Black Ratsnakes in the wild. my basement.

[Vomitore]

That's awesome! If I lived in an old house in the country, I'd definitely encourage a wild (non-venomous) snake or two to take up residence!

Oh come on. If it's venomous it would make it more fun!

[Blu Mongoose]

Perfect house pets. My first snake ever was a wild black rat snake. Great snakes!

[Ginevive]

Wow, that's awesome! We live in an old farmhouse also; lots of wild garters around, though we really don't see them that much except in the garden. But there was a whopper of a big female here last year; largest one I ever saw, she had to top 3'. I guess they must live inside the walls of this house or something; you can find their shed skins up in the attic crawl space.
I wish I could see your pics Ed; I think I jumped on this thread too late though.

[ECLARK]

Black Rat Snake.

[ECLARK]

These black rats live in my basement and they are completely wild snakes, but will eat rat pups almost out of my hands.

[ECLARK]

Black rat snake.

[Ginevive]

Awesome, Ed! Our house's garter snakes are not anywhere near as brazen.

[djslurp1200]

Ed the pics aren't showing up!

[elevatethis]

Thats pretty cool....there's a place around here that I mountain bike through and always see what I've been calling "black racers" that look indentical to those pictured above.

They are a little nippy but certainly handleable if you know what you're doing...

[djslurp1200]

Ed the pics aren't showing up!

ok, I see them now. That's pretty cool that they are as tame to almost eat the food out of your hands. I'm sure with them being wild they appreciate the food offered to them...