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dieing snake
I am not sure if this goes here or not. Anyway my dad found a Snake (garden) down in our basement and we dont want it to die does anyone have anything to help on how to keep it alive. Like what we can keep it in what they eat and stuff like that. If anyone can help please do and thank you to anyone who can.
Thanks
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04/11/08, 03:17 PM
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sent you a pm of a snake info site
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04/11/08, 03:22 PM
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You need to put it in a fish tank (no water), a big plastice tote with a lid (drill small hole in the lid from the inside of the lid out). Put a bowl of water in there with it. It is probably dehydrated. Go to the pet store and ask for a dozen feeder fish, they are about $1.50 - $2.50 a dozen. Put the feeder fish in the bowl and show the snake the bowl. If it is a decent size snake, lets say more than a 14 inches than buy it a couple mice at the pet store. It HAS to have a heat source. A heat rock is best but you could use a heat lamp. Do not use a heating pad. If you have nothing on hand fill a water tight jar with hot water and it will curl up around that to keep warm. Can you post a pic of the snake and I will be able to give you more info.
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04/11/08, 03:25 PM
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celticfarmgal,
thank you for the snake site my dd will like it.
after i brought the snake up from the basement she snaged him up, came up here to the computer and typed up the thread.
thank you neal
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04/11/08, 03:28 PM
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You are very welcome kids are great due to my middle dd I had a shoebox of baby birds that had fallen from the nest last week this week however its toads and my ds well they are almost toads now they have legs but still have tails
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04/11/08, 03:28 PM
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Why don't you just put him outside where he belongs? (in the garden). Why would you want to keep a snake captive?
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04/11/08, 03:28 PM
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If the snake is a garter snake, they also eat earthworms. Don't give them goldfish. Apparently goldfish has too high a fat ratio. Guppies (the wild type not the fancy type) will do and also maybe minnows. Good luck!
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04/11/08, 03:50 PM
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I doubt it is dying. Snakes are not active in the cold. I would put it outside, maybe under some kind of shelter, and forget about it.
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04/11/08, 04:21 PM
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If you just want to save it~ put it outside~ it has the best chance there. If you want to keep it as a pet~ get a couple books and have fun! I love snakes~ keep quite a few~ but I keep and breed "pets"~ a lot of people start with a garden snake they just wanted to keep and there is nothing wrong with that. Morning Owls advice is great~ but I'm not too sure about the heat rock being best.........snakes are dumb......amazingly dumb......and if he gets cold he will wrap himself around that nice warm heat rock and cook himself. If it gets hot enough (and some heat rocks have been known too) he may cook himself till he is a crispy little fire hazard.........yes~ snakes ARE that dumb. Heat rocks used to be the recomended source~ but as Herps bcome a more popular pet animal technology has SLOWLY caught up. You should go ahead and get a heat lamp or an undertank heater and put it on a reostat so the heat can not get hot enough for your new little stupid friend to cook himself. The pet store or any good online herp supply place will have those supplies for you.
Have fun!
And if you decide to let your new friend go (he does have a better chance on his own) go ahead and look into getting a cornsnake as a pet. They make great pets~ come in lots of colors~ and are cheap in season......the season will start any time now.....so you have just enough time to read up and set up a great tank for one!
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Dont give a garter snake a mouse!!! They swallow their prey live and a mouse would bite it plus it wont eat it. They eat fish, amphibians like frogs, and some bugs and earth worms.
Saving it is best outside.
It may not eat captured. Some will take to captivity and some will not.
It may also always bite and musk you when its handled. Some will eventually tame and some not.
There are many captive raised snakes available in pet stores, removing the need to take from the wild. Please keep that in mind. It would much more like to be free. It knows freedom as it has had it, till now.
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04/11/08, 04:43 PM
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Too many fat quarters...
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Not sure if anyone has pondered this, but snakes hibernate. If this one was found indoors in NY, chances are that it was hibernating in the OP's foundation. Ie, it was warm there.
Putting it ouside right now might not be the best idea...
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04/11/08, 05:29 PM
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Reptiles bred in captivity can live in captivity when properly cared for. Reptiles and insects captured in the wild often do not eat in captivity. It may be a good learning experience for your daughter to observe the snake for a couple of days, but I would set it free soon, so it can find food and live. Otherwise, you might be teaching your daughter about more than just snakes.
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04/11/08, 05:36 PM
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it is still a little cold now (espically today, 40s).
he is an eastern garter snake.
ds caught a worm to give snakie.
we just want to make sure he survives til it is warm enough to get him outside.
thank you all for the great replies. 
neal and family
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Just don't let anyone know you have it. From what I have found, you need to have a permit for species native to New York. (That may or may not be outdated.) So even though you are only keeping it for a while, don't get caught!
It has been warming up here quite a bit lately, so I would anticipate it almost being safe to release the snake.
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04/11/08, 07:15 PM
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Ahem... I have snakes living in the cellar of my very old house (shudder!). They are milk snakes and will leave soon, but spend their winters down there. They most likely find mice now and then to eat. I usually see one or two heading for greener pastures in the spring, but have never caught sight of them coming back to hibernate. A baby found its way into my main floor laundry room one year, but one of my cats killed it - good kitty!
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04/12/08, 07:09 PM
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I would flush him down the septic. Plenty of brown fish there to eat.
IMO a good snake is a dead snake
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04/13/08, 08:18 PM
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I don't like snakes - good snakes, bad snakes, snakes in general.
We do, however, try not to kill any snake that isn't poisonous.
As someone said, it probably isn't really dying, just not 'awake' yet. Around here, when the snakes start crawling out, their eyes are sealed or matted and they look more scary than when they are awake.
If possible, I say let it go. It is a wild creature.
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04/13/08, 08:22 PM
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dd set snakie free today, she found a spot by 2 logs that is sheltered good so he should be ok. thank you all again neal
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