What kind of snake is this ?!?

i am pro-snake if it is non-poisonous and i let any others alone if they are at least 100-150 yards away from my house. i just wanted to say that before i mention that, as a child, i did see a garter snake draw quite a bit of blood from the finger of one of my cousins. he was handling the snake when the snake decided to latch on. i guess my cousin must have ripped the snake away while it had the clamp on.

i felt bad this spring when i found half a garter snake in my freshly tilled garden...poor feller.

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"All that is gold does not glitter..."

I was unaware of poisonous snakes in Oregon.

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I'm an environmentalist, left wing, Ron Paul loving Prius driver with a farm. If you have a problem with that, kindly go take a leap.

Miz Mary,
about 15 - 20 years ago my husband I were having a home built on some land. We didn't realize that the building site was a rattlesnake den hot spot. We had mentioned to the builder after we moved in that we had seen several western diamondback rattlesnakes and that's when he told us about the nest he found when doing tractor work on our property. I was really scared of them. Having grown up in the city, I didn't really see snakes. The house was really rural and not like you could call an exterminator. We were after all in their stomping ground..the desert. I killed a lot of them and there were still more, hundreds..probably more on my property and those around mine since my neighbors had them too. One tangled in chicken wire, put that one down. Another in the dog pens holding it's ground. I got home from work and saw the dogs freaking out. I shot that one..yes shot, one right though the head. Baby snakes right outside my door. Those are particularly dangerous and edgy. It never ended. Luckily, where I live now we don't see many snakes and I have 20 years of experience in the local snakes by living rurally to have learned a few things over the years. When in doubt, I put it down. I can't risk it sticking around the house and me stepping on it. I'm a long ways away from a vet and the poisonous snakes are too dangerous. If it has a rattle, has a particular shaped head or is acting in any way dangerous, I put it down if it's in my living area in or outside the house. I have a particularly hard time telling the difference between bull snakes and diamondbacks when I first look at them. There's a huge difference, but when afraid you know. They look similar on the backs to me. I panic a little then slow myself down and look for a minute for a rattle. I've put down many snakes simply being unsure for safety and other times I've realize what they probably are (keeping in mind that unless I am an expert on snakes not to handle it) and I've collected them with a long, long handled rack and moved them a long ways from the house. You, your family and your pets safety comes first. Where there's one, there's more when there is a food source. Best of luck to you.

I am afraid of rattlesnakes. Do bull snakes not like them? I know bull snakes are kind of bad tempered. I am always glad to see one though if they don't like rattlesnakes.

I don't know if they like them or not. I don't like having bull snakes around either and would rather keep a good cat around to control their food supply. I had a bull snake in back of the house last year and it was very calm despite the cats terrorizing it. They are probably a lot like humans..some ill-tempered and some not.