My new baby

[reptile3]

Hello & Welcome!! That is great you saved the baby!! Can't wait to see pictures

[Aundrea]

Hi!! and welcome to the forum!! I cant wait to see pics

[ssssnakeluvr]

welcome to the forum!! great job saving him!!! post pics and we will id him for ya!!!!

[car24]

OK guys,

I did not have much time last night to take a good pic so sorry about the poor photography. ... I have also never posted pics so bare with me !!!Snake 3.jpg
Snake 4.jpg

[Stefan-A]

Thamnophis couchii, maybe? Or T. hammondii.

[jitami]

Cute baby! Where in Central Cal did you find it? Most of our garters seem to have a dorsal stripe... hammondii looks like it's only found along the coast from about Monterey south... which really only leaves couchii & vagrans, with couchii having the bigger range in California. Looks a little like the few couchii I found over the summer, but not exactly. I'm still learning, too, though, so looking forward to what everyone else has to say

Here's a great resource for those of us in and around California...
California Reptiles and Amphibians

[car24]

I work for a winery in Santa Ynez (Santa Barbara County), which is where i found him. It is located far east, very close to where the fires were burning about a year ago. We are on thousands of acres of privately owned land, so we see a lot of wildlife. Lots of tarantulas right now!

Thank you for your identification help. He loves the water...and after reading about his type I think I should change his cage to reflect that habitat. Thank you!

[jitami]

Looks like Stefan nailed it with hammondii
Thamnophis hammondii - Two-striped Gartersnake

It's good to give them a water dish that's big enough for them to get into, but if the environment is too wet they get blisters and scale rot... you're probably fine leaving his cage the way it is What I can see of it looks very nice in the pictures