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

[jazzcat]

I went out to water my flowers and this is what I found. Luckily I saw him before I picked up the black garden hose.





Maybe he's found a girlfriend?

A close up of his head.



He's been there for over an hour now. I'm still waiting to water my flowers.

UPDATE: Well now I know why he was there so long, he is DEAD! When Richard got home I showed him and he wanted to kill him. I didn't want him to so I grabbed the pool pole to try to move him out to the woods and discovered he is dead. I don't know why, there are no marks on him.

By the way, he was a rat snake and measured 4 feet long.