Little visitor

One of my neighbors came by today, asking for my help...apparently her daughter had found a snake in the house, and was absolutely terrified...


Not knowing what kind of snake it was, I went over to her house with gloves and hooks...I was expecting something large and aggressive, from the look of horror on her face...


So here is the big, scary snake that had this poor woman ready to move out of her own house, LOL...

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I don't know the species, but he sure has some neat colors:)

After the pics, I released him at a small lake near my town...

Thats a garter snake if I'm not mistaken....cute little guy! I am surprised he let you hold him, normally they freak out and bite a lot! Nice save :)

hmm.. eastern colorado? I'm not sure. If it were east, south, or north of you I'd say it was some kind of garter snake, but I know nothing about that area of the US(or anything west of you either)

Sure is a cute little guy :D

As much as I want to laugh at your neighbor for freaking over a little snake, at least she didn't try to pick it up without knowing whether or not it was poisonous. A neighbor of mine when I lived in Louisiana got bit by a 3-inch long 1 cm(or skinner) wide baby copperhead that way, thought it was a little garter or something.

Definitely a variety of garter snake :)

And yeah, the adults are usually very nippy but I have always been able to pick neonates like that up off the ground wherever I find them and they just slither around in my hands wodering what i am.

Thanks guys...I figured some kind of ribbon snake or garter...just wasn't sure which one...I know there are a bunch of different kinds...

He was freaking out pretty badly when I first picked him up, musked me really good...stinky little thing, LOL

I had to keep a good grip on him, he was trying to launch himself off my hand...

aww it's just a little guy. Where in the house was it? I know some people end up finding them in the bathroom.

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Originally Posted by whitewolf

aww it's just a little guy. Where in the house was it? I know some people end up finding them in the bathroom.

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He had crawled out from her kitchen (when she saw him) and had wedged himself under a loose corner of linoleum floor tile when I got there...

I was suprised how small he was...even smaller than a baby corn...I had brought a plastic tote to put him in...and realized he could have crawled right through the air holes...

haha that must have been a good laugh. That's cute it was under a tile.