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 Snake at the Goldfish pond
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05/28/13 12:24 AM
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HuskerB
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This little guy has made the goldfish pond next to my back porch his new home. He is only about 8-10 inches long. I'm thinking this guy is harmless, but not sure? Either way the wife says it has to go. 
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Re: Snake at the Goldfish pond
[Re: HuskerB]
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05/28/13 12:27 AM
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Riddler72
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Looks like a Texas rat snake. Harmless
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Re: Snake at the Goldfish pond
[Re: Riddler72]
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05/28/13 12:35 AM
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Hogslayer5L
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Banded water snake. Harmless.
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Re: Snake at the Goldfish pond
[Re: Hogslayer5L]
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05/28/13 03:17 AM
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jetdad
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Since you're this close, you can tell it's not venomous from the pupils. Vipers have elliptical pupils. This guy has round pupils. If you can catch him maybe you could relocate him.
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Re: Snake at the Goldfish pond
[Re: jetdad]
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05/28/13 03:35 AM
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Enter Standman
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I don't know how harmless he is to the gold fish. I mean that, I really don't know.
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Re: Snake at the Goldfish pond
[Re: Enter Standman]
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05/28/13 05:12 AM
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Oxxon
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Re: Snake at the Goldfish pond
[Re: Hogslayer5L]
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05/28/13 12:22 PM
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SnakeWrangler
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Banded water snake. Harmless. Yup!
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: Snake at the Goldfish pond
[Re: SnakeWrangler]
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05/28/13 12:55 PM
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westtexaswatkins
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Harmless to you, deadly to a goldfish.
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Re: Snake at the Goldfish pond
[Re: westtexaswatkins]
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05/28/13 01:28 PM
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cjs0134
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happy wife happy life though. The snake should probably be moved.
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Re: Snake at the Goldfish pond
[Re: cjs0134]
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05/28/13 01:59 PM
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Pope&Young
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I hate snakes!
So I'm going to have to agree with your wife on this one!!!
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Re: Snake at the Goldfish pond
[Re: SnakeWrangler]
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05/28/13 02:04 PM
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East
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Banded water snake. Harmless. Yup!
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Re: Snake at the Goldfish pond
[Re: East]
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05/28/13 02:30 PM
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hook_n_line
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They aren't poisonous but they are agressive.
Sometimes it's hard being me! But somebody has to do it.
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Re: Snake at the Goldfish pond
[Re: HuskerB]
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05/31/13 03:48 AM
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no-guts-no-glory
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This little guy has made the goldfish pond next to my back porch his new home. He is only about 8-10 inches long. I'm thinking this guy is harmless, but not sure? Either way the wife says it has to go. I agree with the wife.
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Re: Snake at the Goldfish pond
[Re: no-guts-no-glory]
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05/31/13 04:38 AM
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Ramsey
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Big Beckett!!
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Re: Snake at the Goldfish pond
[Re: Ramsey]
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05/31/13 10:22 AM
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Varget 7-08
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He's going to love the goldfish. My brother works at a fish farm and they have a huge problem with snakes eating the fish. One 24" snake he killed had 4 fish in his belly.
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Re: Snake at the Goldfish pond
[Re: Varget 7-08]
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05/31/13 10:25 AM
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JohnRussell
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He'd be a lot less harmless with his head cut off :P
Sorry.. I do not differentiate between harmless and not, with the one exception of the snakes that kill other snakes.
Easy way to tell whether it is harmless...
Take the dead body to the vet and ask them, "was this guy harmless?"
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Hunting is easy..it's getting permission from your wife that is tough.
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Re: Snake at the Goldfish pond
[Re: JohnRussell]
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05/31/13 10:49 AM
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Hunt n Fish
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Durn things will bite, but probably won't hurt you!
They can sure make you hurt yourself when they unexpectedly show up!
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Re: Snake at the Goldfish pond
[Re: Hunt n Fish]
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05/31/13 01:15 PM
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Big Grouper
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Put on some gloves and catch him. Take him to a drain ditch somewhere and let him go. Its a banded water snake. He wants your goldfish!!! He can bite, make you mess your pants, but not poisonous. He will eat your goldfish. I used to catch these all the time when I was young. They usually don't bite but every once in a while, they will.
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Re: Snake at the Goldfish pond
[Re: Big Grouper]
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05/31/13 01:31 PM
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janie
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Re: Snake at the Goldfish pond
[Re: janie]
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05/31/13 04:24 PM
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Southtexas36
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Yep, just a broad banded water snake, it'll play hell on the goldfish.
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Re: Snake at the Goldfish pond
[Re: Southtexas36]
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06/01/13 12:45 AM
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BayouGuy
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As others have said, that little guy is a banded water snake.
Either relocate him, or use 1/2" wide electricians tape to tape a 2/0 hook to it about an inch behind the head and cast it out in the best bass water you can find.
If you can't laugh at yourself, give me a call. I'll gladly laugh at you.
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but I can't seem to get my head that far up my [censored]." Senator John Kennedy, Louisiana
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Re: Snake at the Goldfish pond
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06/01/13 02:04 AM
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Mr. Clean
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Re: Snake at the Goldfish pond
[Re: BayouGuy]
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06/01/13 02:23 AM
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As others have said, that little guy is a banded water snake.
Either relocate him, or use 1/2" wide electricians tape to tape a 2/0 hook to it about an inch behind the head and cast it out in the best bass water you can find. Lol.....I like his idea
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Re: Snake at the Goldfish pond
[Re: krmitchell]
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06/01/13 03:13 AM
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He might be harmless, but if my wife sees him, it will be a disaster, her and snakes are a major problem. Even dead ones are a problem.
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Re: Snake at the Goldfish pond
[Re: dogcatcher]
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06/05/13 01:49 PM
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HuskerB
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"Sneaky snake" was a tough sucker to catch. That little snake can move and with all the rocks around the pond he had had lots of places to hide. Finally caught him going for a swim and got em. He was relocated to a drainage pond in Frisco a safe distance from any residential area. Sorry about no updated pics but the wife wanted no part of taking pics of me capturing or holding the snake and the camera on my crapberry died.
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