I appreciate you posting this video. I just saw in my laundry room what I thought it was a milksnake, your video confirmed it...thank you !

Great video! Thanks.

Thank you. Just found your channel.

I second the motion for ringneck snake. Corn snake would be great too

I live in upstate NY and found one of these guys inside of my house this afternoon. Not at all what I expected walking into my kitchen, but damn if it isn't beautiful.

Now the " Official " snake of Illinois. Nice video, Thanks for the information.

I’ll never forget the first milks I found. In my area there’s usually only garters and rats, water snakes near water but that’s about it… flipped a nice rock on rock and found 2 midsized milks and thought they were weird rat snakes cuz I was like 12 and that pattern is so common in the east US. I did notice they didn’t have much of a neck and were much stronger than a rat snake! In fact they managed to escape before I could ID them, I had them in a 5 gallon bucket with plywood on top and a cinder block weighing that down… next morning and the block had fallen off and the plywood slid over creatin a gap… maybe they had some help but I kind of doubt it… wish they were more common here… it’s so tempting to try to reestablish species in areas they seem to have eliminated from… but if they left or were killed in an area then it’s likely best to not expose more of them to that fate… I guess… tho the opposite argument could be made… either way I enjoy them we’re I find them and leave them there, at least I do now, as a kid I had to touch it all and bring most home to study 🤷🏽

I have 1 for a pet and she is very docile and calm. I also like the fact that they stay pretty small. She is really nice unless you're a mouse. I had a previous female who lived for 20 years.

I found an Eastern Milksnake in my woodshed, where I also found Five lined skinks. I guess the milksnake was hunting those skinks.

Nice job. As a child living in NY and hardcore reptiles and amphibians enthusiast at an early age, I thought I would have such a hard time finding eastern milks. Boy was I wrong. Once I actually found snd set up suitable habitat, I found out how locall common these be reptiles could be. Such a gem of nature. Always been a milk/corn and king fan. Always will be.

Found an eastern milk snake in my back garden last summer and was super excited to discover it again today!! Wanted to double check that I was correct identifying the species and that’s how I ended up at this video 😅 Milkshake (as christened by typo) measures about 2 feet and change, super pretty. Very happy to have ‘em around ✨

awesome.

I hope some milksnakes find their way to my garden! I have an abundance of small critters and we could use some predators to balance everything out. Thanks for sharing!

I grew up in the Appalachian Mountains, spent my whole life in the woods, and a good bit of that time spent flipping rocks and other debris looking for snakes. I've only ever found ONE milkshake/Kingsnake, and it was an absolutely tiny Eastern Milkshake. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. It was feisty and immediately took off, I didn't wanna touch it because I was unsure if I was looking at a baby copperhead or not. As it happens, baby Eastern Milkshakes look a heck of a lot like copperheads. Their colors are totally different than their adult colors. Eventually it stopped and I realized what it was. Such a cool snake.

One of my favorite little snakes!! Theyre beautiful, quite docile, and helpful. What sucks is ive seen these little buddies be mistaken for copperheads by absolute doofuses before, and meet the end of a shovel by force. Educate people so this dont happen anymore.

I'm pretty sure I just found one warming itself under our cellar doors. I found a snake skin hanging from a board leading from our basement to the cellar doors. Then I look over and there it was. Beauty. I think I'll let it take care of our mice for a while longer.

Dude I have so much respect for you. AWESOME educational video!

Great job! I've shared this video and your Timber Rattler video on the Kanawha Valley Master Naturalists page. Great information!

They can get pretty big. Most will grow up to 36 inches but you can come across some pretty sizable specimens of 40" or larger. The biggest I've found was a 49" male from Brooklyn NY. The record is 52" I was shy just by a few lol.

illinois just declared this their new state snake

Very informative video on the Milk snake. I live in Southern Ontario and I've actually never come across a Milk snake even though I hike quite frequently until this past summer. I was hiking along a path and there was a Milk snake sunning itself in the afternoon sun. They really are amazing looking snakes.

Milksnakes are awesome. Great video!

Really nice video, enjoyed the pacing and information. Keep up the great work!

Would you be willing to make a video on our teeny tiny ringneck snake?

Coral snakes!

The most beautiful of Ohio's indigenous snakes. Yes, that's my opinion, but I'm not wrong. ;)

Great Video...i just Posted a Video on my Channel of a Snake I need ID if, I'd really appreciate you looking at and commenting, Thanks so much for sharing Your Knowledge of snakes.

Don't put a rock back over a snake. You risk squashing it. Put the rock back next to the snake.