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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: SmithSwede on June 29, 2019, 09:23:02 PM
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My wife has had a little Plains Milk Snake for the past 31 years. Sylvie just showed up on her porch one day and got adopted. Amazingly sweet and docile. Was surely a pet which escaped from a neighbor. And yes, I know that everyone says this type of snake only lives about 7-15 years, but not Sylvie.
Well, such a day comes for all of us on this mortal coil. Sylvie died this evening after about a week of odd behavior, continuously peeling skin, and a refusal to eat.
Count your blessings, pet your dog, and appreciate even the smallest amongst us who somehow worm their way into your heart.
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RIP Sylvie .
Snakes can make good pets , what colors was Sylvie ? Some milksnakes are really pretty .
Dusty
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Sorry to here but sounded like a grand old life for a snake. If I had tried that my wife would have moved out 31 years ago.
GliderJohn
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Give your wife a big hug. I'm sure the loss of her pet for the past several years is really hard on her.
Bob
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It really doesn’t matter on what level we humans place one of God’s creatures on, when one has feelings for that creature, the pain of loss is as great for a snake as a dog, cat, horse on any other mammal. Y’all bury your little friend together and have 31 years of memories. 🙏
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:cry:
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Sorry to learn of Sylvie's passing. I have witnessed the joy a snake can bring to one's heart. Several years ago, a patron showed up at my place of employment with some paper to recycle, dumping her tote into the bin. One of my employees, a young lady, immediately found the snake in the bin and gently picked it up, announcing, "A snake!" As it turns out, the patron's Mexican Corn Snake had gone missing a few months earlier, and was reunited with it that day. She was overjoyed and brought to tears. RIP, Sylvie.
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That's a cool reunion story.