We caught a newly hatched garter snake at the shop

[Roon]

He fought us, but we were able to catch him and put him in a clear box so we can look at him. We gave him earth, grass, sticks, a drinking water dish and a swimming dish. We also gave him a grasshopper for food and I am going to feed him worm sections on monday. He is so cute, when you go to look at him he gets up and all you see his two tiny, black eyes looking at you. He is about the size of a night crawler.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Baby snake!

You know, you can't mention baby animals without posting a photo. This goes for snakes, too.

I like snakes.

[Roon]

3. One of the boyz at the shop has a real nice camera

I will see if i can get a pic...he's so tiny though!!

[bertha katzenengel]

2. will he live under those circumstances?

i'm just curious - i wouldn't know

sounds cute

[Roon]

4. I looked it up on the web

He will live..snakes generally only eat once a week or so and we have a snake store close by that sells food. All he needs is his drinking water and a pool that he can take a dip in. and he's happy. I guess we have to eventually get him a heating rock. but its so hot in the shop right now, he doesn't need it at the moment.

[LostinVA]

5. Don't get him a hot rock -- they can burn his belly

Just get him a heat lamp, or the reptile heating mat that goes under the cage. My wife has a bunch of lizards, so I learned a lot about them through her.

[Roon]

6. Thanks for the advice

It's amazing how full grown men can be reduced to children when it comes to catching and keeping a snake.

[pitohui]

17. he can live a couple of years but having done this once i won't do it again

my baby garter snake lived only 2 years and died of an obstruction -- if i'd left him in the yard he could have lived for many more years -- i've seen them get up to serious size out there, well serious size for a garter snake

we all know that many pets, such as all of the pet birds, pet cats, etc. live MUCH longer in captivity than in the wild, however, to my knowledge, this is not true of the reptiles, our knowledge of how to care for them is not as good

this happened in the 90s now and pet care does advance quickly so talk to the folks at a pet store that specializes in herps and take their suggestions seriously

garter snakes are cute, feisty too, i once handled an alligator and hours later handled the snake, thought my hands were clean, but he knew...first and only time he bit me HARD

i did have the heat lamp (necessary to proper digestion) but apparently i was missing some other key ingredient

[MonkeyFunk]

7. Nuh uh!

You have a newborn garter snake!

Garter snakes are viviparous - they're born, not hatched.

[Roon]

8. I don't know

I do know that i saw this baby snake crawling across the front porch and we caught him!! He hissed and lunged us, but we weren't afraid.

[likesmountains 52]

9. umm, let him go....

[Roon]

13. but he's so CUTE!!!

He is so cute I wanna SQUISH him!!!

[DarkTirade]

10. Awww. Pics?

[Kali]

11. guppy or other small fish (tadpoles if you can find them)

(mostly posting for the pic if you get one ;-) )

[KitchenWitch]

12. Cool!

I actually like garter snakes. Harmless little fellas.

[callous taoboy]

14. Caught a tarantula in my classroom last week.

I figure someone must've brought him to school last year and he escaped and has lived off of cockroaches this summer.

[billyoc]

15. He fought us!

US! :rofl:

[applegrove]

16. Pictures? Where are the required pics. All baby animals discussed in OP must have pics!!!

[zanne]

18. Ummm. Not to kill your buzz but...

Doesn't a garter snake do best in his own habitat?