Looks like a gopher or bull, but I'm not sure.

Gorgeous animal!

QUICK! IT'S GETTING AWAY!

Wild?? Holy fuck dude. That's a masssssssive snake to have just hangin' around like that. *Jawdrop*

Yup. He was just hanging on the fence like that. Eventually he slithered down and into a shed. He curled up in the corner.

Anything that eats rodents is welcome on my farm. :)

That's a good point, so long as he's not going to harm any of your livestock or pets. You'd hate to find out the hard way he's poisonous or something.

Doubtful, but it's something to keep in mind until ya figure out what he is, and is capable of. :P

no no, that's not a venomous snake

the only dangerous venomous snake in north america that doesn't have a characteristic triangle head is the coral snake, and those are the whole "Red to yellow kill a fellow" thing. Or, very rarely, black, if it's a crazy mutant.

looks like a bull snake to me. I'm personally about to get a solid white bull snake soon <3

I love the white-sided ones :)

And I agree, I think it looks like a bull

Whoops, the white sides are rat snakes... duh... XD

lol my neighbor is a huge snake breeder and his wife's latest project is the snow bulls. They should have a clutch in a month if all went well :3 I'm excited <3

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b.....I/101_2924.jpg <-- like this but higher white contrast :3

Ohhh nice :B

I breed snakes too - mostly corns, plus a few kenyan sand boas. And I have one woma.

UNF there's so many species I like, but I already have all the snakes I can reasonably handle XD

rofl yeah I just got a snow and a candy cane corn snakes :3

A friend and I will be breeding our ball pythons together since he has an albino het pair and my little girl is a normal 9=9 We're not planning to make much off of it but it's a nice little hobby.

lol don't even take me there XD I'm a reptile nut. hehe I'm keeping my only five (ball python, 2 corns, a nile monitor and soon to be Bull snake) until I move this august and get settled in. Then I might get another. Probably a Savannah monitor or another red tail boa. <3

I have.. unf... 17 adults and 9 baby "keepers" right now XD

I need to cut back @-@

I would be in your position but I'm moving into an apartment. Their not even too thrilled by what I have now XD

oh do you raise your own feeders or have one you get them from?

I order them online frozen from Rodent Pro
Rodent pro seems to be the cheapest but there are other places if you prefer nicer packaging, etc.

No way I want to mess with raising tons of mice XD

I think bull and gopher snakes are versions of the same critter, depending on your geographic area.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_snake

Lots of gopher snakes in SoCal.

Regardless of the exact species, I'm happy to have ample rodent hunters on my ranch.

Such a handsome snake.

Luckily you do not have a snake farm Mulefoot. One sees here the utter in-utility of you current fencing should you decide to undertake such an endeavor. ;)

Obviously I'm set up for only very very very large snakes. :)

Am not handsome. Am big mean snake. Dangerous! Hiss! Watch me whack my tail against the ground and leaf litter and stuff because I'm a rattlesnake and I'm gonna bite you. No, really I am! I mean it, am BIG DANGEROUS SNAKE. Oh, mammal goes away! Fooled him, ha ha!

Well... jus' never let'im have a rapier... it's obvious he's had fencin' lessons! *feels the boar groan all the way ta the house m'in* ;)

Gopher snake or bull snake- take your pic, two names for the same species group.
Nice pic, and a gorgeous example.