We have a barn snake. Most barns have barn cats. I’ve contemplated that but there are a couple key points that don’t work. 1. I don’t like cats living outside. 2. I would then have to be responsible for said cat, meaning he’d wind up in our house and we just can’t do that.
“X” basking in the sun by his beloved water hose.
I don’t necessarily like snakes but there’s something about “X” that makes him ok. I’ve never felt threatened by him. He hangs in the hay room under a pile of wood posts. “X” is smart. He’s got a water source and he’s found there are rodent type critters about. So I let him be.
That 1st pic was taken in March and he’s shed his skin twice since. Or I’ve got 2 barn snakes, if they are only supposed to shed once a year. Haven’t seen 2 together. Either way, that means he’s growing which means he’s taking care of any little furry things we don’t want around. I found this skin a couple days ago. It’s quite impressive.
That’s a good sized snake.
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Kathleen, if you ever want to move X, please move him to my house. I would love to have him
Hi Kathleen. Are you on Faceboook? I’ve seen some neat pictures of Fjords lately and want to share them with you but I don’t have you as a “friend” and I don’t know what name you go by.
Yep, I’m on FB – Kathleen Payne Prince 🙂 How you doing?
Thank you for sharing this. For a person who grew up in Delaware and rarely saw any wildlife. Moving here to Florida is an amazing thing. I watched hawks hunt right in my back yard. For snakes, I learned about them at the shelter. You can ask any of the staff that has been at the shelter for some time about Fluffy. She is a black racer. She has gotten rather large in the years she has been around. She would sun her self on the side walk in front of the adoption building; customers would come back to the front to tell the staff. We would go out and just chase her into the bushes. One time she was in the stray building and Terri had to go and get her out. I now have a racer at my home and I named him Spike. Last week Mom got to meet him up close when she was letting the dogs in and the snake came in also, across her feet. Mom has a harder time living with all of the wildlife.
It’s so weird because I’m generally afraid of snakes but not this guy. I think it’s because there’s such a peace at the barn. I have all sorts of wildlife living w/us, deer, bear, turkeys, etc. You really should come out someday and photograph.