Hello Everyone!

[gartersnake2]

Hi, my name is CC and I just (today) found a garter snake crawling in my room. I have absolutely no idea what to feed it, what environment it should be in, and how to house it. Btw, its head is only about a centimeter wide; its just a baby. Please help. Thanks!:o:confused:

[Stefan-A]

Welcome aboard.

We used to have a care sheet, but apparently the most useful thing on this forum has been lost.

[gartersnake2]

Oh. Well that sucks.

[Stefan-A]

Oh. Well that sucks.
Yes it does. I'm trying to salvage it, I'll be posting it as a .pdf in a few minutes.

[gartersnake2]

Thanks a lot :) !:D

[gartersnake2]

Oh and by the way, do you know how to tell a female from a male?

[Stefan-A]

And here we go:
http://koti.mbnet.fi/thamnoph/thamnophis_care_sheet.pdf

[gartersnake2]

My computer won't let me open it. Is there anything specific I should open it with?

[Stefan-A]

Just something that can deal with the file format.

[kibakiba]

Adobe reader, perhaps?

[chris-uk]

Welcome to the forum. The caresheet that Stefan posted should give you the essentials, anything that isn't in there you can probably find by searching the forum, or just ask and we'll do what we can to answer your questions.

To tell whether it's male or female you need to look at the shape of the tail. There's a thread here: http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/breeding/5069-sexing-pics.html that shows the difference between male and female garters, if you aren't sure about yours then post up a photo like the ones in that thread and some there's plenty of people who can offer their informed guess.

[infernalis]

http://www.thamfriends.com/mat.jpg

[gartersnake2]

okay thanks

[EasternGirl]

Hi CC...I have a garter snake named Cee Cee...Welcome to the forum!!! Pretty neat way to find a garter I must say...you just happened to stumble into having a wonderful friend...you will love having a garter! You can find all the answers you need on this forum...just read the caresheet and ask us anything...there are forum threads for every topic you can think of...we look forward to helping you.

[katach]

Welcome to the forum family! You've come to the right place. We would love to see some pictures to help you with exactly what species you have there. Also some pictures of the underside of the vent area would be helpful for telling if you have a boy or a girl.

Here is our care sheet.
Garter Snake Care Sheet - Caresheets (http://www.thamnophis.com/caresheets/index.php?title=Garter_Snake_Care_Sheet)

[tress29]

Welcome CC, I have 5 boys, and three of them are garter snakes!