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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.
Re: I found a tiny snake in my house.
Posted by Alex, forum owner on October 18, 2006, 12:32 am, in reply to "I found a tiny snake in my house."
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: I found a tiny snake inside the back door
: of our house in South Central PA. It is
: about 9" long, but smaller around
: than a regular pencil. I think from
: looking on the internet that it is a
: milk snake. I want to keep it, but my
: Mom wants to release it. My question
: is, Is it to cold outside to let it go
: now, and where should I put it if I
: release it? We have a barn next door,
: but it is about 1/4 mile away from our
: house.
:
It might be too cold outside in your area. Keeping a Milk Snake can be a bit of a job, as you have to feed it small (newborn) mice, about 3 or 4 a week. It might eat what the pet trade calls "small fuzzy" mice. Most pet shops will sell you small mice, and some will sell them frozen; you have to thaw them to room temp first of course. Good luck, whichever way you go.
Milks make fair pets, but can be nippy.
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