[QUOTE 2114591, member: 9609"]What a wonderful little creature, how have you been advised to care for it over the winter - food, warmth, water, habitat etc ?
I'm sure I came across one of these in the Cheviots (harthorpe valley) a few years back, it seemed a little bigger![/quote]
very wonderful!
a female grass snake can get to 6 ft. rare, but possible. i've seen some 4 1/2 - 5 footers. the females are bigger, males tend to top out at 3ft
it is currently in a RUB (secure plastic box) that i used for some of my other snakes when they were smaller. it has a heat mat under half of it and it's set for 30 degrees. keeping her warm will speed up her system and help the antibiotics work... it should also stop her brumating (hibernating), so should be able to feed her, if i can get her to eat. at the moment she hasn't got much in the RUB - basically paper towels and somewhere to hide (a toilet roll tube). once the stitches have disolved and the vet has checked her out again i can add more places to hide, etc.
the big problem is trying to find her in the RUB, she is so small.
not actually sure it is a female... one of the best ways to tell is the tail length... and she has no tail.
to calm down. 
