This came slithering up to my wife in her flower area this past Saturday.

[testdepth]

No I don't. I try not to handle them any longer than to take a couple of photos and show my daughters and then turn them loose.

I've caught several snakes here over the last 23yrs.
Indigo snakes
Black Rat snake
Yellow Rat snakes and one eating a chicken egg that it tried to spit up on me.
8 Black racer baby snakes I hatched from some eggs I found installing a fence post.
Coral snake
Ring necked snake
Garter snakes
Corn snakes
Scarlet kingsnake

I have not caught any rattlesnakes but the ones that showed up were Eastern Diamondback, Timber rattlesnake and pygmy rattlesnake. I've never seen a Copperhead or Water Moccasin at my house.

 

[fastfish66]

It's a baby Indigo snake less than two feet. We looked her over and turned her loose in the wood pile.

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I thought you were going to have a picture of BDR1

 

[basstracker89]

When you said slither, I thought you meant a Democrat

Hmm, just might be.....

 

[basstracker89]

No I don't. I try not to handle them any longer than to take a couple of photos and show my daughters and then turn them loose.

I've caught several snakes here over the last 23yrs.
Indigo snakes
Black Rat snake
Yellow Rat snakes and one eating a chicken egg that it tried to spit up on me.
8 Black racer baby snakes I hatched from some eggs I found installing a fence post.
Coral snake
Ring necked snake
Garter snakes
Corn snakes
Scarlet kingsnake

I have not caught any rattlesnakes but the ones that showed up were Eastern Diamondback, Timber rattlesnake and pygmy rattlesnake. I've never seen a Copperhead or Water Moccasin at my house.

I saw a baby copperhead just a couple days ago......Been careful walking around since then. My neighborhood has had plenty sightings this year

 

[Dice]

No I don't. I try not to handle them any longer than to take a couple of photos and show my daughters and then turn them loose.

I've caught several snakes here over the last 23yrs.
Indigo snakes
Black Rat snake
Yellow Rat snakes and one eating a chicken egg that it tried to spit up on me.
8 Black racer baby snakes I hatched from some eggs I found installing a fence post.
Coral snake
Ring necked snake
Garter snakes
Corn snakes
Scarlet kingsnake

I have not caught any rattlesnakes but the ones that showed up were Eastern Diamondback, Timber rattlesnake and pygmy rattlesnake. I've never seen a Copperhead or Water Moccasin at my house.

I'm in ware county. Found a baby oak snake in the yard so I know his mama is somewhere around.

 

[rbalan]

I'm in ware county. Found a baby oak snake in the yard so I know his mama is somewhere around.

Rat snakes lay eggs and leave. Mom could be quite a long distance away.

 

[Just Plain Bill]

Beautiful specimen. Good on you for not seeing snakes as your own personal demons.

I'm actually writing a biography on Biden.

I've got the opening line pegged I think...
"Leaving a trail of slime wherever he goes...."

What do you think?

 

[mrauditor]

OP: How do you safely pick up a hopefully non-venomous snake without geting bitten ? Asking for a friend. Thanks.

 

[CTS Tactical]

OP: How do you safely pick up a hopefully non-venomous snake without geting bitten ? Asking for a friend. Thanks.

One look at the shape of the head tells you it is non venomous.

 

[mrauditor]

One look at the shape of the head tells you it is non venomous.

Agree. How do you safely stop it from moving so you can reach behind its head and grab it ?