and ANOTHER one

[silke]

I'm out walking in the field with my dogs and theyhave gone about 20 feet ahead of me.
For some reason I look down and there is this teeny, tiny garter snake in the middle of the path with his mouth wide open.
I picked him up to see if he was hurt from my dogs tearing past.
He seemed fine but when he tongue flicked it was really slow.

Here's the thing....it's getting down to 0 degrees Celsius tonight.
This wee guy is 6 inches tops.
He is currently in a sweater box in my apartment with a substrate of cypress mulch and spanish moss and 2 humid hides.
What I would like to do is hang onto him until spring and let him loose in the field. Would this be safe?
I don't know if he's going to make it if I let him go tomorrow... he is so small and the temps are so drastic right now.
Snow has been forcasted withing the next few days.

I was just looking for some advice on what I should do.

Thanks