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Seems like I never can save enough snakes..
I was driving home when I saw a green grass snake on the road, so of course I jumped right out and grabbed it up to check it out.
It looks like a gavid snake, very lumpy towards the end vs the slender form of the rest of the body; I would have released her except for the fact that she's missing part of her tail! The end was crushed and rotted off leaving a little bony section. I've already cleaned up the tail with a bit of neosporin and have her in a small 5 gallon tank until her tail heals to be able to release her.
Well, the snake is not talking - so, I'll never know if it was a car that did the damage or a bird... My question is, what if she lays eggs while she's in the tank??
Does anyone know about incubating green grass snake eggs? I've never really dealved into the prospect of breeding snakes, and just enjoy the ones that I keep.
I remember catching these types of snakes once in awhile as a kid, and know that they usually eat insects... what about a pinky mouse? I just don't know alot about this type of snake. It seems I'm forever learning!
Any help would be appriciated.

- S.Peters

Never heard of a green grass snake in u.s. lol its a rough green snake, no grass in the name...

Okies... rough green snake.
I've decided to put a small box filled with damp spagnum moss for egg laying.
Hopefully this will save the eggs of the snake should she lay the eggs. The snake isn't looking so hot from the tail injuries.
Does anyone know how long before eggs hatch?

- S.Peters

I disagree, about the name anyway, The common name "grass snake" predates the current common name "Rough green snake". For many years they were called green grass snakes. Then people distinguished between the smooth scaled variety (Opheodrys vernalis) and the keeled (Opheodrys aestivus) and they were called smooth green grass snakes, and rough green grass snakes, which for obvious reasons became truncated to smooth or rough green snakes. Which is a moot point since a common names don't have any requirements other then "common" understanding of what they refer to. I could call them the long skinny ones and it would be just accurate as long as we all knew that meant Opheodrys aestivus.

Still its a wrong term and im 15, its not like i lived 30 years ago anyways lol...

your lack of age not with standing, it's still valid, its a common name for this snake, perhaps less popular then the one you use, but understood none the less.