I live in Central Illinois and I found this snake under a wooden sign on the ground, it is about 8 inches long.
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What kind of snake is this
timmah
May 10, 2009 10:49 AM
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lep1pic1
May 10, 2009 12:37 PM
eastern milk snake
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Archie Bottoms
TBrophy
May 10, 2009 12:40 PM
I believe that is an eastern milk snake. I grew up in central Illinois and never found one of these guys. Nice snake.
timmah
May 10, 2009 01:33 PM
Its really pretty snake, I plan on keeping him. What should i feed him? It is too small for pinky, i put small crickets in there and it was scared of them.
lep1pic1
May 10, 2009 05:39 PM
It should be able to take day old pinks.It will not eat insects A baby lizard will work
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Archie Bottoms
trolligans
May 11, 2009 03:16 PM
cut the head off of a frozen pinky before you thaw it.
the great thing about frozen meals is that you don't have to serve the whole meal. You can give him an appetizer. I've fed the tails from fuzzies to small snakes.
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timmah
May 11, 2009 10:06 PM
Well, somehow he managed to squeeze around a locked breeder cage, I don't tink ill ever find him in my 3 story house. fun times
