(Yes, this guy was in my yard. And about four feet long.)
A couple of times a day, the youngest one will go out and check and there's usually someone under there. So far, most of the snakes are quicker than he is.
I'm not a fan of reptiles myself, but I do appreciate that they eat the mice and moles and other critters I love even less. So they're welcome in my yard. And the kids know that, while the snakes at our house aren't poisonous, they ones in Arizona and Utah probably are.
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My girl response is EEEK! EWWW YUK! But we too have many loved snakes around the property. Currently a black snake resides under our back deck. He's about 5ft long. He often sun baths and hunts by the back door. Before opening my door to his comfy place I always knock a couple of times just to let him know I'm coming out. I'm so glad he's anti social and runs away.
In the photo it sure looks like the snake has a neck and triangular head, which in the South would mean it's poisonous. In Tennessee it's illegal to kill a snake, not that anyone pays attention to that when it comes to the poisonous kind ...
Ah looks too much like a snake to make me invite it to my yard ..... Lizards yes pill bugs yes bees double yes snakes no way I'll hunt my own mice but I only have mice brought home by cats oh I did have a cat call us to show us a small snake she brought home no snakes no snakes
But I do not let my grand children know of my snake fear/dislike.....I can't imagine how many years would be cut off my life if they put a fake snake in my bed one night
Ick! Is that a bull snake?
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