OMG, really kind of creepy. What kind of snake is it?

BTW, I was side tracked by your squirrels. You may have relayed their story already and if so, let me know and I'll search for it on Gardenweb. If not, will you tell us a bit about them. Did you let them go back into the woods? Do they keep coming back to you?

Is that a chicken egg he's eating? I guess that's what keeps him coming back.

NOW WAY....JOSEA....

I would never go back out there again. Just last week we had "3" King snakes out in one of my front beds ranging from 5 to 6 feet. First we saw one...then another....then another. I had never had a party of 3 before. They freaked me out!!!! HATE SNAKES!!!!!!!!!!

Gray Rat Snake. Harmless (unless you are an egg or small rodent). Snakes are good. You want rats and mice everywhere? I go LOOKING for venomous snakes and rarely see them. You really wanna know what to fear? The toilet. More people are killed by them every year (falling and cracking their skull open).

Maybe so...but toilets aren't slimey and they don't bite!

I got sidetracked by the squirrels too. How precious were they?!

Gee thanks, stevholz, for making me afraid of the toilet. I really needed another neurotic worry.

We were given the two male squirrels after one of the storms passed through last year.We named them "Walnut..call Wally and the other is Peanut..call him PP" Walnut is much more friendly than PP,They will both come to you but Wally doesn't bit!Me and my nephew looked up some info on the internet.Got them some milk from petsmart, I don't remember what it was. We bought a hampster cage to keep them in.We kept them on a heating pad ON LOW and a towel, they aren't suppose to be fed when they are cold.They didn't have their eyes open for 2 or 3 days.So I had to feed them every 2 hours til they opened.After that they slept through the night.They grew pretty fast, I tied the cage doors shut with 2 or 3 braided trashbag ties and they chewed through them and started getting out.That's when I decided that they were about the size of the ones you see out side so, we did turn them lose.They did stay in our large oak trees at first,now they are out in the pasture.They will come up sometimes for food.We still put them out food.We got them 2 squirrel feeders and they have their own bird feeder on the porch they climb on the roof to get to it.Every once in awhile they come up on their own but usually I go out back and call them, by the next day I usually see one or both.I am waiting to see if they return to these trees this fall,to be close to a sure food supply.
I guess that's about it. I always wanted some squirrels running around but we've never had any here-not even as a child.Now I do hope these keep visiting.I keep them food here so when ever they come I can give them some to keep them in touch.

That is an egg he's eatting, that's what keeps around our chickens lay eggs everywhere.A couple have been sitting but none have hatched any!
Not sure what kind of snake... chicken snake maybe, or some one said rat snake.

It is indeed a Gray Rat Snake. There is technically no such snake as a chicken snake but it is a common nickname for all species of rat snakes as well as fox snakes and bull snakes. It kind of works as a nickname for the reasons the picture demonstrates, but its a little less precise because it lumps together different types of snakes into one common nickname.

Regarding the post about snakes being slimy, toilets are slimier than snakes. Snakes aren't actually slimy at all. Salamanders and frogs are, but snakes are not slimy in the least.

Between cleaning toilets and handling snakes, I'd much rather handle snakes (the nonvenomous ones anyway).

I had just opened a bale of pinestraw getting ready to spread it a few days ago, when a baby snake fell out! It looked to me like a baby rattler, but then every snake looks like a rattler to me. I don't know if the snake was in the bale when I bought it, or if it slithered up into it during the week or so after I bought it. EWWW, I HATE SNAKES!!!

You should also be a afraid of the toilet because snakes have been known to crawl out of them on occasion.

Funny article

By the way, like other kinds of wild animals, if you see enough of them after a while they aren't so creepy. The first couple of times I saw one in my last house I was a little startled. They used to scurry away quickly though. I would rather have the non-venomous snakes over raccoons and rodents.

No......... please..........I should not have looked.

Snakes have gotten a bum rap somehow. Maybe it is the whole serpant and Adam & Eve thing that did it, but really if you think about it there are so many things that are so much more dangerous. Does anyone actually know anyone who died because of a snake, I mean I know that it happens, but it is a much rarer thing than dieing because of your automobile or because of what's in your refrigerator. I mean they are not aggressive animals when it comes to humans so using common sense they will almost always leave you alone.

My 4 1/2 year old loves snakes and we just decided that she is going to have Creepy Critters (The Georgia Reptile and Amphibian Rescue Effort) come for her birthday party in October. I am wondering how many parents are going to freak out about it.

Here is a link that might be useful: The Georgia Reptile and Amphibian Rescue Effort

YIKES!!!!!!!!!!

The Creepy Critters birthday party? How totally cool! If I'm lucky enough to find a snake in the yard, it's a fetch the family to come look kind of event. Unless it's poisonous, then it's a fetch the hoe and a trashcan event.

Why do snakes get soch a bum rap? They don't sneak into you attic, chew wires and burn your house down. We have squirrels in our walls *again*. The cat got the last one, but it has to leave the walls and get into the house for that to happen. Maybe a nice boa constrictor...