#gray rat snake

[shadyufo]

Gray rat snake having a house sparrow for lunch.

[sweet-slither-friend]

noodle boy Linguine

[forestfeeling]

Summer evenings always a w

[allcreaturessmall]

Ah yes, summer. The time of the year when snakes start popping up inside of my house. This is the third one so far I think? Thank goodness my rescue doesn't consist primarily of highly edible rodents and small birds, this is not a source of stress at all. 😬

Our friend here thankfully did not go after any of the animals and was just enjoying sitting under the ceramic heat emitter over the hedgehog cage. He was escorted to a more appropriate wooded are of the property and hopefully will stay there.

[snakeoftheday]

Todays Snake Is:

The Gray Rat Snake (Pantherophis spiloides) is a nonvenomous species found in the eastern and central United States and Ontario, Canada. These hardy snakes are excellent climbers, and will live just about anywhere they can find small mammals and other prey, including farms and suburban areas. When threatened, they will usually flee, but may rear up, musk, or strike when cornered. 

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[shadyufo]

I bet this big old grey rat snake was very disappointed to discover that the sparrow family who had been living in that bird house had already moved out.

They decided to just hunker down there for the night. I left them a chicken egg on the ground below the pole as a consolation prize for all their hard work but I dunno if they ate it or some other critter did.

[sweet-slither-friend]

[sweet-slither-friend]

Linguine the Gray Rat Snake