Basement snakes

[Charlet_2007]

Well, it's time for the snakes to start looking for their winter hidey spots. These two were looking in the wrong place...





The milksnake I moved outside (it is still warm enough). The garter I couldn't reach, so I hope it went back outside on its own...I will keep my eyes open in the basement in case it didn't.

2nd one looks like a great plains rat snake not saying it is just saying it looks like
it lol.. i have a female of this breed of rat snake that i donated to the zoo here in Springfield..

basically we call them missouri corn snakes here..

here's the info on them..

Snakes of Arkansas: Great Plains Rat Snake (Pantherophis emoryi)

[Charlet_2007]

Well, here is a photo of my "magic" basement "spawning" a milksnake!



So, we are up to 3 garters and 2 milksnakes so far (that I have found).

BEAUTIFUL snake!!!

[count dewclaw]

LeAnn, I just love your magic basement... I'd never get anything done... would be just sitting around staring at the walls of my basement

I do tend to wander into that section of the basement more than is strictly "necessary".

I'd bait'um - the walls... I'd have signs outside, "This way to free food and kisses" with a HUGE arrow...

I'm not sure I want to feed the entire population of snakes in my yard...could become rather expensive...and they are supposed to be wild...

2nd one looks like a great plains rat snake not saying it is just saying it looks like
it lol.. i have a female of this breed of rat snake that i donated to the zoo here in Springfield..

basically we call them missouri corn snakes here..

here's the info on them..

Snakes of Arkansas: Great Plains Rat Snake (Pantherophis emoryi)

They do have similar markings, but those don't live around here.

[kurtnagel]

LeAnn,

Good thing it is your basement. Some of the stories I have heard here recently lead me to believe that these are very lucky snakes.....

[Pinky]

I love it!!!!!That milk snake looks beautiful!!!!We have and old house with stone foundation that has it's share if cracks and holes but NO snakes!!!Even with a small mouse problem snakes don't come around I'm sssooooo jealous!!!keep us updated!!!!

[reptile3]

Leann do you own an older home? I used to live in Aurora, Illinois we bought our first home, it was built in 1900. The basement looks like yours(in away)

No snakes in this basement here... just dust & spiders!!

Gorgeous snakes by the way!!

[count dewclaw]

Leann do you own an older home? I used to live in Aurora, Illinois we bought our first home, it was built in 1900. The basement looks like yours(in away)

Yes, our house is OLD! The part of the house where I find most of the snakes was built around 1900. The stone foundation in that part is probably 10-12 inches thick. The back part of the house is even older, probably built in the 1850s.

[count dewclaw]

Time to update this thread. I think I have seen these two periodically through the winter, but they have been hanging out in the basement more lately. I have also seen them on the other side of that wall sunning themselves the last couple days.

[anji1971]

Oh, wow!
LeAnn, I don't know whether I'm more envious of you, or Terry. I want snakes to crawl out of my walls, too!

[drache]

well, I don't feel it's an either/or thing - I'm envious of you both