Snake!!!

[Tonopah Pati]

I don't blame you for getting rid of the bad guy. I just had a couple of days with Sidewinders, My girls got the one in the pen killed and ate it. The other one I chopped its head off. We have a really pretty red snake that is a good guy. and one that is black and white stripped, don't know it's name, but a good guy. Good luck in keeping them out.

 

[gafarmwomanPam]

Oh yes, I can identify with that snake scene. We live way out in the country with lots of snakes and critters that love to eat our eggs, baby chickens, ducks, and even grown quails.
Here is one of 13 snakes(a chicken/rat snake) we caught in the various chicken and quail pens this summer.

I know it isn't pleasant to look at! He had ate 2 quail and killed 2 more!

We have made a lot of improvements on the pens and thank goodness haven't seen any snakes(and no rattle snakes) in the last few weeks.

 

[allison finch]

Gypsy, thanks for the info. Make sure you always credit the source, though.

 

[cgmccary]

A Kingsnake would not be dropping out of the roof-- Kingsnakes cannot/ do NOT CLIMB (for that matter, any snake in the Lampropeltis genus does NOT climb). I know, I have a pet Kingsnake I have had for 20 years.

Rat Snakes climb. I have seen them high in trees before.

If you don't know your snakes just say it was a black snake or a brown one.

 

[gypsy2621]

Quote:
Sorry about that I thought the link printed.
here is the link I get a lot of my info from plus kingsnake.com

http://www.desertusa.com/magfeb98/feb_pap/du_kingsnake.html