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not a corn snake

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gob144

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today while golfing i found a garter snake. It is all green the colour of id say the green on a golf course or lime green. I know this is a corn snake forum but i was wondering if anybody knows what kind of garter snake this would be. I live in Manitoba Canada.
Has anyone tried to keep wild snakes before specifically garter snakes?
 
ya after some research i beleive its a smooth green snake. I just caught some crickets so now i got food to. If he wont eat within 2 weeks though ill let him free.
 
If it IS a garter, please do NOT feed it crickets! Garters do not eat crickets, EVER! ( No, I'm not yelling at you. I would have done the same thing a year ago. ) A cricket diet can seriously damage their little bellies! Try diced earthworms, salamanders, tadpoles, or fish like guppies or silversides, NOT goldfish.

For more information on garters, try the garter forum at www.thamnophis.com. This is a great bunch of people from all over the world who are really dedicated to their garters. You also might want to check with them if it is legal to keep wc garters. Some places its fine, other places a big no-no! ( Pics would help! ) I know we have some members from your 'neck of the woods' who have garters that are better to consult on the laws than me.

I have three garters so far, two wild caught and one Florida blue bought over the internet. They are a fun, gregarious species of snake that can be kept in groups. ( Preferably the same size and sex though! )

Good Luck!

Devon
 
Smooth Green Snakes live in your area. They are nearly impossible to keep alive in captivity. Green Snakes are all green. Garter Snakes are usually brown with yellow stripes. Here's a Rough Green Snake that I found in Kentucky a few years ago:

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The Tampa Bay area has (or at least used to have) one of the green snakes. I think those were the base for my desire to own snakes! I chased the dratted things as a kid but rarely caught one because they were QUICK!
 
We have the rough green snake down here. I've caught (and released) one. It was in a low tree over water. Pretty little thing.
 
We have rough and smooth green snakes here. They can eat small crickets, earth worms, spiders, moths, and grasshoppers. You can give them meal worms and wax worms once in a while. Don't give them big crickets because they have hard exoskeletons (as do the meal worms) that can cause impaction.

Green snakes are really shy and wild caught do not usually thrive in captivity.
 
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