I agree and I welcome them. I hate squirrels. I posted a video here of a big one in my yard. I don't like venomous snakes at the house because of the dogs. I don't kill them on my acreage though. They have enough problem with the hogs I am sure. Live and let live is my motto except rodents.rotor,
What I like is that the TX Rat snake does a REALLY good job of clearing out the RATS that hang around barns & eat EXPENSIVE livestock feed.
(FYI, I have a college friend who raises/races Running QH. - when he complained BITTERLY to me about how much horse feed that the !@#$%^! RATS were eating up/spoiling, I said, "Get a BIG RAT SNAKE or 2."
About 6 weeks later, he sent me a note saying that the problem was SOLVED.)
yours, satx