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Day-To-Day Serpent-Surprises

dr_dolittle

on March 13, 2007

Okay, let me begin by saying I used to have a snake. Her name was Sam and she was a cornsnake. Not exactly a threatening breed. Perfect for a kid. But, cornsnakes have an odd tendency to poop… A LOT. A ridiculous amount. Hold her the wrong way? She poops. Feed her just about anything? She poops. A butterfly flaps its wings in the Amazon? She poops. The most curious thing, though, wasn't the pooping, but the POOP itself. It seemed to look different each time. I know that's true of ANY fecal matter, but these doodies made it seem like my snake shape-shifted into multiple animals just to poop out their signature turds and confuse me. The chalky, white deposits left in her tank were worlds away from the massive, yellow, creamed-corn-like dump she gave birth to on the kitchen table (which I still eat off of without any complaints).

Thank you for reading this incredibly long essay about the items that came from the anus of my former-snake.