While I was trying to trick my Australian Shepherd into coming outside to go to the bathroom (the grass was wet and she hates getting her feet wet)I saw this yellow rat snakes at the top of a pole used to hang plants from. This was on the side of the house. It's amazing how he got up that pole. It was away from the wall and is just a slick metal pole all the way up.

I've seen a few yellow rats in my yard over the years. There are lots of big oaks in the neighborhood and "natural" areas. The last one I saw was a hatchling on the sidewalk in front of my house constricting a brown anole. The adults that I've seen all tend to look a bit skinny. There are squirrels (nests everywhere) all over the place and lizards and treefrogs for the hatchlings.

I live in Casselberry, which is northeast of Orlando.

Mike

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