Yesterday Abner and Rachel were barking up a storm so went to see what they had found. It was a baby black rat snake.The day before I found a mouse nest with baby mice in one of my containers. I just let them be thinking they were not hurting anything outside. So I took the snake and turned it loose at the container and it went right in. Whether he ate any or not I just don't know.I do like snakes more than mice.