Snake experts, what is this snake?

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by fred cook

Yea, but what happens when you run out of rats and mice? I would think the snake would tend to get a bit cranky! On the other hand, when I lived in North Georgia, we had a large black snake that lived in and around our front yard. As long as he was there we never saw any poisonous (i.e. rattlesnakes) there!

Then they move along.. Guys who are scared of snakes crack me up..

[rusnak]

^ Yeah, well you know that's from the earliest caveman days. Probably the single instinct that humans have is to fear snakes and not become Purina Snake Chow. And you remember what the caveman said to the second caveman: "Doc says you gon' die".

[GH85Carrera]

Well, sad news. The snake did not survive.

IT WAS NOT KILLED!

If you look at posts you will see it was not active and very sluggish. I suspected it ate a mouse that had been poisoned. The snake died in the same position it was in this morning.

I buried it intact.



I wish it had survived and moved along. It was not be be. It is buried to keep it from stinking up the yard. The dogs have the back yard back. RIP Mr Snake.

[Heel n Toe]

Glen, what was its approximate length?

[WPOZZZ]

I figure John thinks it's a belt snake.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Heel n Toe

Glen, what was its approximate length?

4.5 feet.

[osidak]

Ok I hate snakes and believe they all need to die

I had two snakes in my drive near my garage today. The bigger one got away - they both appeared to have the same markings but I could of swore the bigger one had a diamond shaped head - I killed the smaller one and took a photo

so besides dead what is

[GH85Carrera]

Innocent and murdered.

[osidak]

ok what was it though

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by osidak

ok what was it though

Brownsnake.

Harmless.

[stomachmonkey]

I don't get people who kill snakes because they are freaked out.

If you've got snakes hanging around odds are pretty good it's because you have other stuff around that can be far more trouble.

They were there because you have a food source.

[Evans, Marv]

In the eight years we've lived here, I've only seen 5 rattle snakes - 2 big ones and three finger sized about a foot+ long. I've never killed any of them. Haven't seen one for a few years now, at least near the house. My wife & I were sitting in the swing out front one day when a small rattler came slithering by and went into one of our rosemary bushes. I told my wife it was one reason to never jam your hand into a bush.

[Don Ro]

" I told my wife it was one reason to never jam your hand into a bush."
~~~~~~~
Never considered that...wise.

[thamlin000]

Ok, I got one. Saw this on my patio below the deck a few weeks ago. I let it go. What type of snake is it?

[thamlin000]

[Heel n Toe]

thamlin, that's a Central Plains Milk Snake.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_snake

[Jolly Amaranto]

I still get a jolt when I am weeding the flower beds and one of these short stubby critters crawls out. I get over it real quick and sometimes play with them a bit. They rear up, flatten their head and hiss. When that does not make you leave them alone, they roll over on their back and play dead. I guess dead snakes are supposed to lie on their backs. Every time you flip it over on its stomach, it roll back over. They only put up with that for while before they throw up their last meal, usually a half digested toad. I usually just let them slither away and don't hassle them.

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by thamlin000

Ok, I got one. Saw this on my patio below the deck a few weeks ago. I let it go. What type of snake is it?

Red touch yellow, kills a fellow. Red touch black, friend of Jack.

[wdfifteen]

^^
That looks like what we call a milk snake. When the white part is kind of dusky like that they are shedding their skin.
I admit I don't like snakes. I don't kill them, but I give them every encouragement to get the hell out of garage and storage shed. They love to crawl under the roll-up door on my shed and lay on the lower angle of the bottom door section. When you raise the door they fall off, right in your face, on your head, or on your shoulders. I use Snake-Away on the door and pound on it after I raise it a foot or two. I haven't had a snake on my head in a couple of years. We have garter snakes all over the place around here. They eat bugs and worms, mostly worms, so they aren't all that beneficial.

[thamlin000]

Thanks for the info. Glad it is not venomous and hope that it is patrolling the property for mice.