How can you tell if a snake is venomous? The best thing is to treat all snakes as if they are poisonous. Best thing is to treat all snakes as if they are poisonous. As a general rule, many venomous snakes...
Best thing is to treat all snakes as if they are poisonous. As a general rule, many venomous snakes have pupils like a cat- they have a vertical slit. Non-poisonous snakes like the Texas rat snake, has round pupils like humans. That's extremely general. There are a few exceptions.
I just treat all snakes the same. I treat them as if they are poisonous. I don't take chances, until I know exactly what snake I am dealing with. I can't remember the exact number, but Texas has at least 10 look-alike snakes. They look very similar to other poisonous snakes but they are not.
