{"id":9486,"date":"2024-06-14T07:34:19","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T11:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?p=9486"},"modified":"2024-06-16T14:33:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T18:33:06","slug":"rat-snake-dogs-2024-06-06","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/rat-snake-dogs-2024-06-06.html","title":{"rendered":"Rat snake<\/del> Black racer and dogs 2024-06-06"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update 2024-06-16<\/strong>\r\nThe snake experts say it’s a black racer (Coluber constrictor<\/em>). I’ve come around to that identification, because it doesn’t have the narrow neck and wide head of a rat snake, and its body is round in cross-section, not loaf-shaped.\r\nAlso, it struck like a cornered black racer.\r\nSee this reference<\/a>.\r\nI was just surprised it didn’t run away fast like a typical black racer.\r\nMaybe four dogs made it think cornered.\r\nAnyway, black racers also eat rodents, so happy munching, snake.\r\n

\r\nAll four dogs didn’t like this rat snake at the workshop door,\r\nalthough only Blondie and Honeybun feature in these pictures.\r\n

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\r\nIt appears to be an eastern rat snake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis<\/em>),\r\nwith the white under its chin and side of head and otherwise black body.\r\n

\r\nIt did try to strike at the dogs when they got close,\r\nbut once I called them off it slithered back under the bench, and onwards.\r\n

\r\nHere’s a video:\r\n
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