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MasterB
06-14-2009, 01:21 PM
Had this good lookin gal loose in my house for 2 days. Found her in the middle of the parking lot late at night, put her in my 10 gallon tank but she escaped the next day. Upon looking for ger I found 20$ under the stove :D
2 days later I noticed my cats outside on the porch, went to see them and they have the snake playing with it. I put it back in the tank, took some pics and let her go.


http://i630.photobucket.com/albums/uu28/MasterB-Outdoors/snake001.jpg

http://i630.photobucket.com/albums/uu28/MasterB-Outdoors/snake002.jpg
Quickdraw Limpsalot
06-14-2009, 05:04 PM
Nice baby black snake.
Jughead
06-14-2009, 05:23 PM
nice pics,...
RocketRider
06-14-2009, 06:46 PM
Hmmmm, better be careful. Looks like a timber-headed rattle moccasin to me!


RR~
DoeMaster
06-15-2009, 12:18 PM
Nice baby black snake.

I didn't know thats what baby black snakes looked like. Pretty cool. How long before they change color?
turret_plug
06-15-2009, 04:37 PM
How come the snake will smile for the camera, but you still cant?
buckfever
06-15-2009, 04:40 PM
Nice baby black snake.

Do they have that pattern when they're little? :confused: I thought it was a Milk snake???
WaterDog88
06-15-2009, 05:19 PM
Do they have that pattern when they're little? :confused: I thought it was a Milk snake???
I did too. Caught a big milk snake in the hay field not long ago and he looked very similar. I bet they have that pattern when they are little to fool other critters that might want to eat them. Just my guess...
Quickdraw Limpsalot
06-15-2009, 08:06 PM
Yeah, Black Racers have the pronounced pattern when they're young and after a few weeks they darken to this:

http://www.kentuckysnakes.org/snakes/blackracer-mid.jpg


We found some eggs while running the tiller through the garden when we were kids and stuck 'em in a fish bowl. One day we had 6 of those little boogers staring at us when we checked the bowl.

Here's a good PDF on KY snakes:
http://fw.ky.gov/pdf/kysnakebook.pdf
buckfever
06-16-2009, 01:22 PM
Good stuff, Quickdraw.

I actually did a little researching too. That snake might also be a juvenile Black Rat Snake. They also apparently have similar coloration/markings when they're young.

These guys kept a journal of their herpetology search in Johnson County, Illinois. They found a ton of snakes, some of which I didn't know resided in these parts. The last snake picture was the juvenile black rat snake, which is very common in Illinois and Ky. It seems similar to Master B's.

http://www.herpjournal.com/2004/Illinois/04_10_04/pages/04_10_04.html
MasterB
06-16-2009, 01:30 PM
It's a rat snake

I caught one last year as well

http://www.kentuckyhunting.net/forums/showthread.php?t=64335&highlight=snake

Remember?
buckfever
06-16-2009, 05:01 PM
It's a rat snake

I caught one last year as well

http://www.kentuckyhunting.net/forums/showthread.php?t=64335&highlight=snake

Remember?

No, I didn't remember.

I think you caught yourself a Milk snake though. Look at p. 17 of the KDFWR snake guide that's linked in Quickdraw's first post.