We had a real problem with the babies around the house when I was a kid - they often don’t have enough of a rattle grown yet to alert you.

It’s one of the reasons that now, I leave some tidbits out for the local family of possum - they come by each night. They love to munch on small snakes, and are immune to most snake venom. Plus they eat mice and rats as well:

https://animalhype.com/mammals/do-possums-eat-snakes/