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I'm so excited, I can't believe it, I found a northern ringneck snake! its SO cute!! Didn't bite or musk as I figured it would, only tried to slither away. I thought they curled up their tails when threatened? It's so small, I thought they were bigger than this lil one is. Anyway I have some questions.

Is it an adult? How big do they get? What do they eat? And how should I set up an enclosure for it?

The big scales on the head are so neat. I'm still amazed I found one, I've looked for years! I found this lil one curled up under a rock this morning while herping. Anyway, on with the pics!

Here he/she is stretched out.

and here he/she is curled up next to a quarter for size comparison.

Read earlier posts for care, etc. I find them on a regular basis. where do you live? I think I know why you did not find any. If you are like me and other fellow herpers you dusualy don't find what your looking for, just something else. That is how it is with me. Good luck with it.
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Justin

You need to talk to Mike. He can give you a ton of particulars!
That is a baby. They can get up to 27". Read below and you will find lots of posts on them.

Congrats (my guess is female...by the way...)

Frank
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"The luxury of not getting involved departed with the last lifeboat Skipper..."

lol thanks for recommending me Frank.

For that baby ringneck snake, you can keep it in a 10 gallon tank or a much smaller tank like a 1 gallon or a small plastic critter keeper. Most ringnecks average around 15 inches, it varies depending on what state you caught it in. For a substrate I use soil with all my ringnecks, if you use loose soil the snake might go underneath and not come out until night(you don't want that). Baby northern ringnecks in the wild feed mainly on small worms, slugs, newborn snakes of other species, hairless caterpillars, small salamanders and sometimes salamander eggs. I keep all of my baby ringnecks on a diet of frozen thawed worms and nightcrawlers, with the occasional salamander until Northern Brown Snakes and Shorthead garters give birth, at which time I use the babies as food.

I keep my baby ringnecks eating every two days, some still eat when they are "in shed" but I'd try to leave it alone at that time.

If you plan on keeping it, make sure it has a few nice flat rocks or pieces of bark it can hide under and leave it alone for say maybe 3 days so it can get well adjusted to it's new home before you try shoving food down it's throat.
Michael

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