Help--is this a corn snake?

Hi,


Turned it into a link for you Digcolnagos so you shouldn't need to change anything your end if you don't want to.:)


dr del

Let's try this:

Click here for picture.

Yup a Prairie Kingsnake


http://www.herpnet.net/Iowa-Herpetol...d=58&Itemid=26

Thanks, all, for putting up with my rudimentary computer skills. Yes, it was found in the woods in Central Illinois. A fabulous temper, very docile, but hasn't eaten (offered a FT pinky and a live one, albeit one that looked too big. My SO has just offered pieces of hot dog). I'd love to keep it--it has gorgeous coloring and temperment--but won't hesitate to free.

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Originally Posted by digcolnagos

Thanks, all, for putting up with my rudimentary computer skills. Yes, it was found in the woods in Central Illinois. A fabulous temper, very docile, but hasn't eaten (offered a FT pinky and a live one, albeit one that looked too big. My SO has just offered pieces of hot dog). I'd love to keep it--it has gorgeous coloring and temperment--but won't hesitate to free.

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Unless you have had experience (or know someone that has) getting a Wild Caught (WC) animal to eat I would recommend you let it go. WC animals are prone to internal/external parasites and are typically very very skittish so they don't eat or settle in well. Not saying it isn't possible to do just usually a lot of work and zero room for error.

Hi,

Cute lil booger.:)

So is it legal to collect or keep where you are? (excuse my ignorance of American geography but compared to Scotland you just have so much of it.:P )

I ask because of this line;

"PROTECTED. It is illegal to kill or collect this species by law in Iowa. " in the previously linked page.



dr del

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Originally Posted by dr del

"PROTECTED. It is illegal to kill or collect this species by law in Iowa. " in the previously linked page.



dr del

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That is just from the link where I found a picture for him...he actually collected the snake in Illinois (not Iowa) :)

Correction: I didn't collect the snake, it was given to me, owing to my fondness for reptiles (it's been kept in a tank with UTH and t-stat with hides on both sides pursuant to caresheets for corns). Just want it to be known that I'm careful and responsible with animals. It is extremely beautiful, docile and tempting to keep, but at this point, we're leaning toward letting it go.

Hi,


Trust me I didn't mean to imply foul play or anything.:)

And I mentioned my lack of geographical knowledge because while I knew Illinois wasn't in Iowa or vica versa I have no idea of their respective positions or laws.

I just about know they are states but in my case so is terminal confusion. :oops:


dr del

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Originally Posted by lord jackel

Unless you have had experience (or know someone that has) getting a Wild Caught (WC) animal to eat I would recommend you let it go. WC animals are prone to internal/external parasites and are typically very very skittish so they don't eat or settle in well. Not saying it isn't possible to do just usually a lot of work and zero room for error.

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I agree on just releasing him in the woods somewhere.:)