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last week i found a small brown snake wondering in the road while walking in a friends neighborhood...
i picked it up(i have a bad habit). My first assumption was that this was a brown snake, but further investigation said i was wrong.

I usually do not keep wild snakes(with the exception of a Texas Rat), but i have held on to wild snakes including Checkered Garter, Speckled Racer(would not eat), and numerous Texas Ratsnakes. I have an knack for native Texas snakes...
This little beast is awesome! He does this thing where he straightens his tail out and points it in the air. He is soo fast! Well i left him at my buddy's house for a few days and when i got him back i figured he needed to eat. I read online that they eat lizards, toads, and insects. I tossed in some grasshopers and one cricket. These INSECTS went untouched for three days so i let them go. Now tonite i went gecko hunting and came out successful! Two very small gecko no longer than an inch.

Wish me luck guys! If it does not eat by thursday I'm turning him loose. By the way i have no clue if it is a western or eastern, i will attempt to post picture.

Dark transverse bars on the nape (the first one right behind the parietals): Eastern.
No such bars: Western.
The location of capture could also be determining. According to field guides, both subspecies share TX approximately as follows: flagellum in the Eastern quarter of the State, elsewhere testaceus. It of course might be an intergrade.
Should you keep it, I hope you get much pleasure from you new captive.

Regards,

Benjamin.

this is a Eastern. and he ate those two geckos sometime early this morning, after i turned his heatpad on. I noticed a change in behavior when i went looking through his cage for his food. Very aggresive, i believe he is still in feed mode. How often should i feed this guy? I read last nite they have high metabolisms. Well i belive i'm going to keep him if he continues to eat and a steady supply of geckos are available.
DO NOT WASTE TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME FEEDING INSECTS TO YOUR BABY COACHWHIP.

Here is a picture of a baby coachwhip. Does it look like the picture? Hatchlings are very hard to get feeding but youngsters that have had a meal are voratious feeders. Good Job.

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"Life without risk is to merely exist."

yes this looks similar, my snake is more brown.

I'm going to do this like everyone else...

Owner of:
1 Western Hognose(porky)
1 Texas Ratsnake
and 1 Eastern Coachwhip

What state do you live in I am interested in what locality your coachwhip is.
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"Life without risk is to merely exist."

Central Texas.