Large snake skins found in Virginia home

[Gocntry]

Well I've never found snakes in my attic, maybe because I have no snake food in my attic

I have found stupid wasps though.



If there’s anything worse than finding a large snake in the house, it’s the anxiety of finding just the skin it shed.


Where is the snake?


That’s what a homeowner in Richmond, Virginia, has been asking for nearly two weeks, after a wildlife trapper discovered not one, but two large snake skins in their attic during an inspection.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nat...242513401.html

[bcr229]

Many houses are sieves, permitting rodents and the snakes that eat them to enter/leave at will.

[ladywhipple02]

Probably a black rat snake. I know around here they can get pretty big/long. Plus sheds aren't a great indicator of length as they stretch through the removal and drying process - so I would imagine this snake is not quite that long though still impressive.

As stated above... I'd be more concerned about a rodent problem than I would about the snake. It's obviously eating very well!

[Bogertophis]

I knew from the pics & before reading that it's likely just black rat snakes & those ppl should be GRATEFUL for the help to exterminate rodents, lol. I hope they don't
harm the snakes in any way & they should consider themselves lucky.

[303_enfield]

Worse would be under a house in an 18" crawspace. On your back when three snakes fall out of the insulation. I think my boss took out six cinder blocks getting out. He was in the truck going down the road before he thought about the dumb kid still under the house Snakes in or under a house is no biggie. Now, spiders an webs in the dark

Old timers use to catch an put large blacks snakes under the house. To keep the rats out

[Bogertophis]

I only do jigs when I walk face-first into spider webs...they're all over the place here, even dangling from the tallest trees. I swear these spiders even try to catch my
CAR! They put up their nets across my 2-car driveway sometimes...I sure HOPE I never seen one big enough to eat a car...