Medusa is a character in Greek mythology a Gorgon or a terrifying female monster with the face of human female but with hair of living venomous snakes.
Wonder if they are garter snakes but according to wiki pedia garter snakes are nonvenomous snake yet has little venom which could not affect humans or could not kill humans.Thus garter snake can be a pet to be taken care of especially baby garter snakes which are little in size liken to a toy snakes
Garters were long thought to be nonvenomous, but recent discoveries have revealed that they do in fact produce a mild neurotoxic venom.[4] Garter snakes cannot kill humans with the small amounts of venom they produce, which is comparatively mild, and they also lack an effective means of delivering it. They do have enlarged teeth in the back of their mouth, but their gums are significantly larger.[5][6] The Duvernoy's gland of garters are posterior (to the rear) of the snake's eyes.[7] The mild venom is spread into wounds through a chewing action...Wiki Pedia
But however,garter snake is a snake so one has to be careful about petting it
But if one is interested on getting a baby garter snake to be a pet on one's house here is a useful link that will help one how to take care a garter snake : http://www.gartersnake.info/care/
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