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 I have on my recent visit to a tourist spot rescued a small snake from the villagers who were attempting to kill it. I have rescued it and kept it in a Jar in my house but I cant understand what type of snake is it and what it feeds on. I will be very helpful if any considerate reader sees the snake in this URL http://jibonerakibuki.blo... and help me identify it so proper care can be given to it.
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1.  eden32 (2787) | 8 months ago |  I'm pretty good at identifying snakes you find in the US as pets- corn snakes, rat snakes, pythons, boas etc. That is none of those, and looks like a cobra to me. Specifically what type, I couldn't guess but they're all venomous and venomous snakes are not safe to keep as pets under any circumstance. Also, wild caught snakes just don't do well in captivity usually. They often have internal and external parasites, which in the wild isn't a problem for them but in a tank will reach out of control proportions quickly. Wild-caught also often refuse to eat in captivity. I'd suggest you release the snake near where you found it, but away from the villagers who wanted to kill it.
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 knights_of_honour (260) | 8 months ago | Thanks for your effort in trying to help me. I am still looking for some concrete information on the snake. But I really want to keep it. Can you say what I may offer it to eat?? | |
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 LilyoftheThorns (3275) | 6 months ago |  Cobra's eat a lot of things...lizards, reptile eggs, birds and rodents. Although I don't think you can get feeder birds anywhere, it would be easiest to get it feeder mice. (PLEASE don't go to a petstore and buy a mouse or hamster to feed it, that's not what they are for!!! Most petstores sell frozen pinkies (baby mice/rats) to feed snakes.)
But i agree with Eden. He was a wild snake, and he may refuse to eat if he's stuck in a cage. He'll starve. Plus, he's poisonous and extremely dnagerous. Cobra's are not docile animals, they are an aggressive snake! You would really be doing yourself a favor (and the snake a favor) by releasing it!
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2.  Foxfire1875 (1105) | 8 months ago |  I can't be 100% on this as I can't find my snake book but it looks like a young king cobra. Most snakes will eat small mammals, so that would probably be a good thing to give it.
Sorry I can't be more help than this, hopefully there is an expert here to help you more.
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| knights_of_honour (260) | 8 months ago | Thanks for your effort. But not satisfied as yet. I am still waiting for more comments that might help me. can I give it cockroaches?? | |
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| knights_of_honour (260) | 8 months ago | Exactly! I was about to feed it cockroach. But will wit need additional water? I heard snakes do not need additional water. From food they derive their water needs. Correct me if I am wrong. | |
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| eden32 (2787) | 6 months ago | Snakes do not eat just about anything. I do not know of any snake that eats insects. Some will eat other snakes, frogs or lizards; but many snakes only eat warm-blooded prey- mammals or birds.
I really can't stress enough that this is probably a venomous snake & should be re-released in a safe area or turned over to animal control. It's NOT safe for a novice snake hobbiest to keep a venomous snake. | |
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| 3. rdolphingirl (192) | 7 months ago |  I would agree that it looks to be a cobra, also that its NOT a good idea to keep a wild snake (a poison one is even worse!!). While some snakes (like cornsnakes) are easy to care for, some are not. All snakes are carnivores though, meaning they eat other critters, such as mammals. Most often a captive snake is fed mice or rats. The food should be just slightly larger around then the snake is.
If you do decide to TRY to keep it, please use the internet, your local library, find other snake keepers, etc, and be careful!
Here is one site that briefly explains a little about snake care:
www.2ndchance.info/snakecare.htm
and here is a page about cobra/viper care:
www.angelfire.com/ca/Boinae/page3.html
Whatever you do, be careful with that snake!
~Rachel
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| 4. LilyoftheThorns (3275) | 6 months ago | It looks like a cobra! I might being seeing the picture wrong, but it looks like it has the cobra flaps on the side of its head. Cobra's are poisonous, deadly snakes! And this one looks like a baby! If cobra's are anything like our rattlesnakes, babies are more dangerous then adults (their venom is more poisonous). I'm not sure that is the ideal species of snake to keep as a pet. Is there anywhere near your place where you can let him back into the wild? We found a rattle snake in our garage, caught it (very carefully) and then released it by the mountains near our homes. | |
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| 5. stellaras (50) | 4 months ago |  it's an indian cobra:p
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