I think I'd have jumped as well Hamsterqueen even though I like snakes etc. it's still a bit of a shock to come face to face with one where you don't expect it! The only thing I've found in the compost bin so far was a frog hibernating in there one year, I left the compost until the following spring as I didn't want to disturb it!

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