releasing my snake :(

[wolfpacksved]

yeah, we call it the 17 day rule in my neck of the woods. after seventeen days in captivity, it is illegal to return an animal back into the wild. why the number seventeen, i don't know, but that's the law. i can see both sides of the coin, but generally lean toward not releasing animals back into the wild due to the potential for introducing pathogens into wild populations. but who knows? There is so much man-made waste out there that reeks havoc on wildlife ....well, whatever you decide, hope it works out

[olive oil]

I say keep her.
Or find someone else to give her to

[ssssnakeluvr]

I would recommend keeping her....in some states it's illegal to release reptiles once they have been taken into captivity. she's doing well with you....so why not keep her!

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

either keep her, or find her a good home. at this point, James made a good point, she has learned not to fear humans like she would have months ago. She has become rather complacent and with her fear of large moving creatures reduced, she can fall easy prey to predators. If not that, it could very well end up in a shovel to the neck, or someone else scooping her up and taking her captive, and there's only a small chance that they will actually know how to care for her. My garter snakes would not make it a day. They see me and they move forward! It's pretty much just plain common sense not to release a prolonged-captive snake back into the wild.

[ssssnakeluvr]

there's a number of us on here that would give her a good home. losing the fear of humans is the worst thing that could happen....could very likely end up her demise in the long run.

[adamanteus]

Sayra. Keep her!

[snakems]

yeah, we call it the 17 day rule in my neck of the woods. after seventeen days in captivity, it is illegal to return an animal back into the wild. why the number seventeen, i don't know, but that's the law. i can see both sides of the coin, but generally lean toward not releasing animals back into the wild due to the potential for introducing pathogens into wild populations. but who knows? There is so much man-made waste out there that reeks havoc on wildlife ....well, whatever you decide, hope it works out

THANK YOU, for being so understanding .... others do not have quite as much tact for stating opinions/insults lol

[snakems]

there's a number of us on here that would give her a good home. losing the fear of humans is the worst thing that could happen....could very likely end up her demise in the long run.

yeah... this was my fear pretty much

[snakems]

yeah, we call it the 17 day rule in my neck of the woods. after seventeen days in captivity, it is illegal to return an animal back into the wild. why the number seventeen, i don't know, but that's the law. i can see both sides of the coin, but generally lean toward not releasing animals back into the wild due to the potential for introducing pathogens into wild populations. but who knows? There is so much man-made waste out there that reeks havoc on wildlife ....well, whatever you decide, hope it works out

lol i like your signature

[MasSalvaje]

THANK YOU, for being so understanding .... others do not have quite as much tact for stating opinions/insults lol

I am sorry if you took my statement as an insult, I did not mean it as such. I was just stating a point that no one had mentioned yet. I have no problem with you taking the snake to begin with and I am not against you keeping it or letting it go, that is all up to you and ultimately you are the one that knows best.

-Thomas