Help!!!

So I go outside to feed the horses and find a cat in the barn toying with something. As I walk up I realize it is a snake.

Poor little thing is a little roughed up...

Can anyone help identify it so I know better what i'm dealing with?

http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/p...pscdc537d7.jpg
You can see its been chewed on. :(!
http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps93c40eed.jpg

I live in mid-Tennessee area.

I was thinking about sheltering it until it is better healed and able to escape barn cats...
:(

Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks!!!

I'm pretty sure its a black racer...

It's a wild snake. In order to keep the wild population healthy, I'd put it back outside. Survival of the fittest is important.

I know its wild. I just figured it was a bit unfair against a cat.

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Originally Posted by Star-Static

I know its wild. I just figured it was a bit unfair against a cat.

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Yeah, the smart ones avoid the cats :)

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Originally Posted by Rickys_Reptiles

Yeah, the smart ones avoid the cats :)

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:( Awwwh. Haha.

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Originally Posted by Rickys_Reptiles

Yeah, the smart ones avoid the cats :)

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Cats aren't native to Tennessee.

X2 on the black racer