Follow Up

Here's a few clarifying facts about my snake adventure yesterday.

I freaked out pretty much as I do with all of my snake adventures. I have actually had several snake adventures. They seem to find me. One of my boys likes snakes and used to look for them. He says they find me! I live out in the country and the house is not sealed real well in several places. It really doesn't take a very big space for a small snake to get inside. We had a cold weather spell and I'm sure he was just looking for a warm place. I'm pretty sure he got into my purse from inside my house during the night Tuesday night. I had been looking for a flash drive in my purse the evening before, so I do not think it was in there then.

When we first saw the snake we were afraid it was a copperhead and determined to treat it as if it was poisonous. That's why it was killed.

I did not take the pictures. One of my co-workers, Susan, grabbed her i phone and started snapping away. I was in a different room when the pictures were taken.

After things settled down, Susan, my husband, and "snake liking" son looked at the pictures and compared them to some internet pics and all three independently came to the conclusion that it was a rat snake so not harmful.

I am being extra cautious in my house to watch where I step, sit, put my hands, etc. as I think it is possible that it has siblings. It was definitely a young snake. A few years ago, we had several small snakes over the course of about a month. They were a little smaller than this one so perhaps there are no others, but I'm being extra careful for a while.

I really was having a difficult time with putting my hands back into the purse, even though I know it is not likely to have another snake. So I did buy a new purse today!