Prairie Snakes

[Snow Lady]

I relocated the snake twice. Then took it 3 miles away. So far so good. It was eating my eggs and young chicks as well as the blue birds. It's a Chicken Snake. Not poisons. But will bite and constrict. Can climb trees. We have a love hate relationship.

 

[Snow Lady]

Ideas on what type of snake this is? Found it sunning itself by my arbors, wasn't very aggressive. Pretty sure I've seen this one or another like it in the past. I attempted to move it along and it slithered back under my old barn foundation (the barn is gone.) It wasn't aggressive compared to others I've come across.View attachment 3836809View attachment 3836811

Might be a chicken snake or a water snake. The head is not triangular or have pits so it's probably not poisonous.

 

[Nanook33]

They aren't wanted around here

Here either--they eat our baby birds that nest in hubby's rose bushes & our baby bunnies. How do we keep them AWAY?

 

[McChooky]

Here either--they eat our baby birds that nest in hubby's rose bushes & our baby bunnies. How do we keep them AWAY?

Set snake traps

 

[Nanook33]

GREAT IDEA! Thanks. We WILL try that!!!

We now have a minnow trap with an egg inside sitting..........waiting.......waiting.

 

[AGeese]

So while cutting some trees, a large black snake came out of the wood pile. Guess it was as large as the rat snake.