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Subject: Re: Semi Urgent Help needed with unknown snake
From: Datu Puti posted Mon, Oct 19 2009, 11:21pm 
it's a harmless Ringneck Snake. i don't think i've ever seen one more than a foot long. they actually are a decent snake to put in a terrarium because they eat insects and other small and easy to find foods, have nice coloration, and it's practically impossible to provoke one to bite (unlike some larger nonvenomous snakes, like garter snakes, which will strike in an attempt to scare you). too bad it sounds like the little guy was dead - if it was a shed skin you probably wouldn't have been able to describe the colors. i'm guessing he was looking for a warm place to hide for the winter.

here's a picture of one i took in upstate NY. i'd be happy to have these guys in my house, my toddler would want to play with them (but then he'd probably try to eat them :/ ). but we mostly just have king cobras and reticulated pythons here in the philippines :D

-dan

Subject: Re: Semi Urgent Help needed with unknown snake
From: vegetablepuddn posted Tue, Oct 20 2009, 10:06am 
thank you for the info.
i was having a hard time telling if it was skin or not, due in part to the fact that its belly looks like its open as well.

My concern was mainly that there would be more of the guys running around in my apt, and they might try to cozy up next to me in my bed lol.
Or that my cat would stumble onto the momma ( not realizing last night that the momma is probably long gone).
Subject: Re: Semi Urgent Help needed with unknown snake
From: Andromache posted Tue, Oct 20 2009, 6:38pm 
I used to keep these little guys a pets when I was small.They hang out in woodpiles and hedges,mostly.
Subject: Re: Semi Urgent Help needed with unknown snake
From: Datu Puti posted Tue, Oct 20 2009, 9:57pm 
well, you can rest easy. they don't bite, have no poison, and don't get big enough to harm even a newborn kitten. the only way it could hurt your cat is if it chokes on one lol. if there are any left in your house they've probably eaten all the creepy crawlies they could find and then fallen asleep in a crevice or underneath something and will wake up and crawl back outside in the spring. please be nice to them if you find any :)

-dan
Subject: Re: Semi Urgent Help needed with unknown snake
From: vegetablepuddn posted Wed, Oct 21 2009, 5:04pm 
lol. thanks. and dont worry ill be nice to them if i find any others.

now i can add another species to my list of animal encounters
Subject: Re: Semi Urgent Help needed with unknown snake
From: Southlander posted Wed, Oct 21 2009, 5:31pm 
I used to get them confused with DeKay's snakes as a kid they would show up now and then in our yard. Both species, and its neat finding a 4 to 6 inch long snake especially when you are a kid. It has been decades now since I have seen either.
Subject: Re: Semi Urgent Help needed with unknown snake
From: EastTxSwamp posted Thu, Oct 22 2009, 10:38am 
Sort of on topic, I have geckos living in every room of my house. I love catching glimpses of the little guys as they go about their business. For some reason my dog will kill squirrels and cats (he's just a little cairn terrier) but he leaves the lizards alone.

Swamp (who's down with the herps)
Subject: Re: Semi Urgent Help needed with unknown snake
From: nuttnutt posted Thu, Oct 22 2009, 2:05pm 
I had a gecko and they are the best are you looking to get rid of any of them??
Subject: Re: Semi Urgent Help needed with unknown snake
From: Datu Puti posted Sun, Oct 25 2009, 10:07am 
I used to find DeKay's snakes (i used to think it was 'Decay' snakes haha) pretty often at our old place when i was a kid. very similar size, habitat, and temperament, but since they're grayish to brownish with small spots it'd be hard to confuse them with Ringnecks. it think it was a DeKay's snake that i put in a terrarium once and found it full of baby snakes the next day - it might have been a garter, hard to remember stuff from that long ago. it's neat that some small snakes don't lay eggs, the just give birth to a whole bunch of tiny baby snakes. looking back at my childhood and all the creatures i used to bring back home after playing outside, i'm lucky mom made a science lesson out of it rather than having a heart attack. she was pretty understanding.
-dan


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