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DCarr2

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I stopped home today to check my sump pump cause its been rainging since midnight and i was greeted by the creepy thing by my one sump pump hole...

Ill admit is screached like a little girl upon my discovery :lol_hitti:lol:

snakes dont usually freak me out but... ya :lol_hitti

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LB-1911

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Water Snake?

The water snake is found in and around almost any waterbody or wetland in the state. As an adult, it is a stout animal typically dark brown to black with lighter-colored bands and splotches along its length. This is most pronounced in young individuals (adults may appear solid black). It is the only large (up to 42 inches) water snake in our range. This species is frequently called or mistaken for a cottonmouth (water moccasin); this latter species is a large venomous snake that does not occur within our state borders. This confusion is understandable as our water snake is certainly an aggressive species with a nasty disposition and it does bear a superficial resemblance to the cottonmouth.

http://www.esf.edu/pubprog/brochure/snakes/snakes.htm
 

EOC_Jason

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Kind of looks like a copperhead? A picture of its head would have been helpful, but I understand you didn't want to stick around... :lol:
 

bczygan

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It is a milk snake.
MilkSnake1.jpg
 

Jon_E

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Yeah, second that. Leave it alone, let it be. It's diet is mostly small rodents (aka mice) and lizards. Very docile and non-venomous, harmless.
 
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DCarr2

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reading up on milk snakes, it can rattle its tail to mimick a rattler... I think he was here last summer, unless they grow really fast!

id geuss it to be about 3' maybe 4' long handing out in the hotwater tank/sump pump shed thing I have in my basement

as long as it doesnt try to eat/kill my cat we are good... the internet says its harmless u call it docile... so i dont have to worry about it attacking me... kewl...

Its not going to be too happy in about a month tho when I start spraying oil primer on the ceiling of the basement.

wonder how it got in? i thought i sealed up my basement?
 

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He probably came in looking for the bad snakes and mice. Snakes that are harmless to use and also very beneficial to us. Some people just panic and kill everything that doesn't have arms and legs.
Wife freaked out a few weeks back when one cut across her path. Took a look and told her to just ignore him, he'll keep the copperheads away.
 

wayne55

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To me it looks like a cotton mouth diamond back timber rattler, but could just be a rat snake or something.
 

R_einan

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It's not a western rattler, that's for sure. Last property I was averaging 2 a year killed. Biggest was over 3 ft with 8 buttons. Scared the poo out of my pregnant wife at the time.
 
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reading up on milk snakes, it can rattle its tail to mimick a rattler... I think he was here last summer, unless they grow really fast!

That is absolutely an Eastern Milk and it's much older than a year. I'm guessing he has a way in and our of your house. Or had a way if you've sealed things up recently.

As far as rattlesnake mimicry, yes they can rattle their tails but it is no long really thought to be mimicry.
 

isb cornbinder

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Roger Bollen of Animal of Animal Crackers cartoon fame had a visiting snake in the cartoon who claimed to have an uncle who was an undertaker. The uncle's business name was Hiss and Hearse.
I used to draw Animal Crackers characters as letters to my mother, back in the days before email. I had the chosen characters do the talking.
I drew the letters home on English toilet paper. This paper is very much like airmail paper.
 

B.S.A. (ret.)

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Why I believe, yes, yes it is Petey...

Everyone Read This Out Loud!! Have Fun!

The following is a story of Petey, the snake. To get the full meaning of
the story we suggest you read out loud.

Petey was a snake, only so big. Petey lived in a pit with his mother. One
day Petey was hissing in the pit when his mother said, "Petey, don't hiss in
the pit, go outside the pit to hiss." So Petey went outside of the pit to
hiss.

Petey was hissing all around when he finally leaned over and hissed in the
pit. Petey's mother heard Petey hissing in the pit and said, "Petey, if you
must hiss in a pit, go over to Mrs. Pott's pit and hiss in her pit.

Petey went over to Mrs. Pott's pit to hiss in her pit, but Mrs. Pott was not
at home so he hissed in her pit anyway. While Petey was hissing in Mrs.
Pott's pit Mrs. Pott came home and found Petey hissing in her pit. She said,
"Petey, if you must hiss in a pit, don't hiss in my pit; go to your own pit
and hiss."

This made Petey very sad, and he cried all the way home. When Petey got
home, his mother saw him crying and said, "Petey, what's the matter?" Petey
said, "I went over to Mrs. Pott's to hiss in her pit but Mrs. Pott was not
at home, so I hissed in her pit anyway. Mrs. Pott came home and found me
hissing in her pit and said, "Petey, if you must hiss in a pit go to your
own pit and hiss, don't hiss in my pit."

This made Petey's mother very angry and she said, "Why that mean old Lady!
I knew Mrs. Pott when she didn't have a pit to hiss in"
 

ovilla

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Don't worry I'm sure he'll show up in the garage when you're working under your car. He'll probably just crawl up your pant leg to say Hi! No biggie! Just let him be.

Sorry but I like my snakes dead! I have no problem laying out mouse traps - as needed.
 

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Milk Snake. Member of the King Snake family as are Gopher snakes and Corn snakes, docile, beneficial snakes. Always look at a snake's head, if it is triangular in shape it's either a rattler, Copperhead or Water Moc. Watch out for the Coral snake, has a head like a Milk snake, but is a member of the Cobra family...very dangerous.

There is also a King Coral(aka Scarlet King) snake which is another member of the King snake family, but is often confused with the Coral snake.

"Red & Black (bands), friend of Jack"===>King Snake
"Red & Yellow (bands), kill the fellow"===>Coral Snake

Coral Snake on Left King Snake on Right
 

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