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  • From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Pond snake problem
  • Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:20:26 -0400

Popping in to comment on this thread..
A water snake would be fine in the creek, but would find its way back to your pond. Copperheads are not water snakes by nature, as they feed on the reptiles and small mammals that come to drink. I don't think relocation is the answer. As for "clearing" the pond, try a few M-80's or research electrofishing. Even that, however, is only a temporary solution and gives a false sense of security. You basically have two choices...live and let live, or kill the beast.

Bev

Lisa K.V. Perry wrote:
On 6/26/07, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:

Okay, on your priority list, is the big catfish or the swimming at
the top?


Swimming. Could perhaps recatch the catfish and keep him in an old bathtub
for a few days.

Dynamite would do more than scare them away. It is an old trick used
to harvest fish. Boom! And up float the fresh but dead fish. Ever eat
snake? Might be a way to overcome snake phobia. Eat thy enemies.
Probably best to do it right there at the edge of the pond, in case
any slithering relatives are watching.


It would kill everything in the pond, right? I don't feel good about killing
the frogs & turtles for these darn snakes. I don't even necessarily feel
that the snakes need to die, if we could relocate them to the creek. Don't
laugh.

So, does snake taste good?
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