I found an Albino Garden Snake

[kibakiba]

They stop at around 1.5-2 ft. They never actually stop growing, but it slows down a whole lot after that point.
She can bite and they do have teeth. It helps to be calm when you do hold her, if you're calm, she'll be more likely to be calm. Bites don't hurt all that much, they have really small teeth. It's just like sand paper.

[ProXimuS]

Remember that anything you're feeling, is going to be transferred to the animal(in this case the snake). If you're tense, they'll pick up on it. If you're hesitant, they can tell. You can't lie to an animal One important thing(and I know this sounds dumb/obvious...but..)remember to breathe. If you're nervous/tense/unsure alot of times you will start to hold your breath. Pay close attention, and keep breathing.

[kerensa]

of course she can bite you. its not dreadful, may break the skin; they sometimes do. worst I've ever gotten from one is a slight rash. But I tell ya what, if she does bite you, and you just can't deal with the possibility of it happening again, you just send that lovely lady to me and I promise she won't bite you again.

[Invisible Snake]

If she bites you, you can always bite her back lol jk

[kimbosaur]

Do you know the length she was when you found her?

[guidofatherof5]

Garter bites are as a rule nothing to worry about. Especially when we are talking about a Northwestern (T.ordinoides)
On top of that we're talking about a young snake.
Not even sure it could break the skin.
I don't recommend gloves. Your snake need to feel you and get to know you. Gloves won't let that happen.

[ConcinusMan]

Can't believe I missed this thread! I read through the whole thing and really want to thank you. You have the ONLY albino northwestern in captivity in the world!

There was another up until a month or two ago but that one escaped. That one was found late last year in Kent, WA. Two found in the same year is just unheard of. Normally one pops up about every 25 years or so.

Something's striking me as very strange. The growth you've gotten out of that snake is just unheard of for a northwestern. I've never had one grow that fast. Hmmm...

[WarriorPrincess]

Hi Kimberly, I'm not good at estimating size but she was very small not much bigger then a nightcrawler I suppose. I have lots of photos from when I found her. I will eventually post them all. I can use some items to put against the items in the little yellow lid she is crawling on in the original photos to show size comparison perhaps we can figure out that way. It was a lid from Hillshire Turkey container. I can measure the ridge in the lid. All I know was little enough that I wasn't scared. LOL!! IMG_1162.jpgIMG_1163.jpg

[WarriorPrincess]

There was another up until a month or two ago but that one escaped. That one was found late last year in Kent, WA. Two found in the same year is just unheard of. Normally one pops up about every 25 years or so.

Something's striking me as very strange. The growth you've gotten out of that snake is just unheard of for a northwestern. I've never had one grow that fast. Hmmm...

I feed Casper Canadian Night crawlers and ocasionally dip them in a little Zoo med Reptivite w/D3 just lately I've been trying to add a little chop or two of pinkie mixed with the worms but she doesn't like the way it smells or eats around the pinky bits but I know she's getting a little in her cause she has a mean appetite immediately after she sheds so she eats like a wild beast anything on her plate. LOL! I took a look at the one up in Kent Wa. would have been great to breed her with his. Too bad it got away. It had a lot of brown on it, Casper is pretty white all over except the yellow stripes. She always eats big right after a shed and then tapers off 3 1/2 weeks later so she has been shedding pretty much every month to month 1/2 I'll have to look it up on my calender I mark it every time she sheds. What do you think about breading her with a albino checker do you think the checker would over power the plain albino? Wish you lived closer so you could meet her and evaluate her in person.

[guidofatherof5]

Absolutely not. Northwesterns breed with Northwesterns and Checkereds with Checkereds.
Cross breeding like that is the worst thing you can do for both species.