Trick with barn ( shed ) cats is only feed them in the morning so they are hungry all night
I have black, brown, tiger & whip snakes here, all venomous
So you learn to look before you put your hands anywhere Always stand behind anything you want to lift so the opening is on the other side of you
Same story with doors , stand behind then as they open.
You are bigger than snakes so most will run away as you could eat them and you are too big for them to eat .
Then we have green tree snakes and about a dozen different pythons
I have about 14' of diamond python that lives in the ceiling and eats the indian Mynahs that nest in there which saves me the effort of tossing their nests out .