Rat snakes in the coop

[sinzitu]

We get plenty of snakes here. I put out glue traps to catch mice. The larger ones made for rats will hold a snake.

Then I take them out to a wooded corner of our property. If you spray the glue trap with veg spray, the snake can work it’s way off without harm. Lives to eat more mice.

 

[Mike_mds]

This poor guy fell out of a tree in our front yard a few days ago. He got tangled in a bird’s nest made almost entirely of some sort of netting material…betting he was stuck for quite some time. Took me 45 minutes with a dull pair of scissors to cut him loose. Was afraid I was going to decapitate him if I used anything sharp. Took off like a rocket once he was cut loose.

 

[John from MD]

I wonder what kind of bird builds a nest like that?

 

[DaveP]

How many eggs could he possibly eat?
5 in this case!

 

[wilcam47]

Sss

 

[newmuzzleloader]

And this is why I don't like snakes in the chicken coop. An almost 5' black snake was trying to swallow this half grown Maran pullet when my 2 little grandsons and I went in to feed the 'baby chicks' this afternoon. If it wasn't so greedy it could have swallowed some of the 2 week old birds and got away with it.