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consider posting those photos and locality info. on the above (see link)site. The field herpers will love the challenge and probably tell you more than you would ever want to know about that milk snake. It is a beauty, I am so glad you sought out information and did not just kill it. It probably has "cousins" around, but they are secretive and only occassionally seen. It will eat nestling mice and rodents and lizards and maybe that is why it entered your basement area. If you still have it, be sure to not overheat it, and Yes, it would benefit from a shallow water bowl. Give it a place to hide, piece of bark or small card board box or plastic pipe, they are very shy and secretive. Turn it loose soon, so it does not lose weight, and the closer to where you found it the better. Thanks for inquiring. Vic H.

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