What happened to my little garter :(

[infernalis]

The answer to the underlying question: What you described sounds like an overheated snake.

When babies (most sensative to heat) get "baked" they coil up and the bottom jaw drops. (mouth agape)

Last summer when my house got hot, I moved all the baby garters to my basement.

[XXxxXXxx]

The answer to the underlying question: What you described sounds like an overheated snake.

When babies (most sensative to heat) get "baked" they coil up and the bottom jaw drops. (mouth agape)

Last summer when my house got hot, I moved all the baby garters to my basement.

well it didn't reach even near the 100F you mentioned , I think 29c is around 85F and that is the highest it got but it did sit like that for maybe 6 hours ..

Also he was around 2.5 feet , So wasn't actually a "baby" but i don't know the actual age as i only had him about 6 months ...

But his mouth was open and he was pretty coiled up ( but not as coiled up as snakes can go)

So do you think it was the heat that killed it ?

Don't snakes usually bury under substrate if they get overheated ? He was acting normal before this morning...