Hi Ted

I wish I'd done that. It died , as you can see here:

http://www.pbase.com/creaturekinships/garter_snake_winter

I'm quite sure it was injured though.  And I'm not quite so sure I could
have fed it goldfish....ulp. Don't happen to have any in stock either! (grin). 

thanks for the suggestion though. It's being reported to the Vermont
Amphibian and Reptile  Atlas, anyway. 

Cindy



On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:22:08 EST, Ted Levin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Cynthia,
>
>You could have kept the snake in a terrarium, warmed with a reptile heat-lamp,
>and fed it through the winter on small goldfish.
>
>It think your hunch is right that some mammal dug it out of a shallow
>hibernating site.
>
>Ted
>
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