question about snakes

In , on 06/23/05
at 06:19 PM, (Doug Quarnstrom) said:


What is your experience with garter and bull snakes. I presume that both
eat koi, but I also assume that there is some point at where a koi is too
big for a garter snake to kill. What about Bull snakes? Are they a
threat to big koi?

Bull snakes don't eat fish. Garter snakes might, but they generally stay
on land and eat things like slugs and worms. Ribbon snakes (related to
garters, and look similar - they're thinner, and swim better) are more
likely to enter the water and eat fish.

Do a web search on the different species you're concerned about - the
reptile sites will have more info than me.


Alan

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A snake can squeeze thro9ugh some darn small openings, and I find it
hard to belicve netting alone is going to restrict a snake fropm
getting in a typical pond.......contrary to what McKoi
says..........

I suspect you are correct. I used to catch and keep snakes. My first
attempts involved making a simple box, getting some screen, and stapling
the screen to the inside of the box hole. The snakes always escaped,
until I learned to completely pin all edges of the screen with a wood
perimeter on both sides.

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