wild baby albino garter snake care advice

[user]

Yes it was a total NOOB mistake, I knew better. I have learned my lesson. I'm treating 'lid safety' with the same respect I've treated firearm safety.

[guidofatherof5]

Sounds good.

[user]

Picked her hide up and dropped a slug in front of her face with some tweezers and she took that really quickly. She is tiny, so cute. It looks like she will pretty close to hand feed off of slugs but she always recoils and runs away from worms lol. We got a frozen pinky today and I'm going to cut it's arms and legs off and coat them in slug tomorrow probably. We'll see how it goes.

I've been feeding her around 3 small slugs a day so far. When you hold her up to the light you can see through her and see the food blotting out the light where it's moving through her digestive tract. You can also see illumination from the light when you look through one of her eyes and out the other. Since she is albino it's super easy to see through her, it's pretty cool to see.

I read that the size of a newborn Northwestern is about 6 inches. Holding her up to a measuring tape by her tail I got a length of 6 1/4 inches. She probably was born within the last month is my just guessing.

[user]

2.61g (just ate a slug while wrapped around my finger) from 2.25g yesterday. Few more lower quality pics from earlier today.

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[guidofatherof5]

Nice. I do see a couple areas with what appears to be shed skin. This needs to be watched and using a shed box might be a good idea in case there is some retained shed or she is in shed.

[SourceAll]

Hey Steve, do you have a safe temp recommend for the shed box? Was thinking matching hot spot temps would be a good guide...

I can use a temp gun to get it just right. Wouldn't want to stress or steam any friends...

Nice. I do see a couple areas with what appears to be shed skin. This needs to be watched and using a shed box might be a good idea in case there is some retained shed or she is in shed.

[user]

Nice. I do see a couple areas with what appears to be shed skin. This needs to be watched and using a shed box might be a good idea in case there is some retained shed or she is in shed.

While looking at the pics last night I noticed that too. I saw your vid on shed boxes, I'll use the temp gun and get the water to 85f then put her in for a little like your video.

[WarriorPrincess]

WOW! Reading this thread really brought back memories. As I was putting Halloween directions up this October 23 I realized it was the day 5 years ago that I found Casper. I sure miss her. Congrats on your find and best of luck Loving her to maturity. FYI Casper being native in the NW she preferred climate temp being between 68-73. I think I'll go searching the fields around my house this weekend to see if I have any luck.

[user]

WOW! Reading this thread really brought back memories. As I was putting Halloween directions up this October 23 I realized it was the day 5 years ago that I found Casper. I sure miss her. Congrats on your find and best of luck Loving her to maturity. FYI Casper being native in the NW she preferred climate temp being between 68-73. I think I'll go searching the fields around my house this weekend to see if I have any luck.

What type of snake was Casper? Was Casper albino too, did you find it wild? That's a good idea, I didn't really know it before finding this one but garter snakes are totally awesome. I love when they stick there little head up in the air and look around.

[user]

Steve, the hemostats and scissors got here! Thank you so much for them and thanks for the penny too that was really nice of you. They work so much better than the tweezers I was using before, I appreciate it.

I've been watching her because I've been worried about a unshed skin or something, I've soaked her a few times, I think maybe one scale came loose. I notice on her stomach there is some slight creasing. I also notice little black dots, the biggest of which I got a picture of. She also has not wanted to eat for the since around midnight on Nov 3rd which wasn't that long ago.

In the center of this you can see the black dot. She has a few more smaller ones I think. I thought it may be dirt but it doesn't come off when I rub it. You can also see maybe some rough scales? Some are wounds healing but others seem to be just a little out of place? It's easier to see in pictures then with your naked eye, I wish I had a magnifying glass, maybe we can try to get one.

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This is her belly, that may be retained shed or just tension along her rib cage creating a divot
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Last thing about the penny. I used to love going to San Francisco zoo when I was a kid and LOVED getting these pennies from all the machines. I have never seen this one before. Thanks for that penny again.