LOL! Another post about Smooth Green Snakes

[Faunaofthenorth]

Hi, im nick from northern minnesota and well many many years ago in a galaxy far far away, in northern minnesota, there were once the beautiful smooth green snakes here, but unfortunately in northern minnesota they are basically extinct at least in the north eastern part, and recently, in the last summer, i took an adventurous trip to various parts of southern minnesota for the very purpose of finding one of these specimens, but came out short. I asked around when i was in the southern parts where there are records of them being there but the only clue i could get out of anyone was that a farmer at a farmers market told me that the other day he came accross 3 or 4 smooth green snakes underneath a heybale and he said he killed them, and i was devastated. So, my question, to everyone out there, is that I WILL PAY AN ARM AND A LEG if it means getting one of these snakes, ok, i mean please someone, just catch one, where it isnt illegal, and i will pay whatever price, as long as its not like 2 arms, and 2 legs because then i would be a quadriped, lol so please i would really extremly and radically appreciate it please thanks

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

I see them very often on the farm in pennsylvania. I advise against getting a WC smooth green. For one, its probably illegal everywhere, as thy are not exactly in good standings, because if idiots like that farmer. Second, as a kid when I knew no better I kept some as pets. They would live happily in their viv and feast on insects for me, but always die within a few months. Wild caught's simply don't do well in captivity. Try going for a captive bred rought green snake. It's not illgal to own and even better, it's CB. I see specimens pop up from time to time.

[Faunaofthenorth]

hha i see well its not illegal in minnesota and well i have already kept numerous rough green snakes and well i dunno there awesome but its just i dunno its been a dream of mine is to have a smooth green snake and well ive never come accross anyone or any pet store that carries cb smooths so hmm well haha maybe ill keep dreaming i guess lol

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

if you like green snakes, why not opt for something like a red-tailed green rat snake, or one of the other many ratsnake species that are bring green?!

[Faunaofthenorth]

well thanks for your reply and concern and i appreciate it haha i have recently thought about it although i still have like a small obsession with smooth green snakes just because i was never able to even try to care for them lol well anyways ryt now there are a few top prioroties such as catching the little ******* ground squirrel that killed a bunch of garters at a huge snake den i discovered a few years back it was my favorite place ever but well i just wanna live trap him and release him a few miles down the road, i kno its natural that hes there but still i cannot help it

[KITKAT]

well thanks for your reply and concern and i appreciate it haha i have recently thought about it although i still have like a small obsession with smooth green snakes just because i was never able to even try to care for them lol well anyways ryt now there are a few top prioroties such as catching the little ******* ground squirrel that killed a bunch of garters at a huge snake den i discovered a few years back it was my favorite place ever but well i just wanna live trap him and release him a few miles down the road, i kno its natural that hes there but still i cannot help it

Long long ago, in a galaxy far far away, I purchased three WC smooth green snakes... a trio. They were shipped from Connecticut, I believe. On arrival, I opened the package to find that one of the females was gravid, and the other was not, because the package was full of eggs... eggs that did not hatch, probably due to the shaking around that occurred during shipping.

I put all three snakes in an aquarium that was tall and vertical in space... hung fake ivy from the cover, put in a climbing branch or two, etc. Created a nice arboreal type viv.

They loved the ivy and hung in it alot.

They refused to come down and eat the crickets, waxworms, and other insects I offered. They required that I mist the ivy so they could drink... a water dish was a foreign concept to them, apparently.

I had some luck getting them to eat snowy tree crickets, but one cannot capture enough of these to feed a snake!

Next, the other girl laid her eggs... all dozen of them... but not in the nesting box I had provided with loose soil in it - instead, she laid them IN THE WATER DISH! They were probably in the water for hours before I found them, and they had obviously drowned. I tried anyway, but no go.

Next, the male died. No obvious reason... just found dead on the floor of the viv.

Not wanting to kill the remaining female, and knowing these snakes can be found a couple of hours drive from me, I broke the usual protocol and released the remaining female, facing the obvious that I was not able to feed them adequately, especially in the spring and fall.

[charles parenteau]

Smooth green are insectivorous they love spiders and crikets but in captivity they don't eat at all,I talk about adult specimen.For many reasons its not a good pet. I think its over 95/100 chance to die.
Try to find one take as many pictures as you want then released it.ITs been a while since my last one,caught less than 1 kilometer from my appartement.I tried to find new mention for the Atlas of reptiles du Quebec,for SOciété d'histoire naturelle de la vallée du Saint -Laurent.I
FOund few new spot.

[Faunaofthenorth]

i heard ur pretty much an enthusiast in the thamnophis genus so whats your favorite when it comes to the garters or other natricinae species i saw your red necks they looked beautiful

[TwistidMutations]

you still looking for a rough green?

[Faunaofthenorth]

hmm not anymore srry im just looking for a smooth but its like impossible hmm lol oh well ill be fine although i do love rough greens though