Saturday, April 4, 2009

A warm little Glo

GloWorm is shedding and he retained an eyecap. Shedding is a very cranky time for snakes, and Green Tree Pythons are notorious for not being handleable or even workable. That dear beast understood I was trying to help him and held still while I misted warm water under his shed skin to loosen it up for him. A snake letting you near his head is the ultimate in trust and my own eyes got misty because he really is an extraordinary animal.

I think we got to it in time to loosen it up and have him shed it naturally. Snakes really are "lower animals" but there is still a spark of divinity in them-I really believe that because I've seen them respond to honest sincere intention to help-and they certainly don't have the brainpower to process that. But they do have the soulpower.

5 comments:

soulbrush said...

oh dear glo, any photos? i like that- soulpower- yup that's good.

soulbrush said...

that wasn't: oh dear, glo...
it was: oh, dear little glo....

Lisa at Greenbow said...

I am not too familiar with snakes except for the sweet little garter snakes that are in my garden every spring.

Debra Kay said...

Photo's going up tomorrow-Teri-don't look! (but there will be dog photos too, so you might want to look....LOL).

Debra Kay said...

Well, I put Glo's pics up today-they are cool and there was a happy ending.