Banded Water Snake?

[JES]

My wife got a nice surprise when she went to get eggs this morning. We have had fewer and fewer eggs lately, so I warned her there was probably a snake getting them. Well, she found him today. I'm away for work, so a friend of our sent his son over and he got him out and took care of him. They said he was pretty aggressive, my first thought was it was a chicken snake. But after looking at the pictures I think its a banded water snake.

Thoughts?

[BBReezen]

I agree

[Blue_Duck]

Definitely banded water snake


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[Fishndude]

Yup

[okrattler]

Yep. Banded water snake. Water snakes are aggressive. Every water snake I've ever caught either bit me or tried to bite me.

[DRT]

Nice specimen. You know, except for the dead part. But egg eaters gotta go. Once they find that easy meal ticket they won't stop.

[Bodega]

Yup

[Lefty5]

So are you expecting more eggs once again no that the culprit is gone

[SanSaba007]

Snake

Definitely going with dead snake.

[JES]

So are you expecting more eggs once again no that the culprit is gone

I hope so, my wife is worried there is more...told her they don't run in packs!

We'll see, the chickens have been acting funny for a couple weeks she said, and that's about how long we have been getting fewer eggs. He may have been camped out in there living the easy life.

[FIRETX12]

That’s a broad banded water snake.

[McClain]

That’s a broad banded water snake.

This ^^^

[happy bowhunter]

Rat snake