Snake skin found in attic

Probably a rat snake, poisonious ones don't normally climb in the attic

They shed periodically. Its probaly in there. I would pay to have a couple mice eating machines in my attic.

If your duct work isn't well sealed it will try to get into your cool air register on a hot day, then it will fall out of the grill over your bed.

Shame on you, TBoy.

I've actually had two snakes (that I know of) get into my house. Both were rat snakes. My wife saw the first one, a little baby, over the door frame of our bedroom/hall door. The best I can figure is it came in through a hole I drilled in the floor to the crawl space for a telephone line. Note to self, caulk around holes from crawl spaces. I caught the second one (about 24 inches) in the kitchen. Never told the wife about that one. Now that I've reinforced the air vents around the house with a smaller size hardware cloth I haven't found any snakes in the house. I do live "in the woods".

I'm a snake guy but I still don't care for snakes in the house. However, I do remember my dad finding the shed skin of my of my prize Sonoran king snake one morning next to the kitchen stove. A week later, when I heard my mother's scream from her bedroom, I finally caught that king snake. She thought it was a belt on the floor and when she reached down to pick it up it HISSED at her. Thinking back, that might have been about the time I had to move my snake collection from my bedroom to an area outside the house.



mctiger1985 I would suggest using that foam sealant to plug up any holes to your attic. I agree with everyone that it's a rat snake.

Yeah now he doesn't know if he is sealing the critter out or in

Get a cat

When blocking up holes in your walls or floor I use stainless steel wool (at hardware store it will be near the sandpaper). The stainless will not rust of it gets wet and mice and insects will no chew through it.