A Red Rat Snake Rescue

      I posted this also in my "Mother Nature" Blogger Blog. In recent evenings the air has been cool, which causes snakes to come out to lay on the still warm roads. I try to do my driving around then so I can rescue as many as possible.
     I passed this baby 8 inch Grey Rat Snake and had to go back for it after my mind recognized it for a snake and not a stick. I took it home, fed it on baby mouse, took it to work to show it to a lot of people and right now it is back at my house resting. I'd like to grow it to about a foot long then when it can defend itself better, release it.
     This is one of the wildest snake babies I've had. Although harmless, every time I pick it up, which is not often, it has a crazy fit. It spins around, wiggles like a worm and bites me over and over.
     One of the reasons I wanted to post this snake picture is because I didn't want Back to Nature to look like a turtle hospital. They work with birds, mammals, reptiles and anything else native. I blog mostly about turtles because that is my specialty.