blue eyed snake

[stinkbelly]

I caught a little snake this weekend and when I was relocating him I noticed his eyes were blue. I have never seen this before, but I remember you guys saying it was because he was about to shed his skin.

I assume this is just a little rat snake. He was about 18" long. I don't see many of these around my place.

[Double-O-Dave]

IMHO, you are correct on both counts: 1. "blue eyes" means s/he is about to shed, 2. Texas Rat Snake.


Regards,

Dave

[Playa]

I’m not a snake expert, but I think that is a hognose. That’s cool

[RR 314]

I’m not a snake expert, but I think that is a hognose. That’s cool

Stick with the first part of your sentence. Kidding, but that is not a hognose.

[SB09]

IMHO, you are correct on both counts: 1. "blue eyes" means s/he is about to shed, 2. Texas Rat Snake.


Regards,

Dave

Agreed on both!

[rferg84]

IMHO, you are correct on both counts: 1. "blue eyes" means s/he is about to shed, 2. Texas Rat Snake.


Regards,

Dave

Yep on both.


Skin will be kind of dull and blue, eyes will frost over like that. He'll shed in a day or two.

[Outbreaker]

Their bellies will turn bright red before the eyes milk over.

[bboswell]

Stick with the first part of your sentence. Kidding, but that is not a hognose.

Lol!

[okrattler]

They'll get even hazier than that. I've dang near stepped on rattlesnakes because of that. They can't see until you're right on top of them. I pulled a rattlesnake out of a hole last year,looked down and a 3 footer was coiled up next to my right boot.

[Cajun Blake]

fixing to shed old skin


even the skin over pupils is shed.





if you have enough of the shed skin, you can tell the species

[dk_ace]

I was expecting a crazy ex-girlfriend thread on that title...

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[kruppa24]

rat snake

[wal1809]

Definitely a rat. What people don't realize is they don't just eat a mouse here and there. These snakes have a memory of food source locations. When they find a nest, they will keep returning and eventually eat every mouse in it. Its the same thing with the eggs in my coupe. Once I get a rat snake, there is always a smaller one with it. They will not stop. I catch them and relocate them as they do way more good for us than we realize.