Originally Posted by Quagmire

That is a common milk snake. They look like the Massasauga Rattler and even can rattle their tail to scare predators off.

http://www.rom.on.ca/ontario/risk.ph...pe=fact&id=291

Originally Posted by justinsain

Here's one thing you should know. That snake ate mice and now that he's dead there will be more mice around your house and while the snake only wanted to eat the mice, the mice want to get in your kitchen cabinets and nibble at your food.