Good thing you had the group to go to eh? With mine I really thought it was a Garter then with the help of great people here they told me its a brown snake and that its an adult. I thought it was a juv garter LOL. I did look thru google to see what I need and have been reading. I know someone told me a 10 is good to have so I am gonna change her into that tank. DekayBrown is gonna give me some more info. The kids here they think ohh coool we caught something and then they leave it. I kept telling them the cage needs to be cleaned out or go find some food for it blah blah. If I didnt remind them it would have died. So I took claim over the snake I dont mind at all and i really am hooked on her LOL or he. I check up on her all the time and talk to her yeah im nuts LOL I do that with all my pets. Heck even the praying mantis LOL. But yes I still do would like to have a garter. I live in the city so no garters here but my bfs kids live out in the country so next weekend when they are here ill tell them to try and find a SMALL garter for me LOL