Rat Snake or Copperhead How To Tell the Difference

• Posted by yu lei December 26, 2011 - Filed in Business - #corn snakes  - 717 views

  Living in balance with nature can offer some challenges. Here,corn snakes, we try to not kill snakes unless they are a threat to us or our livestock. Snakes are a great help in dealing with rats and mice,the biggest rollercoaster in the world, and they have provided the material for many of our homeschool lessons,Rat Snake or Copperhead How To Tell the Difference!

  Often people kill snakes for no real reason except ignorance and fear. This is not good because snakes provide a valuable service to the homesteader by keeping small rodents in check. A large black racer lives under our barn and I have not seen a mouse there in awhile. We do try to discourage snakes around the chicken coop because the snakes seem to love eggs as much as we do! Snakes generally get a bit of attention here though, because the kids like to journal the different species they have come across.

  It is startling to walk into the chicken coop and come face to face with a large rat snake though, especially since they often look very much like a dangerous copperhead. How does one decide which is which?