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Originally Posted by RZL36
Nerodia (watersnakes) eat a lot of fish, but in my experience they are not all that active. They also get pretty big, crap everywhere and bite a lot. I think some of the folks on this forum keep them and can probably give you a totally different first-hand account of nerodia keeping. This is just my opinion.
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Well..
Of course, all the snakes are different individuals, but my (not-so-big) experiences of this species (
N. fasciata) is not that bad. My snake is active in daytimes and even when she's sleeping she's laying in the middle of the terrarium, not hidden at all.
But yeah, they seem to be a bit more aggressive than most of the garters. My water snake bites only when I'm taking it off from the terrarium when there is somewhere smelling a fish. But when handling, she's very calm and not aggressive at all.