help!! i don't know if this is a problem

[jakesnake1]

i just caught a young garter snake and i'm keeping it as a pet and i just went to see if i could pick it up and it did fine then it was tryin to get away and i heard a couple snaps and pops and i didn't know if i like broke its rib or something.

thnx

[Voodoo]

If you were holding the snake tightly you could just of poped its back. My Bp loves that and it causes no harm from what I can see

[peterm15]

more importantly its a WC native species.. it should be realeased.

its mostlikely not going to survive in a CB envrioment. let it go.


its a very VERY bad thing to keep WC native specimins. and its a heafty fine.

[Voodoo]

more importantly its a WC native species.. it should be realeased.

its mostlikely not going to survive in a CB envrioment. let it go.


its a very VERY bad thing to keep WC native specimins. and its a heafty fine.

yes i do have to strongly agree here. I you want a garter snake then go purchase one don't take it out of its enviroment

[peterm15]

here i dont even think you can get cb.

a corn snake is a much better choice, or garter if you can find cb

[jordo]

i caught a garter snake when i was 9 and kept it for a few years. it was an amazing pet and was very healthy/tame. i would suggest something that has lived in captive all its life that way it wont know what its missing out on, and theres less of a chance it will be sick or have mites or something. you can get nice corn snakes for like 80 bucks so i suggest you go for one of those and they get a bit bigger. hope this somehow helps

[kane]

i think you should let it go before it dies and you should let it go were you found it. thats only my two cents lol

[dannyc]

I'm no expert but my opinion differs with most of keeping WC snakes. I Live in VA and checked with local authorities and I can keep 5 WC black rat snakes.

I've had a wc black rat for at least 2 years and it's very healthy and easy to handle. I will be returning it to where I caught it, my back yard, next wednesday providing it's warm enough. I wanted it to eat at least 2 good meal befor release.

I also have a rough scaled green snake. It eats a dozen crickets each week. I've had it about a year and it too is healthy. I did my research and even contacted a college professor with reptile background. He said he never had any luck with green snakes.

The reason I kept it was because on his web site he list the length of 18" for the rough scale and 12" for the smooth scale.

The one I have is at least 36".

The point I'm trying to make is that if a person does his research and knows how to care for an animal and it's not illegal, saying that it wont survive is a myth.
I am not saying it's ok to mess with endangered species.

[gonesnakee]

If is a snake is kept in captivity for any period of time it should not be released into the wild again after. In the case of someone keeping other snakes as well this is even of more importance. At your house the snake can be exposed to various pathogens etc. it was not exposed to in the wild, specailly if you keep any other repties. By releasing it after being kept for any lengh of time you risk the entire wild population by exposing them to foreign germs etc. that they would have never otherwise been in contact with. If it was just 1 specimen & no others were kept it is not too bad, but if one doesn't intend on keeping the specimen forever it should never be removed from the wild to begin with. Glad to hear you researched the legalities & the husbandry prior doing so, but its not always a good idea to put them back once taken. If you kept any other reptiles during this time you are risking the entire wild population with the introduction of foreign pathogens etc. This is one of the biggest issues with folks releasing things that are non native, but can also be an issue when releasing native species as well. Mark

[bigdaddy]

i caught a garter snake when i was 9 and kept it for a few years. it was an amazing pet and was very healthy/tame. i would suggest something that has lived in captive all its life that way it wont know what its missing out on, and theres less of a chance it will be sick or have mites or something. you can get nice corn snakes for like 80 bucks so i suggest you go for one of those and they get a bit bigger. hope this somehow helps
Yes it is the trueth let that wild snake go and put it back where you found it,that is very important to its survival.