Texas Gardening: The tree Gods are mad at me and this little fella, 1 by vossner

vossner wrote:
hubby has already removed one of the branches using a rope and his truck. The snake was dead. There is a hole in the lower third of its body (not clearly discernible in this pic), where the branch pinched it to death. We have identified it as a TX rat snake, a non-poisonous one. I'm still wondering how the heck it got up there!?

BTW, I highly recommend "A Field guide to Texas Snakes by Allan Tennant. I bought a previous edition on ebay for $10. There is a newer edition for more $, but well worth it, I think. Hopefully Santa will bring it to me for Christmas. The pics are absolutely excellent and even a snake-squeamish person like me can use this book with confidence.