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GH85Carrera 06-11-2017 01:40 PM

Snake experts, what is this snake?
 
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He is very calm and I think he is about to shed its skin. The dogs were smart enough to not attack it and just bark at it. They are locked out of the back yard until this thing leaves.

I think it is a Texas Rat snake or King snake.

Any opinions?

If it does not leave overnight I will call animal control and tell them I have a Copper Headed Rattle Moccasin with a coral tip in the back yard and hope they come get it an release it in the nearby woods.

Baz 06-11-2017 01:51 PM

I would contact a local reptile rescue organization if you can find one....that way he could in theory be rescued....

McLovin 06-11-2017 02:03 PM

Def. NOT a python.

King, Rat or Gopher. I think I'd go with Gopher.

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red-beard 06-11-2017 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera (Post 9622124)
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He is very calm and I think he is about to shed its skin. The dogs were smart enough to not attack it and just bark at it. They are locked out of the back yard until this thing leaves.

I think it is a Texas Rat snake or King snake.

Any opinions?

If it does not leave overnight I will call animal control and tell them I have a Copper Headed Rattle Moccasin with a coral tip in the back yard and hope they come get it an release it in the nearby woods.

Not a king snake. Most likely a Rat Snake.

stomachmonkey 06-11-2017 03:04 PM

Rat snake.

Commonly confused with a Copperhead.

The markings on a Copperhead look similar if you don't know what you are looking for.

Also looks too big to be a Copperhead.

Easy way to tell the difference between venomous snake or not is the eyes.

If venomous will have an elliptical pupil like a cat.

Non venomous have round pupils.

You wanna leave it alone and encourage it to stick around.

May creep you out but it's beneficial.

Cajundaddy 06-11-2017 03:18 PM

Agree, looks like a rat snake. They will keep your rodent population in check.

GH85Carrera 06-11-2017 03:25 PM

It has to go. The dogs get to own the back yard and not share. They do not understand share the yard, and just bark at it.

I know it is a beneficial snake and hope to keep it alive but it needs to go away. If it is still there tomorrow, I will call someone.

Por_sha911 06-11-2017 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey (Post 9622185)
Easy way to tell the difference between venomous snake or not is the eyes.
If venomous will have an elliptical pupil like a cat.
Non venomous have round pupils.

LOL. You want someone to get down low and look the thing in the eyes...
You a funny man

Cajundaddy 06-11-2017 03:55 PM

Just go out with a rake or shovel, gently pick him up and carry him out of your yard. If you have a long way to go you can stuff him in a sack. They don't move very fast and can bite but generally don't want to. They just want to hunt rats and maybe find Mrs. snake about now.

We used to have a 6 footer gopher snake that would come up into our pool area every April. I would round him up and take him to the south forty where I would not see him again until next April.

Don Ro 06-11-2017 04:31 PM

I agree...rake or shovel.
Then toss it over the fence.
:D

Craig T 06-11-2017 04:41 PM

Rat snake, and whatever you do don't kill it. They eat three to four rats and gophers a month during the summer. It's similar to our gopher snakes in California. My neighbors used to freak and and kill them. Now they call me. I catch them and let em go on my property.

Baz 06-11-2017 04:42 PM

I would pick him up - while wearing my flip flops.....

Wetwork 06-11-2017 04:48 PM

That's the little known, much feared, nope snake. Common almost everywhere except Ireland. Goes by many different names, "Nope I won't touch it," "Nope not going outside, "Nope you touch it," "Nope it's poison", "Nope its looking at me.":D-WW

74-911 06-11-2017 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Craig T (Post 9622276)
Rat snake, and whatever you do don't kill it. They eat three to four rats and gophers a month during the summer. ....... My neighbors used to freak and and kill them.

This ^^^^ and way to many people kill any snake on sight those most snakes are very beneficial.

Tobra 06-12-2017 07:56 AM

leave it alone, try to keep the dogs away from it

stomachmonkey 06-12-2017 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Por_sha911 (Post 9622219)
LOL. You want someone to get down low and look the thing in the eyes...
You a funny man

They climb trees and portable basket ball nets so they can get up to eye level.

Their tongue actually tickles when it flicks your nose.

It's how I learned my super power is the ability to leap at least 15 feet across the driveway in a single bound.

In other news, my neighbors kids learn words they probably shouldn't.

I make no apologies.

rusnak 06-12-2017 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Baz (Post 9622278)
I would pick him up - while wearing my flip flops.....

Hahaha!!!! maybe give him the what for with your pinkie toe

fred cook 06-12-2017 02:25 PM

Feeding the snake...............
 
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Originally Posted by Cajundaddy (Post 9622192)
Agree, looks like a rat snake. They will keep your rodent population in check.

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!

Heel n Toe 06-12-2017 02:38 PM

It's most likely that Great Plains Rat Snake but could also be a darker phase of Corn Snake, which is in the Rat Snake family... both are constrictors and will keep your rattler population down.

If you get another look at him, one way of telling if he's about to shed his skin is if the eyes look a little milky... it's just the skin that is over the eyes... they clear back up after shedding.

yellowperil 06-12-2017 02:57 PM

That's one bad looking serpent. I don't think I could share space with it. You guys are braver than I ever could be, and I don't care what kind of eyes he's got.


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