Peque帽a interacci贸n con una Boa Constrictor
Le ayudamos a liberarse de las garrapatas
Hello! A few days ago I shared this post about an iguana I found while looking for a snake in my backyard; well, now we found the snake. It is a baby Boa Constrictor, it was very hard to find because of its color, but the sound of the birds gave away her presence. I went with the camera to take as many photos as I could. It was sleeping in the middle of the orchids, I could see its body and tail, it's amazing how bright the colors are in the tail, it's easier to see than the rest of the body.
隆Hola! Hace unos d铆as compart铆 este post sobre una iguana que encontr茅 mientras buscaba una serpiente en mi patio; pues bien, ahora encontramos la serpiente. Es una Boa Constrictor beb茅, fue muy dif铆cil encontrarla por su color, pero el sonido de los p谩jaros delat贸 su presencia. Fui con la c谩mara para sacar todas las fotos que pudiera. Estaba durmiendo en medio de las orqu铆deas, pude ver su cuerpo y cola, es incre铆ble lo brillante que son los colores en la cola, es m谩s f谩cil de ver que el resto del cuerpo.
After a few minutes of taking pictures, my sister noticed a tick on its head, so we called our dad to come to see it. A few years ago my dad kept throwing away a snake that kept coming back, then he noticed it had a tick, took it away, and let go of the snake, and she didn't come back that time so maybe it was just asking for help. For that reason, my sister thought my dad might help with this one too. You can see in the photos it is big, a meter at least, but still small and thin in comparison to how big it could get, so it's just a baby for us.
Despu茅s de unos minutos de tomar fotos, mi hermana se dio cuenta de que ten铆a una garrapata en la cabeza, as铆 que llamamos a nuestro pap谩 para que viniera a verla. Hace unos a帽os mi pap谩 tiraba una serpiente que no paraba de volver, entonces se dio cuenta de que ten铆a una garrapata, se la quit贸 y solt贸 a la serpiente, y esa vez no volvi贸, as铆 que tal vez s贸lo estaba pidiendo ayuda. Por esa raz贸n, mi hermana pens贸 que tambi茅n podr铆a ayudar con esta. Se puede ver en las fotos que es grande, un metro por lo menos, pero todav铆a peque帽a y delgada en comparaci贸n con lo grande que podr铆a llegar a ser, por lo que es s贸lo una beb茅 para nosotros.
My dad took it so he could take care of the tick we first saw on its head, he found out there were more, so we took them too, it was kind of hard, the snake was wiggling and the tick was big. You can see how damaging it was to its skin to have those there. After cleaning the area with water and a brush, we put some cream I bought for my cat to help it heal and try to prevent an infection. I don't speak snake but from its behavior, I imagine it understood we were helping.
Mi padre la agarr贸 para poder ocuparse de la garrapata que vimos antes en su cabeza, descubri贸 que hab铆a m谩s, as铆 que tambi茅n se las quitamos, fue un poco complicado, la serpiente se contoneaba y la garrapata era grande. Se puede ver lo malo que era para su piel tenerlas all铆. Despu茅s de limpiar la zona con agua y un cepillo, le pusimos una crema que compr茅 para mi gato para ayudarla a cicatrizar e intentar evitar una infecci贸n. No hablo serpiente pero por su comportamiento, imagino que entendi贸 que le est谩bamos ayudando.
In the next shot, you can see it doesn't have big fangs. The teeth are retractile so there is more than what we are seeing, but they are all for grabbing and eating, this snake doesn't bite (well, it does, and the bacteria in its mouth is dangerous, but it's not venomous). This one is still small, it can get so big that if a car tries to run over it (yeah, people do it) it will flip the car like a toy.
En la siguiente toma se ve que no tiene grandes colmillos. Los dientes son retr谩ctiles por lo que hay m谩s de lo que estamos viendo, pero son todos para agarrar y comer, esta serpiente no muerde (bueno, lo hace, y las bacterias en su boca son peligrosas, pero no es venenosa). Esta a煤n es peque帽a, puede llegar a ser tan grande que si un carro intenta atropellarla (s铆, la gente lo hace) lo voltear铆a como si fuera un juguete.
In the end, we released it back to the wild, but way at the back of our backyard and not just a few steps away from where the tree with the orchids is. The birds stopped screaming, it got rid of the ticks, and as soon as it realized we were setting it free, it ran away to hide from predators, so everybody was happy. Now nature can continue.
Al final, la soltamos de nuevo en la naturaleza, pero muy al fondo de nuestro patio trasero y no a unos pasos de donde est谩 el 谩rbol con las orqu铆deas. Los p谩jaros dejaron de gritar, se deshizo de las garrapatas y, en cuanto se dio cuenta de que la liber谩bamos, huy贸 para esconderse de los depredadores, as铆 que todos contentos. Ahora la naturaleza puede continuar.
We learned to be careful around snakes but not to fear them, also not to kill all of them. We only do it if it's a venomous snake that is being a threat, otherwise, if they are not venomous or even if they are but are not being aggressive or inside the house, we (my dad lol) just take it away from our house, back to the bushes.
Aprendimos a tener cuidado con las serpientes, pero no a tenerles miedo, ni a matarlas a todas. S贸lo lo hacemos si se trata de una serpiente venenosa que representa una amenaza, de lo contrario, si no son venenosas o incluso si lo son pero no est谩n siendo agresivas o dentro de la casa, nosotros (mi pap谩, lol) simplemente las alejamos de nuestra casa, de vuelta al monte.
Espero les haya gustado, hasta la pr贸xima publicaci贸n
Hope you liked it, until the next time
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