We found her here in SE Oklahoma last November. I suppose she's actually what I've seen termed a Mexican ribbon snake, Thamnophis proximus.

Mrs. Snakels (my son named her) had been offered several foods, but lived on fish all winter. After giving birth, though, she's apparently so hungry that she ate worms as well. We have small red wigglers, so I'm hoping the young ones will eat them too. If we don't see them eating soon we're figuring it's probably best to release them around one of our ponds.

I've really found this particular snake to be an easy to handle, but a pain to feed when trying to avoid fish that are thiaminase-free. If I can get her to keep eating worms, it would be much better.