Does he think it's a mate? *snake warning* UPDATE

[boomersooner]

I can look at pictures of snakes, but I really am afraid of them in person....rational or irrational fear, it is fear nonetheless....I wouldn't want it dead either, but if I had reached down and picked it up instead of the garden hose, I think I would have died......I was forced to hold a snake when I was in brownies a thousand years ago, and I really think that is where my fear came from....probably worked the opposite of what the nature center lady wanted......

[Catty1]

Oh no...I wonder what happened to him.

He is lovely - and I have held snakes. They are dry and warm (warm if they have been in the sun). They might pee on you, but that's about it. (don't cuddle the biting or constricting ones).

RIP dapper boy.

[DJFyrewolf36]

Beuitful wild specimen of a ratsnake, I wonder what he died from? RIP snake

[CathyBogart]

Poor guy, maybe he ate a poisoned rodent. Thank you for trying to save him.

[Miss Z]

Poor thing . He was a beautiful animal.

[pitc9]

Oh the poor thing... RIP Mr. Snake.

[chocolatepuppy]

Wow, 4ft.,that's a bit too big of a snake for me! Never saw one here quite that big. Sorry he was dead. I also relocate snakes that won't move on, they never come back.