r/itsaratsnake

Dog alerted us to this rat snake in the grass behind us, we moved away and he tried to use our chairs to get up into the tree faster. When he realized that wasn’t gonna work, he doubled back and went for the nearest tree. Cool encounter!

Rat Snake, Central Texas

Rats took over the little plastic shed that my pond/garden stuff is in. A school bus amount of rats would explode out every time I opened it. I shut it about a year ago and said good riddance to everything inside bc I honestly just did not even know where to begin with the eviction/cleanup. I have been praying to the herpgods to bless me with a big hungry rat snake, and today they did! I suited up to finally deal with the situation, but what’s this!? No rat explosion? what’s that OMG ITS A SNAKE curled up in a bucket of leaves 😍 SHES GORGEOUS! I want it to stick around, like, forever but how do I clean out the rat crap without scaring it away? Surely it can’t be safe for her to live in there the way it is. Should I temporarily remove her, clean the shed, and place her back?

So we hung this birdhouse thinking it would be cute for a bird to fly in and out through the nose, just like the song, "May the bird of paradise fly up your nose." But an unexpected rat snake moved in instead and we got the biggest kick out of watching him. -- Hiram, Georgia, August 2013

Just wanted to know your opinion, if it looks male or female? My snake is now 3 and a half years old. Thing is he's getting whiter and vet said it isn't a skin issue but a genetic thing, likely a morph. The muzzle was normal and in like a year is now almost white and the scales are becoming white. I don't mind it but I got 'him' as nominal and to me he doesn't look like a normal nominal texas ratsnake and Im curious about it.

… it’s a rat snake?