If anyone remembers, I witnessed a gravid water snake fishing and eating. (she's a familiar sight back at camp, Chomper tried to catch her last summer)

She had her litter!! Saw her today (there is only one small pool of water, and it's all hers) and she has that deflated look typical of a female that just dropped her kids.

So I am walking along and wow, there is one of her babies just basking.

With this terrible drought we are experiencing, the outlook for these newborns is grim, so I made the decision that at least this one will not have to suffer, It's settling in right now, I'll offer some live minnows tomorrow.

I am still torn between just keeping it and feeding it until the water comes back, or making it a permanent resident.

So this is another first for me, I have never seen a neonate water snake in the wild that was roughly 24 hours old or less.

I'll get some pictures in a little while.

Thanks for reading my post.