Well to start, Hello everyone. My name is Keaton. I am fairly new to the whole keeping snakes as pets. I have had some before but not for an extended period of time. I usually go out and catch a couple and keep them for a few days and let them go again, then I go catch different ones. My question is about snakes from out of state. I live in Colorado. And my family lives in Iowa. I caught some red sided garters, I don't know the scientific name I apologize. I was wondering if I caught one out there and brought here, would it suffer from any altitude sicknesses or anything like that? I know I could buy one. However, I prefer catching them. Do you guys know of any risks to my method? Also would the snake be at any risk of the Colorado environment if for some reason I had to let the little guy free? Please let me know what you think. Would I be better off just not doing it?