I found this guy after work tonight hanging out in my shop. Fairly docile, I think he may have recently snacked on a mouse that found it’s way in. We don’t see a lot of this in CNY, most of the snakes we see are under 12".
That’s a keeper. I would make sure he is comfortable and always hungry. Mice are the devil when they get in your car. Mice pee is like acid on steroids; it’ll eat everything it touches.
Agree on keeping that guy around. We get rattle snakes and scorpions around here
Mice are the devil, I have a scrap metal rack outside they like to get in and nest in. Keep in mind we don’t have rust problems in AZ, even leaving metal outside uncovered takes a while to even get surface rust! But toss some mice pee in the mix and it will rust at warp speed.
I used to work in a shop near a retirement community, we always had mice damaged vehicles in the shop getting wiring harnesses replaced, worse then that was all the poop you had to get out of it first!
This little fellow was on my back patio recently. He’s a keeper, eats all those things we do not want. Scares you a little when you first see them though.