goodbye snuggles the snake. hello new wardrobe.

yes it's true that our slimy copperhead friend has left us over the weekend. he's gone on to greener pastures (although i can't picture much greener than here in NC) & is slithering through a field full of mice & small rodents to digest.

the good news: the snake is dead.

the bad: einstein & ernest are trying to, and i quote, "stuff it & display it in their room."

why is this disturbing? if you are asking that then you are forgetting the story of einstein of yesteryear, before he lived with us & had baby mice as domestic pets. and when one died, rumor has it that he wrapped the dead baby mouse around his finger & wore it (skin pelt & all) for at least a week.

well einstein came running up to me on saturday saying that he was covered up to his elbows in anit-bacterial soap. "why?" i asked him. and knew i was in for it.

"i have been soaking snuggles (ben named him that) the snake in anti-bacterial soap for over a 24 hour period. he is now outside laying on a rock & covered by paper towels that have been covered in anti-bacterial gel. this is to preserve his coat so that small mites & other insects don't decompose his skin."

and i am imagining snake necklaces, snake-skin covered nike shoes, a pair of sweatpants with snake fangs hanging off of them as decor. the possibilities are endless.