To ask a question about a snake, don't reply to this post, go to the forum home page and start a new post. Your question will get a lot more exposure. Please give us an idea of where you live, as reptiles can often be identified only by locality!

Please do not place messages about killing a snake, and asking what kind it is you have killed! That is like going onto a message board about dogs and telling about torturing one to death, and asking what kind of breed it was. You will likely get "flamed", and likely by the forum owner, depending on his mood that day.

A note about head shape in snakes: Head shape is a totally useless character for identifying a snake, and has nothing to do with whether the serpent is or is not venomous (poisonous). Many harmless snakes, especially when young, have rather large heads. Please describe color, pattern, markings, and habitat where the snake was found. The shape of the head will not help us in any way. Thank you.

snake found in the house

Posted by Val on January 22, 2006, 11:38 am
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Mr. Ferney, the cat, found a small garter snake in the heat register last Sunday...I rescued him and he has been living in a clear plastic container with air holes. I am wondering, since he was so lucky to have survived the cat, if I could place him in our vegetable room under the stairs in the basement--it's dark and cool, not sure of the temp. Don't know how or where, when he made it into the house but we haven't seen anymore. Thanks for any information..

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