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Originally Posted by masraum
Yep, most likely it's not venomous. You're in FL, right? For some reason, that rings a bell.
If you are in FL, the options for venomous are copperhead, cotton mouth/moccasin, rattler and coral snake (basically the same as Texas). I'm sure that you've got far, far more "harmless" snakes around, racers, rat snakes, coach whips, etc.... Pretty much all of the snakes eat pests (rats, mice, etc....) and a bunch of them will eat other snakes (non-venomous will eat venomous if they can over-power them)
Try to get a picture. We'll get it identified.
Also, your best bet for getting rid of it is to wait until it's not there, and then fill it's spot with something else (gravel maybe).
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Grew up in the Florida panhandle, in Alabama now.
Thanks for all the suggestions as they are very helpful. Didn't see the snake today so maybe it already moved on, if so, I will fill in the area where it was hiding. It is probably a king snake. I've seen some black rat snakes around but this one was a white/grey color with a pattern on it. Last time I saw one like it was a couple of years ago I saw a baby one, same color and all, nearly stepped on it by mistake, it wasn't aggressive at all. Anyhoo, hope this one has moved on.
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