New Pit Fella

[GoodfellaBeau]

Hello,

I was tooling around in the garden today and thought I found a baby rattler around. After some research online, I think it's a Sonora Gopher Snake(Pituophis catenifer affinis). I have it a temporary enclosure that's about 11" x 24" x 12". I'm here looking for guidance on keeping this snake.

[Lankyrob]

Personally my view is that it is a wild animal and should be released to live out its life in the wild, if you really want to keep this type of snake then you should be able to find captive bred ones :)

Also picking up potentially venomous snakes when you are unsure if what they are is a recipe for disaster - if you are going to continue looking for and collecting wild snakes then you really need to learn the snakes in your area so that you dont get killed :)

[shaunyboy]

imo you would be better buying a captive bred snake mate,but.....

if you plan on keeping this one,i'd get a vet do fecial tests,to make sure the snake has'nt got parasites,worms,etc

heres a care sheet i found by googling the snakes name
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=sonoran+gopher+snake+care+sheet&source=web&cd=10&cad=rja&ved=0CGIQFjAJ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fanimal-world.com%2Fencyclo%2Freptiles%2Fsnakes%2Fsonorang ophersnake.php&ei=KA1XUMnlCvCV0QXim4C4Dg&usg=AFQjCNF9e3WEnkiEeG8fnZ7WsdNgIClTtA

cheers shaun:)

[Snickers]

Personally my view is that it is a wild animal and should be released to live out its life in the wild, if you really want to keep this type of snake then you should be able to find captive bred ones :)

Also picking up potentially venomous snakes when you are unsure if what they are is a recipe for disaster - if you are going to continue looking for and collecting wild snakes then you really need to learn the snakes in your area so that you dont get killed :)

+1 I couldn't agree more.

[GoodfellaBeau]

Update...I released the little guy today back where I found it. Thanks for the advice.