My boyfriends mother killed this snake in her house the other afternoon after it bit her when she tried to throw it out. They don't have any really close neighbors so it would be strange for it to have been a released 'pet' way out there in the country.
It looks like a corn to me and not a rat snake (which we find all the time).
What do you think? Is it normal for them to be other colors besides the natural orange in the wild?
Sorry for the poor picture quality, it's the only one I have.