Hi, I found a garter snake about a month ago and it was getting attacked by my neighbors cat. So I picked up the snake and kept him indoors inside an indoor cage. The cat punctured the tail but the wound healed, it has been eating about 1 pinky mouse every 7- 10 days.

But I fear that it is now too late for him (or her) to find a hibernation spot for the winter because the temp has gone down alot, and its much colder outside now then it was when I found it. For example the average daytime temp (last month) was arround 80 - 90, and the average night temp was arround 70. Now the average daytime temp is arround 50-70 and some nights it hits the 40's . (I live in centeral Massachusetts). Plus the past 4 or 5 days it has rained nearly every day.

So would it be best to keep the snake indoors for the winter or would it still have time to find a place to live for the winter if I released it back into the wild?