Yeah, it was. I keep watching for it but haven't seen it again. Hopefully it's still somewhere in my yard. I don't want it in my enclosure, but I'll take a docile, harmless, rodent eating machine over the moles messing with my lawn. While we haven't seen it, the mole activity has dropped considerably so it's likely still around somewhere.
Went to a home owners association meeting last night though and it was mentioned that over the last month there has been an unusual increase in sightings of rattle snakes and copper heads though and I don't want those!!! Out of the corner of my eye when initially seeing the rat snake my mind yelled "Copper" and I jumped, lol.