How to Take Care of a Garden Snake

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Part of the video series: Reptiles & Snake Identification

Summary: In order to take care of garden snakes, they should be fed fish, frogs and earthworms, and they should be set up in a typical aquarium at room temperature. Provide a water bowl that is big enough for a garden snake's food to fit into with help from an advanced certified animal control officer in this free video on garden snakes.

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By Tim Cole
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Tim Cole has been keeping reptiles for over four decades and has professional experience working with zoos and scientific field studies. Cole is the owner/proprietor of Austin Reptile...read more

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"My name is Tim Cole, I'm with the Austin Reptile Service, and I'm here to talk to you about taking care of garden snakes. Garden snakes primarily feed on fish and frogs, sometimes earthworms. So they like to be close to water. They are easy to set up in a typical aquarium, they don't require any heat source, they are usually fine at room temperature. They don't need any special lighting. Basically give them a place to hide, give them a water bowl, especially one that is big enough to put their food into if you are feeding them minnows, which is a good food source. And that's pretty much it they are pretty easy to take care of, don't require a lot. Most garden snakes don't like to be handled, they are rather squirmy. They may calm down if you work with them for a little bit. Obviously, the babies will feed on smaller fish than the larger ones. Several species of garden snakes will feed on mice, I have checker garden snakes, blackneck garden snakes, and they both feed on Bob Out frozen mice. Which is a little bit more convenient to feed than the fish and frogs. So this is how to care for a garden snake."