2024 Snake Thread

[Lonesome Dove]

Looks like a rat snake. At first thought maybe Trans Pecos Rat Snake, but maybe a Gray Rat Snake?
Either way, good snake to have around.

I was thinking Rat or Gopher.

 

[Hoji]

Just has a snek on my fence took a pic and went in for dinner and now it's gone. What is it? About 3.5' long

Good looking example of a Texas Rat Snake.

 

[tedwitt]

My Single Six in .22 Magnum with Shot Shells control my snakes.

 

[RaySendero]

Don't have a snake problem.
Have a hawk in daytime, 3 screech owls and 2 hoot owls hunting out back at night.
Plus a King snake - I've not seen it,
but skin was 5' long last year and over 6' long this year so it must be eating well.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

It came back today but I tossed it in the ditch. It was driving my dog nuts.

 

[oldag]

It came back today but I to toss it in the ditch. It was driving my dog nuts.

They like getting in garages. They will climb walls and hang out above doors.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

They like getting in garages. They will climb walls and hang out above doors.

 

[oldag]

Not a very nice welcome home.

 

[Whistler]

Had one living in my shop but it got hung up in some old bird netting, found the skeleton when picking up recently.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

I caught one climbing up my garage storage shelves. Kinda scared me looking over and seeing it. I swore it was 6ft long but it was ony about 3ft.
He went to the ditch as well I have a pair of those "I can't reach it grabbers"
That works good for the little pests.

 

[oldag]

I caught one climbing up my garage storage shelves. Kinda scared me looking over and seeing it. I swore it was 6ft long but it was ony about 3ft.
He went to the ditch as well I have a pair of those "I can't reach it grabbers"
That works good for the little pests.

Here, the rat snakes will not run off. They just continue to try and come back into the garage.

 

[Big Green]

Saw this poor guy in the road yesterday. Looked to be 3 1/2-4’ long and someone had already removed the rattles.

I would have let him live.

 

[Hoji]

Saw this poor guy in the road yesterday. Looked to be 3 1/2-4’ long and someone had already removed the rattles. View attachment 447116

I would have let him live.

Timber rattler.

 

[Big Green]

Timber rattler.

Yep, haven’t seen one in a few years, they are beautiful.

 

[Sam Colt]

 

[FireInTheWire]

I don't have pictures... but I've encountered 4 rattle bugs in the past 2 weeks. Might be a busy year for them.

 

[Hoji]

Very unusual taste in adult entertainment.

 

[Sasquatch]

Its not a snake, but its not a welcome visitor either. My wife was moving this tote out of our bathroom earlier and this scorpion was in the bottom of the empty tote. Not sure how it got there (where it came in the house from) but it was certainly not welcome. And honestly, I dunno how it got in the tote - as I was carrying the tote outside to release it, instead of smooshing it, it could not climb up the plastic wall of the tote. Where did it come from? 10 feet from our bed. Now I'll be shaking my damn shoes out at least for a while out of an abundance of caution.

 

[oldag]

Its not a snake, but its not a welcome visitor either. My wife was moving this tote out of our bathroom earlier and this scorpion was in the bottom of the empty tote. Not sure how it got there (where it came in the house from) but it was certainly not welcome. And honestly, I dunno how it got in the tote - as I was carrying the tote outside to release it, instead of smooshing it, it could not climb up the plastic wall of the tote. Where did it come from? 10 feet from our bed. Now I'll be shaking my damn shoes out at least for a while out of an abundance of caution. View attachment 447496 View attachment 447497 View attachment 447498

Wouldn't kill it?

Maybe when it is back in your house next week...

 

[tedwitt]

I hitch hiked to Arizona back in the '70's one time. Hicking back home I slept under a pick nick table coming home. I woke up in the morning the whole underside of the table was covered in scorpions, must have been a thousand. I wiggled out from under there and never did that crap again.