For three falls in a row, I keep finding these guys roaming in my basement. They are hatchling eastern milks. In the picture one is still in shed. So far this year I have found three in my basement. I've seen the adults outside my house several times in the past five years. My wife saw one that she said was close to four feet (she thought it was one fo my Hondurans at first). The ones I've seen have been closer to 3 feet long. Anyway, I suspect they are laying eggs in a crack between my foundation and the front steps and when we get a big rain in the fall I think the hatchlings end up crawling into the basement through some crack or down the dryer vent. I have never seen an adult wild snake in the house. I have a ton of garter snakes living in the foundation in my garage and I've seen the occassional baby from them in the basemrnt as well.
Cute baby easterns. I usually catch them long enough for a quick photo and then release them in the woods in the back of my house. I've probably caught 8 to 10 of tem in the past three or four years. I know some people might be tempted to keep them, but my feeling is if it is wild it should stay wild.
Rob
Doug L
