A massasauga? Wow. When I was a kid I kept snakes and once had a pygmy rattlesnake (the southern version of the massassauga). I don't think I've ever even seen a massasauga. At least six species of snake have made an appearance in this garden over the years. In the years when there is a bumper crop of toadlets and frogs, the snake visitors increase. I manage the garden as wildlife habitat. Jim McKenney