Advice and guidance

[i_heart_sneakie_snakes]

I caught a snake!!! She (I think it's a she) is pretty calm and not a biter. She is not spectacular color wise, but I think she is pretty. I think she is a North Western. Can I get confirmation on what kind she is?? Can she be kept with my Eastern?? She is a bit smaller. Probably because Failte is so well fed Anything that may help I appreciate Thanks.
Here she is...

[frostyftw]

Is it just me or is there no picture there?

[RedSidedSPR]

Just you.

She's pretty! Looks eastern-ish to me... I guess it could be a northwestern though.

I wouldn't put her with your other because of the parasites and god knows what kind of other stuff... But size-wise and species-wise I would be fine.

[frostyftw]

Yeah, for some reason, pictures only show up sometimes with my computer.

[RedSidedSPR]

Yeah, for some reason, pictures only show up sometimes with my computer.

Here. See if this works.

[kibakiba]

It looks too big to be a northwestern. Maybe a western terr... Uhhh... Wandering garter or something. Haha. I can't remember what we have here. How big is she?

[RedSidedSPR]

Yeeeeaah, it does look like a wandering!

And a NW.

I forgot you don't have easterns. Nevermind. It doesn't even look like one to me anymore.

[guidofatherof5]

I say it's not a Northwestern.

I'm going with T.e.vagrans(Wandering Garter Snake) I base it on those dots along the dorsal stripe.

[ConcinusMan]

I say it's not a Northwestern.

I'm going with T.e.vagrans(Wandering Garter Snake) I base it on those dots along the dorsal stripe.

I agree. Head is all wrong to be a northwestern. Definitely looks fairly typical for a WA wandering. (T. elegans vagrans)

The much larger head that is well offset from the neck, and like Steve said, the dots that sort of overlap the dorsal stripe, are a good way to tell them apart from northwesterns. Northwesterns have much smaller heads in relation to their body, and narrow snouts with sometimes a sort of "square" nose. Wanderings will have large broad heads that are more rounded.

I wouldn't keep them together. The wandering just might get irritated with the northwestern and eat it. Chances are pretty slim, but it does happen.

[kibakiba]

Yeah, the brown and yellow is common to wanderings here from what I've seen. I had a baby wandering... He looked a lot different than NW babies. Verrrry big head... He looked more like something else that isn't a snake. Haha.