Releasing a rehabbed snake

[Nasubi77]

You may remember a few months ago I was asking about how to take care of a water snake that I had rescued from a glue trap.

Well, he's healthy and growing and I'm sure he's well enough to live on his own. But it's winter here, so I was wondering if I should keep him until the weather warms up in the spring. This week, temps are rather nice with low in the 40's and highs in the 60's, but that's atypical of this time of year and next week it could drop to the 20's or even teens for lows.

Thanks!

PS: And do you think if I released him (whether it be now or later) and threw a baby corn in the tank, would my hubby know the difference? (He's scared of snakes and gives the snake cage a wide berth...)
LOL :mrgreen: :wink:

 

[PastorAaron]

I would wait to give him the best chance possible. If he freezes then all the work is for nothing.
God BLess,
Aaron
PS Go for it on the corn snake!!!

 

[Nasubi77]

I would wait to give him the best chance possible. If he freezes then all the work is for nothing.
God BLess,
Aaron
PS Go for it on the corn snake!!!

That's what my instinct told me... Now I gotta go find another 3 months worth of fishies. I'm down to the tiny ones, so I have to give him 5 or 6 at a time!

 

[Tiantha]

NICE! The Paster said it best. And Corns are cool!

 

[Nasubi77]

Funny, I had a dream last night that I went in the snake's room (BTW, his name is Moses). He was HUGE, and was pushing the screen off the top of his tank. I thought, Well, I better go ahead and release him or he'll be loose in the house, so I took him out in the woods. He came right back to the house. Then, I swung him around and hurled him into the woods :| and he came flying right back :shock: .
I just couldn't get rid of the bugger! I tried over and over but he was like a boomerang!

 

[Tiantha]

VIVID Imagination. LOL

My cube mates will think I'm nuts over here now.

 

[Trogdor80]

I wouldn't release one this time of year unless you are supposed to have at LEAST a week of unseasonably warm weather, just to give it plenty of time to get a burrow before next freeze.