Help meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

[twasadark]

Okay, people, I'm trying not to freak out and it's so NOT working!!!  I just came upon this SNAKE in my back yard and I don't know what it is and my poor doggies could attack it and get bit and die writhing in agony and how am I supposed to work out there with a huge slithery thing lurking in the bushes?????

So, does anyone know what the heck this is?  I'm in Southern California, btw.  It's not a rattlesnake as I know QUITE well what those look like ....




Oh, here's a link to the pic if you want to see it closer up ....

And by the way, the last time I saw one of these things - which looked the same - was on my front stoop.  I promptly shrieked my fool head off and it jerked and zoomed back into the bushes.  So, this tells me that snakes have pretty good hearing.

LOL.

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[twasadark.livejournal.com]

Thanks, hon! We've got a lot of thick brush around which all kinds of creepy crawlies like to hide in ... my dog found the dessicated remains of a possum not long ago and promptly ran around the yard with it in her mouth for FAR too long. Talk about ICK.

Anyhow, the below poster linked me to a pic of it - thankfully a non-venomous snake.

Good idea about stomping - I'll have to remember that!