Identify This Snake!! [pics]

[kristen2678]

Garter snakes in Massachusetts are thin black things with a stripe. The head is thin like the body. They look nothing like this. I wouldn't mess with it.

 

[Joecola123]

The big head makes me think its venomous

perhaps its a young copper head or somthing

 

[captdave2612]

That's a Checkered Garter Snake they live in AZ. and TX. they are not poisonous.

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

Cara....those pix look very close. May be a garter.....but, regardless, wouldn't want anything that size around my birds or eggs

 

[NarutoTn]

garter snake

 

[Mrs. Glassman]

I want it!!

I used to keep these when I lived in N.C.

They are awesome to watch....they will eat live minnows.

 

[Cuban Longtails]

garter snake.

 

[ranchhand]

Harmless Wandering Garter Snake, useful to have around. But keep in mind that even non-venomous snakes can bite and cause problems.

 

[Emzyyy]

Their is many different types of Garter Snakes so not all look alike.

 

[Cetawin]

It is a garter or ribbon snake as they are sometimes called. non-venomous, feisty, will bite is startled or messed with but nothing major if you clean the bite well and keep a good anitbiotic ointment on it...hurts like the dickens but that is about it. Not a threat to you or the chickens.

I have been bitten by them more times than I can count while re-potting boston ferns back in Florida. They love hiding in those things. *sigh*