Hello from Jacksonville FL,

The snake was in the skimmer of my pool when I took off the lid a week ago. It just sat on the wall of the skimmer looking at me. So, I rescued the snake and made a nice home in a critter carrier for a week till today. Today, we brought a 10 gallon aquarium with a large water bowl and coconut hideaway.

I need help confirming the kind of garter snake it is. Also, it have not eaten anything for the past ten days since I caught it. Food that I try to feed it has been earthworm, frozen pinkies, live pinkies, pinkies rolled in water from a tuna fish can, and live rosey minnows.

It showed some interest in the live pinkies when it crawled over to investigate, then lost interest and crawled away. The canadian nightcralwers did not seem to interest the snake at all. Now I am trying the rosey minnows. The snake have not came up to the water bowl where they are swimming, it just been laying in between the hideaway and the bowl. So what else can I do to try to get it to eat?

I am thinking that it is a eastern garter snake but not certain. It is roughly 12 inch long and a bit skinny. Any idea on how long it can go without eating?