"thistletoes" wrote
Ok - here is a "Bob" question. How did he get in your pond and now
that you have sent him to a "better place", how could another of his
kind get into your pond? You must have a connection to some waterway
or inlet.
Deb :-)

There's a slight stream running around my home, (And with the drought it's
all but dried up!), and another could easily revisit us. A house away is a
mountain stream that flows regularly, and the water is always very chilly.
(natural water tempos here are usually 45-60 tops) I'd think that would
discourage reptiles, but who knows?

If another visits, he'll eventually be captured and relocated as well. The
last time we had water snakes was like 2 years ago, so it's not a regularly
often thing.

But for now, fry and small frogs are safe, and more importantly, my wife
isn't bitching at me about it.. LOL! (Neither one of us likes snakes at all,
and we are always concerned about our cats playing with them fearlessly)
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Gareee
(Gary Tabar Jr.)

to dissuade snakes you need a Riki Tiki Tavi
... a pet mongoose. Ingrid

sorry no mongoose "The mongoose cannot legally be brought into the
United States because of its destructive habits."

but a ferret might do....

wrote:
sorry no mongoose "The mongoose cannot legally be brought into the
United States because of its destructive habits."

but a ferret might do....

Hmm. The ferrets I've been around (my family has had several as pets
over the years) would seem to encourage more snakes to come around (they
are just the right size for a good meal for many of the snakes in my
area). They (the ferrets) don't seem nearly aggressive enough to handle
a snake of more than 3' or so.


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