter or not. Still, always cool to have nature right in your backyard!

[travesty]

It sounds like you need to go herping in your neighborhood. I've been lucky enough to catch a couple lined snakes in my backyard after mowing the grass. It's pretty cool not having to go far to see snakes.

[Minkness]

Maybe! My yard is pretty small, and I'm not comfortable going into other's yards, which ia what makes up the neighborhood. Not a whole lot of free space available.