Gorgeous, Kitty
I have a big 5 and ahalf foot( at least) snake looking in my glass door..I believe it is a rat snake..Markings look right He just keeps his head against the glass ..The kitties are fascinated and then jump and run LOL..
I won’t be going on the patio in the dark..They are aggressive but not venomous.
http://www.houstonherp.com/TxRat.html
I beliebe this is the biggest snake I have ever seen..Glad the house is tight..He has been there for an hour at least.
When there was a curled snake on my front porch, (not coiled into a ‘spring’ type, but just laying there, all curled, under my chair)......I called 9-11. I told them I feared there was a very large diamond back rattle-snake on my porch. They said they were sending “Animal Control” immediately.
Well, I got to thinking............what if it was one of those “King Snakes” that eats rodents and bugs, and are good to have on your property?
So, when they pulled up, about ten minutes later, I went to the truck and told them it was probably a ‘King Snake’ and I was sorry to have bothered them, (to cover my eminent embarassment.)
The officer took one look, and said, “OMG! This is the biggest _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _[expletive deleted] rattler I have ever seen!”
He caught it around the neck with a long tong type instrument, and tried to put it in his big bucket. (It is illegal to kill rattlers, here in AZ.)
He lifted the tong with the snakes head, way over his head, and the tail was still hitting the ground (about three feet of it!) The dayumed thing was over 6 1/2 feet long!
He finally got it into the bucket, and snapped the lid on, while he was visabilly sweating profusely, and said they would take it up to Flagstaff - and release it in the forest.
I did some checking on the net - and rattlers will re-claim their territory up to 100 miles!
I enter my yard with caution, since then - but have never seen him again.......(but keep my eyes open!)
Hi everyone at Amy’s Place.
Prayer request for my relatives in Colorado Springs.
My Aunt Mickey is there and she has left her home.
The map link here shows the evacuation zone and her home is very close to the evac area. She is in the lower right corner that is bordered by Garden of the Gods road on the north,I-25 on the east and W.Filmore on the south. Her house is in that area that is not blue yet, but is the cut-out corner to the lower right with evacs to the west and north of her. She has fled to my cousin’s home a couple miles to the east and south. She has 2 sons and 9 grandchildren and a little doggie named Henri.
Her little home is so nice and I pray she is spared from having it burn up.
God Bless all those in Colorado Springs and bring this wildfire to an end soon.
They're Valuable for Keeping the Mice Population in Check, but I Keep them as Far Away from me as I can, Lol.