What do you do with a snake when it takes a nap in your backyard

[Coronita]

What are you suppose to do when a snake takes a nap in your backyard….something preferably non-lethal….

Anyone want to guess what kind of snake it is?

[ucodegen]

Do you have a snake stick? Hook at midsection and lift. Snake sticks are pretty long – so don’t try it with a plain old stick.

Looks like a gopher snake – by pattern.
http://www.californiaherps.com/snakes/images/pccateniferch2.jpg
http://www.californiaherps.com/identification/snakesid/snakes.idOLD.html#blotched
I can’t see if there is a rattle on the tail – though it does look ‘kinked’.

Try getting some ice from the fridge and put in pot filled with water. Swirl around until water is really cold. Pour where don’t want the snake to go (looks like he may be heading towards you, so in front and a little on him. Leave the other side warm, dry.)

This guy is largely stretched out.. so it can’t strike right now – though gopher’s are constrictors. It also looks like it may have recently eaten. The midsection of the snake is rather ‘thick’.

[DataAgent]

Order one of these from Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_5_5?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=snake+tongs&sprefix=snake%2Caps%2C204&crid=3284YBPFI60EV

You’ll probably get it in an hour.

[ocrenter]

Hope everything came out ok. I would have probably used my telescoping pool net and dump it in a bagged trash can.

Seems like with the wet winter there are more lizards, more rabbits, more coyotes, and more snakes…

Part of the price we have to pay to live in Lizard-land.

[Coronita]

I just let it be. Probably a golpher snake and those keep rats and mice in check. I’ll order a snake stick on Amazon for next time

[SK in CV]

Yeah, it’s a gopher snake. They can be pretty ornery. It doesn’t want anything more from you than you want from it. Just leave it be, unlikely it will stick around for long. Or just move it along with a stick from behind and it will go back where it came from. Approach it from the front and it’s likely to strike.

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