What type of snake is this?

[frankcookie96]

NE Florida about 15mins from the beach.

[FWK]

Yellow Rat Snake. Harmless. But they do like chicken eggs lol.

[sharthun]

Yeah another beautiful rat snake. Great find!

[LiL Zap]

Originally Posted by FWK

Yellow Rat Snake. Harmless. But they do like chicken eggs lol.

Beat me to it! Lol.

[frankcookie96]

Ok thanks. I relocated it about 5 miles down the road. Should be ok, right?

[infernalis]

yes it should be fine. they eat the mice in the barn, not the chicken eggs.

[FWK]

Originally Posted by infernalis

yes it should be fine. they eat the mice in the barn, not the chicken eggs.

Oh they do eat eggs. A lot of Rat Snake keepers offer eggs occasionally. We raised chickens and quail when I was a kid and I caught plenty of Rat Snakes "red handed" eating or having just eaten eggs. That said they do eat a lot more rodents than eggs. They do a lot more good than harm, "paying" them with an occasional egg is a fair deal for the services they provide imo.

[IW17]

Exactly. Down south they're called chicken snakes for a reason. I've found many in my family's chicken coops that fit through the chicken wire on the way in, but couldn't make it out due to the egg bulge.