Aid my...snake

[Moto_Driver]

Hello I am new in the forum, I am of Puerto Rico. I am speak Spanish sory the letter.

I am posting that I have a Thamnophis, not the complete name a photo (not mine is for de web);



My problen is that in the ''Pet Shop'' it did not inform to be aniting.Only that it fed whit a fish (comets) 1 or 2 times per week.Reading the forum I see that they feeding wiht other tings.That they are those things? Where fiding my snake.

My another prodlen is the enclosures or terarium. How is the neserary?


They can gives me ideas or pictures to give them.

[abcat1993]

Couldn't you have looked this all up BEFORE you got one? They eat frogs in the wild but shouldn't be fed them in captivity. In captivity they eat nightcrawlers, and baby mice. The enclosure for a small garter (12 inches) is 10 gallons at least, I have mine in a twenty though.

[Moto_Driver]

The name if got to me in the ''Pet Shop'' is "Garden Snake'' when encounters looks information whit this name in the web nothing so that is a common name and not a scientific name in otrer forum in spanish by chance one person wise the scientific name.But for a time I having it, like a year.

The Enclourse;Is a 13''x 8''x 6''(Large,Wide,Tall)

As it put photos whit BBC code

[Cazador]

Hi Julian,
Bienvenidos a thamnophis.com! Soy muy mal a llamarando cual especie de serpiente es cual (y hablando en Espanol para el asunto), pero yo tento. Yo penso que es un Western ribbon snake. Es possible que es un Thamnophis proximus, pero tienes mucho azul. Se comprado este serpiente en Florida o lejos de alli? Los otros miembros de este foro hay mas bien que yo a llamarando cual serpiente tiene. Fui va a preguntolos para usted. Tambien, como grande es su serpiente? La larga mas el ancho para la casa para el serpiente necessita igual la larga de del serpiente a la mas pequeno. La casa que to tiene es bien para un serpeinte que es 21" or mas pequeno.
Rick

P.S. Su serpiente es muy lindo!

I said, "Welcome to thamnophis.com." I'm very bad at naming which species of snake is which (and speaking in Spanish for that matter), but I try. I think that it's an Western ribbon snake. It's possible that it's a Thamnophis proximus, but it has a lot of blue. Did you buy the snake in Florida or far from there? The other members of this forum are much better at naming which snake you have. I'm going to ask them for you. Also, how big is your snake? The length plus the width of the snake's house needs to equal the length of the snake at the very least. The house that you have is fine for a snake that's 21" or smaller.
Rick

P.S. Your snake is very pretty!


Soooo, does anybody recognize what type of snake he has?

[GarterGuy]

Hmmmmm....from the pic, I'd have to say it's an Eastern ribbon snake, probably a Blue-striped (Thamnophis sauritus nitae). It has a dark stripe bordering the belly scales.....so it's definitely not a Western ribbon (T. proximus) and with the pale blue side stripes and dark black body..yeh, it's got to be a Blue-striped (T.s.nitae).
As far as care for this critter.......it'll naturally eat fish and amphibians, so in captivity you're mostly going to be feeding it fish. The comets they recomended to feed it are not good for it, they're just another kind of goldfish that could cause problems with thiaminase. Rosie reds or others would be a much better choice. Rick (Cazador) is king of thiaminase knowlege so I'll pop that one back to him....as well as a translation that hopefully will be better understood.

---Roy

[Cazador]

Bien trabaja, Roy. El Roy es un de los bien hombre quien sabe los serpientes muy bien. El Roy dicho que es un Eastern ribbon snake, no un Western ribbon snake. El dicho que es probablemente un blue-striped ribbon snake (Thamnophis sauritus nitae), y el dicho por que es este tipo del serpiente. El es seguro que no es un western ribbon snake, y el es seguro que es un T.s. nitae. Este serpiente quieres mucho agua, pero lo necissita una zona seco, tambien. Da el serpiente un agua bol grande, cerca 1/4 - 1/3 de la casa.

Este serpiente va a comer muchos pescas y anfibios. No da "comets" a comer, porque ellos son un otro tipo de pececito de color rojo, y hay mal para su serpiente. Rosie reds (Pimephalas promelas), trucha (Onchorhynchus mykiss) y los salmonson mas bueno para su serpiente. Dar de comer los peces 2 o 3 tiempos de semana. Buenos suerte,
Rick



Good job, Roy. Roy is one of the guys that know snakes very well. Roy said that it's an Eastern ribbon snake, not a Western ribbon snake. He said that it's probably a blue-striped ribbon snake (Thamnophis sauritus nitae), and he said why it's this kind of snake. He is certain that it's a Western ribbon snake and that it's a T.s. nitae. This snake likes a lot of water, but it also needs a dry area, too. Give the snake a large water bowl, about 1/4 to 1/3 of its home.

This snake is going to eat a lot of fish and amphibians. Don't give it "comets" to eat because they're another type of goldfish, and they are bad for your snake. Rosie reds, trout, and salmon are much better for your snake. Feed it two or three times per week. Good luck,
Rick

[Sid]

Hi Julian and welcome to the forum.

I agree with Cazador and Garterguy. Your snake looks like an Eastern Ribbon. Some of these get up to 36" long, so a 20 gallon aquarium would be recommended (enclosure 30" long by 12" deep).

In the wild their main food items are salamanders, frogs and fish. The Ribbon snakes can be taught to eat mice by first senting them with frogs or fish. After a short time the senting will not be required. A rodend diet is much healthier for your snake.

Sid

[snakeman]

Probally a eastern ribbon.Definitly not a blue stripe ribbon.blue stripes do not have a very define vetebral stripe like that one has.

[ssssnakeluvr]

looks like an eastern ribbon to me also....

[Moto_Driver]

I tink,to mi snake not a eastern ribbon snake so that the haed is diferent

The eastern ribbon head like this;



and my snake head like this;
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos...2&limit=recent
(The lines is like a eastern ribbon but the head like to the link(the two points or lines).So that?)

Sory, As I can put my images?