It sais this is a garter snake forum but I was directed to this entire site from google researching Dekay's Brown Snakes and saw a very informative post...so I'm not sure if this is the place to post about that or not, but if not let me know and I apologize!

Anyway..My name is Jessica and today I found a dekay's brown snake about 6 inches long in my backyard garden and I'm pretty excited about it as I've wanted a snake for a while. Not sure about the gender but I've been just saying "him" so his name is Zef and I was just wondering if anybody had any tips or anything? I have him set up in a decent sized tank with a decent sized water bowl, filled about 2-3 inches with the damp soil I found him in, with some rocks and a toilet paper roll lightly submerged in said soil for him to hide in. There's a couple teeny garden worms, a tiny beetle, and a snail in his soil but I can't seem them with a naked eye, though I DID put them in there. He seems to be very friendly and is getting used to me holding him at a fair rate.

I read they love worms and snails, any kind of specific worm? Also read that you can buy "can o' snails"..never heard of it, but is this true and where could I find such a thing? I live in Texas for a referance as to where I am.

Thank you for any kind of help!