Re: I found a ball python in my yard!
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Originally Posted by AzureN1ght
My friend, Jaime had a smooth green snake--beautiful little thing. He wouldn't eat crickets for her, but she eventually got him eating worms.
She bought hers at PetCo (so I'm sure it was wild caught) and it had mite problems... it ended up dying after a mite infestation that she didn't treat in time. Again, I would caution you about parasites (both internal and external).
I've never heard of anything at Petco being wild caught, its usually the little mom and pop pet stores that have w/c.
Anyways, as far as keeping it; i think the poster should just return it to the wild and buy a C/B instead. It will save the poster and the snake some trouble.
Re: I found a ball python in my yard!
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Originally Posted by 2kdime
Dang! I'm gonna go make me some popcorn.
:popcorn: LOL! We can share!!! LOL!
I always loved a good online fight! :sabduel:
Re: I found a ball python in my yard!
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Originally Posted by Jonny2184
:popcorn: LOL! We can share!!! LOL!
I always loved a good online fight! :sabduel:
Theres not a lot of it here. heh. Well it would be interesting. :rolleye2:
IMHO, I dislike false titles like these. It really gets under my skin. :colbert: But thats just me. :mad:
Re: I found a ball python in my yard!
ME TOO krazy!! besides, if its that snake and thats where the poster is from, its a protected snake so you cant keep it anyway..
Re: I found a ball python in my yard!
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Originally Posted by AshleyB
ME TOO krazy!! besides, if its that snake and thats where the poster is from, its a protected snake so you cant keep it anyway..
Smooth greens aren't protected. It's legal to collect them but I suggest you let it go. It would be too big of a hassle in my opinion.
Re: I found a ball python in my yard!
How does this thred annoy me, let me count the ways? :taz:
1. False title, I sure wish when the mod moved it that they also had changed the title to something like, found a green snake or something like that. False titles BLOW.
2. The poster is told once again OVER AND OVER return the snake to the wild. I am soooooooo ever loving tired of this dogma that all WC snakes are bad and should never be taken in. A green snake is about as common as an anole and the care is about the same. There are umteen billion of them crawling all over the US. Sure it should not be exposed to any other snakes or herps but other that that SO WHAT. I have kept my share of WC snakes and as long as you are not a dim whit and as long as the animal is not protected so what, big deal get OVER IT already.
3. Posted in the BP section orginaly. Why, because the OP'er was afraid he would not get an answer on this board. Bud if you would have just posted the reality here in the colubrid forum in the first place most of the bashing you took would never have happened.
That said to the OP'er, if that green snake eats for you enjoy it, they are great pets and very very hard to find captive bred. They do need to eat often, gut loaded crickets are best, give climbing branches and a basking light. Keep temps on the high end about mid 80s and you will be good. A full UV light may be helpful as well. Just know this is not a snake you feed once every 7-14 days, they need to be fed like an anole or other lizard, daily.
Re: I found a ball python in my yard!
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Originally Posted by eel88
Ok, sorry i wish i did. Anyway i did find a green rat snake i believe im from Wisconsin. I'd really like to keep it i've always wanted to try my hand in something wild caught. What do i feed it it is so small. It might be able to eat a 1 day old mouse pinky, maybe. If not i have roaches for my bearded dragon should i try that. Or should i catch some wild crickets no one around me uses pesticide, i live in the country. Any suggestions?
If it's small (BTW what is it's size?) either it's a baby Green Rat Snake or a Smooth Green Snake (SGS). If it's a SGS feed it crickets and other invertabrates b/c that's what they eat in the wild. They usually don't accept mice.
