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i got a call from my work there was a snake in the building, i went there and got the snake i figured it was a rat snake, but im not sure what this snake is......can any one tell from these photos? he is a small snake kind of a brownish color with a slight pattern, 3 dorsal stripes, and black flecking....

i know this is gonna sound silly but it looks alot like the garter snakes we have here in VA. is it small??

id say hes about 12 to 13 inches long

i was gonna say it looks pretty young if it still has all those black stripes. if you want to keep it...the ones around here eat crickets and anole lizards...also blue tailed skinks...but you cant really buy those...

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**********Misty**********
The more things change, the more they remain Insane!

2.1.2 bearded dragons
0.1.0 water dragon
1.3.0 leopard geckos
12.19.0 corn snakes
1.1.0 jungle corns
2.3.0 king snakes
1.0.0 royal (Ball) pythons
1.0.0 Sinaloan milk snake
0.1.0 Tri-Hybrid milk snake
0.1.0 rat snake
0.0.2 prairie ringneck snakes
0.1.0 chilean rose hair tarantula
1.1.0 emperor scorpions
1.1.0 Congo African Grey Parrots
0.1.0 German Shepherd hybrid dog

The first picture made me think brown snake but the second picture makes me posative that it is a form of garter or ribbon snake. Try putting a goldfish in its waterbowl.
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0.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1.0 Ball Python "Wilson" (Castaway)
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"
0.0.1 Mexican Black Kingsnake "Onyx"

ya, I was thinking he should offer fish as well.
Although a diest of soley fish is not the greatest. The fish oils drain a vitamin from their body.

Although garters vary to some degree, they have the general look about them. Ribbon snakes look very similar, but are generally more slender.
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**********Misty**********
The more things change, the more they remain Insane!

2.1.2 bearded dragons
0.1.0 water dragon
1.3.0 leopard geckos
12.19.0 corn snakes
1.1.0 jungle corns
2.3.0 king snakes
1.0.0 royal (Ball) pythons
1.0.0 Sinaloan milk snake
0.1.0 Tri-Hybrid milk snake
0.1.0 rat snake
0.0.2 prairie ringneck snakes
0.1.0 chilean rose hair tarantula
1.1.0 emperor scorpions
1.1.0 Congo African Grey Parrots
0.1.0 German Shepherd hybrid dog

i wouldnt feed it anything, id let it go.
but if you insist on keeping it convert it over to mice or gater grub.
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jake

my addiction:
0.0.2 normal ball pythons (lazlo and izzy)
1.0 amelenistic corn snake (zyklon)
0.1 blizzard corn (blizz)
hybrid breeders association

i didnt keep it i was just wondering what kind of snake it was, so i took photos before i set him free, i let him loose near my house.

good, wild caught snakes are really hard to acclimate to captivity and could transfer parasites and stuff to your collection and would probably end up starving anyway
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jake

my addiction:
0.0.2 normal ball pythons (lazlo and izzy)
1.0 amelenistic corn snake (zyklon)
0.1 blizzard corn (blizz)
hybrid breeders association
hybrid haven

definetly not a corn, looks like a garter
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jake

my addiction:
0.0.2 normal ball pythons (lazlo and izzy)
1.0 amelenistic corn snake (zyklon)
0.1 blizzard corn (blizz)
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That is definitely a garter snake.

Not to be more specific but it sure dose look like a young Sierra Garter Snake. I have only observed one in the wild and it was an adult, Where did you say you lived agan?
My Research and Collection

Eastern garter snake !

Its an Eastern Garter. I think Ive asked you before but where in NC are you? I live in Greensboro now but I used to live in Greenville. Later.

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1.1. balls
1.1 corns
1 everglades rat
1 w. hognose
1 bearded dragon
2.1 cats

i live in fayetteville........