Aqua - The
water snake (Nerodia sipedon)
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When I first
found Aqua, he was in a real predicament, He had wandered under a large flat
rock most likely to find food, and wound up in a COLD water spring that never
goes above 40 degrees. Aqua was not mobile at the time due to the cold
temperatures, and winter was approaching, this would have frozen Aqua solid and
killed him, so I brought Aqua home and warmed him up a bit. He has been a good
snake, eats well and is quite active, but Aqua will never be a "friendly" snake,
he is fine as long as we have glass between us, and flips out whenever anyone
touches him. He is comical to watch, as he sits eyeing the water bowl waiting
for fish!
Aqua is roughly the size of a small male Garter Snake at about 20
inches.
Currently Aqua resides in a nice tank with
moss
substrate and natural rock hides.
We trap
Aqua's own natural food and emulate the natural environment of the
snake,
the only
time he gets any handling is when I clean out his home. and we are both fine
with that.
