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water snakes
One of my more interesting rec.ponds
exchanges happened with Elizabeth in Louisiana. We were both on AOL so she sent me an instant message about a snake in her pond. We surfed the web trying to id it (not a cottonmouth, whew!) and then *we* decided to trap it. She put together a minnow trap, with a live goldfish (not for the faint hearted). She made sure to leave the minnow trap with some part above water and she watched it. She did catch the snake and released it to a nearby waterway. We supposed the snake did not like the experience and did not come back to repeat it. I've heard harassment works (if you have the time) and clearing out the rockwork so they don't have hidey holes. Netting works, just don't get a mad snake caught in the netting, which happens from time to time. My personal solution would be to RUN THE OTHER WAY AND DON'T STOP UNTIL YOU GET TO IRELAND. But then I have a sorry and sorted history trying to deal with a snake in our house. I did not come out of the situation with any dignity attached. kathy :-) ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. |
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wrote in message ... brevity snips I've heard harassment works (if you have the time) and clearing out the rockwork so they don't have hidey holes. ============= Removing some of the plants from around our ponds and the dense row of holly bushes against the house may be the reason we don't see as many snakes around the ponds now. But like possums and raccoons.... when you remove one another comes along and takes it's place. -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://tinyurl.com/9do58 Zone 6. USA ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
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I've heard harassment works (if you have the time) and clearing out the rockwork so they don't have hidey holes. I have snakes that live in the water. They rest their heads on the water lilies. They swim off when they see people. They seldom ever come out of the water. There is no rock work or other place to hide. We have drained this pond several times and removed all frogs, fish and snakes. For some reason they quickly come back when we refill the pond. Even fish come back. A state fish officer said that fish eggs get carried on the bodies of the frogs. A soon as the frogs get started, the snakes start coming. It is like one huge terrarium. Everything eats something else. The snakes eat each other. The overflow from our spring fed pond does flow into a creek about a half mile away. The creatures must follow the water up the hill to our pond. -- Pardon my spam deterrent; send email to 18,000 gallon (17'x 47'x 2-4') lily pond garden in Zone 6 Cheers, Steve Henning in Reading, PA USA |
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