“It’s a rat snake. Leave the them alone and they’ll keep the rats down.”
I climbed the ladder going to the loft in my barn and what did I come face to face with? Yep. I’m just glad it wasn’t a Copperhead.
We’ve got both here plus a few different types of rattlers. If it has a rounded nose and obviously isn’t a copperhead or rattler, I leave it alone. Saw a rat snake and a copperhead battle to the death a couple of years ago. Rat snake won.
Most women believe the rat snake is a copperhead