Hello All, We own a BP and what we have been told is a king snake. I have seen pics of rat snakes and king snakes that look like him... But not sure which. Guess I will have to post a pic on another part of the forum and get advise on which he is. We have 5 dogs(2-Great Danes, 1-Black Lab, 1-Pom, & 1 Chiahaha)..We also have 5 children.... My husband has owned BPs before and he is the one who got me into snakes....