Please help me with my garter snake!

[amcutem]

Does she look like this? It's a northwestern garter snake, with a red stripe, very awesome!

OMG. YES!

Except she's a little lighter on the brown and way smaller.

[RedSidedSPR]

Well, i guess i just identified your snake. Northwestern garter snake (thamnophis ordinoide) they stay very small compared to most snakes, and are great! They don't all look like that, most don't have the one, red stripe. I love this look though, very cool. Good find!

[amcutem]

put the ribon snake in a safe container(like a big enough tuppleware box)
spray the bottom with water(try to find a container with ridges on the inside all along the edges and fill it like a little moute (but if you cant fing one just spre the bottom with a little water and make a small puddle on one end)
make sure you dont have a giant puddle, just a bunch of droplets and a small puddle,
OH or instead of a small pudddle you can put a big (big as in dimeter not height) lid and fill it with water, but still mist the bottom of the box a little, then waking sure air holes are in the lid (not to big or your snake will slither away and be a pain in the but to find) put the box on the shelf in a dark closet, put the worm(or two) halfway in the lids puddle, then put the snake in, close the lid, then close the door. it may take a while but the snake must feel safe before eating, check on him on a basis of 6-7 hour minimum time or once a day maximum time, re spray the box swap worms ect. the snake may have allready ingested food before being found so he may not eat for days or weeks. (or put fish in a little water bowl, make sure theres aenougfh water in it to kep them alive but not to much to where he cant hear splashing)

also try dangling the food above, and infront of the snake(wear a glove/sock if you fear getting bit) and see if it gets its attention, he may strike at it, or slowly come up and take it from you. but try the first plan to break him in for a while.
*no red wrigglers
*know how many of whatever food type you put in with him.
good luck

I can not wait to try this. What kind of worm should I try and
Feed it. The earth worm or the meal worm. Also, do i have chop the earth
worm earth becuz it might a little to long for her.

[RedSidedSPR]

It's a northwestern, so they love worms and slugs. Any kind of earthworm, nightcrawler or smaller. NO RED WRIGGLERS/TROUT WORMS

[RedSidedSPR]

If you think it's too long cut it. Didn't see that and btw meal worms are a no, they aren't worms.

[guidofatherof5]

The earth worm or the meal worm. .

No meal worms. Not on their menu.

[Didymus20X6]

Are meal worms harmful to them?

[guidofatherof5]

Since they can't digest the exoskeleton I would say yes.
Could cause a blockage or possibly damage the stomach.
Just my opinion.

[RedSidedSPR]

They aren't WORMS. they are simply bugs. Meant for lizards etc that eat crickets.

[amcutem]

I've just left the fishing store and I Bought a dozen worms. Except they're not called earth worms. The cashier said they were called doo worms and they're bigger than earthworms. Will doo worms be OK?