hi new here need help id snake new york

[daze473]

hi every one. my son friend gave him a snake first i didnt approve but then i said it would be nice to a pet in the house.his friend didnt know kind of snake it was so i did some research im thinking is ribbon snake but not sure i went to petland but they didnt know what kind of snake it was so bought a fish tank bowl and lamp anyway can you help me out thank you

[infernalis]

What you have there is a Dekayi Brown snake. They are a very small non agressive snake that eats worms and garden slugs.

They make fine captive pets and do not require any special set ups.

A small tank or animal enclosure, a place to hide and a water bowl is all you need.

You won't be able to feed it in that enclosure, slugs and worms are sticky, the fibers will stick to the food.

These snakes prefer cooler teperatures, so do not use any heat lamps or tank heaters.

They usually hunt for food at night, early in the morning or right after a rain storm.

For feeding you may purchase a package of night crawlers at wal mart back in sporting goods, it is sold as fish bait.

The worms will be too big, so get used to cutting night crawlers up with scissors.

http://www.thamfriends.com/photos/DKcup.jpg

http://www.thamfriends.com/photos/snakies/xena.jpg

This one eats worms from human hands...

http://www.thamfriends.com/photos/DKdot.jpg

A small cup full of good food, small worms and garden slugs.

http://www.storeria.com/Dekayi/worms.jpg

[SnakeyJay]

Cool looking little guy...

[stephanbakir]

Man that snake looks awesome.