Aaah LYY ... you are such a kind lad.
Remember those black rat snakes when I lived over your way for a while, and did happen to send a couple on their way to snake heaven through a meeting with my tyres. There was always lots on the roadside who had met there demise but, remember, they are considered a sort of vermin and overpopulated. 'Rat' is the key word here, and they are no better than that ... so, sorry, you will have to protect your own livestock I'm afraid.
Just please don't tell us you have given it a name.
