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.

Baby Ringneck

Posted by Lorri on November 26, 2004, 4:21 pm
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I painted my front door in July and didn't remove the tape until November. When I finally removed the tape, I found a baby Ringneck snake stuck on the tape from his bottom jaw all the way to his tail!! I didn't know what to do with him, he was still alive. He drank some water ravenously while still stuck on the tape, but his situation looked so hopeless. I proseeded to remove him from the tape with some butter and a toothpick that i slid inbetween him and the tape. It took a while, but he is now free and in an icecream bucket with some rocks and a seashell with more water that he began to drink when I got him free. I have been giving him worms but he isn't interested in eating them. I hope I did the right thing! Shoud I have left him on the tape and he might have shed himself off it? Will he die out there if I let him go soo late in the year without eating? Should I hibernate him in the bucket until April? I don't know what's the best thing for his survival now??

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