Found My First Wild snake last night .

[skunk1]

i found a night snake and a glossy i plan on keeping the night snake for a bit any advice ?

[Aaron_S]

Here's some advice...release it.

[Will0W783]

What does a night snake look like? I've never seen one.

[Chu'Wuti]

I'd think night snakes would be a challenge to feed, as they eat other reptiles. I've done a lot of catch, observe for a time, & release. Wild snakes that don't eat easy-to-buy prey, or that eat expensive prey, I usually only kept for a brief observation period, usually only a few minutes, though occasionally maybe up to a week and a few times longer, then let them go.

The problem with keeping wild snakes for any but the shortest observation period--i.e., 30 minutes max--is that you have to be sure that you're providing the proper heat & humidity for the entire period you're keeping them from their own habitat, or you could end up releasing a sick snake that can no longer cope with its environment. Then you should always release them back into their original territory in order to reduce further stress. In addition, WC snakes carry parasites, bacteria, etc., that can 1) transfer from the WC snake to you to your CB snakes and 2) get out of balance when the WC snake gets stressed by being kept captive and make the snake sick. WC snakes are nearly always better off left in their own territories & habitats.

Kimberly, the night snake is Hypsiglena torquata; you can google either the common name or the scientific name and find info and images pretty easily.

[Will0W783]

Oh wow, they are neat little guys- really tiny though.