Snake Charmer

After spending all afternoon in setting a surface net on my pond, I had a feelings that is not going to be easy. The snake already had two easy meal here, he is definitely coming back, I just wish he could eat some frogs rather than my fish.

This morning I walked out to have my coffee, sure enough "look who's there?", that goldfish killer snake was posing on top of my net with its head held high. Obviously he is treating this pond his home already, my fish were all frightened and hiding at the bottom, let's hope the net would make it difficult for him to hunt then he'd go somewhere to get some frogs instead!

I feel I protected the fish last night when I was sleeping, knowing that the snake could not get in unless he finds a loose edge of the net (screen enclosure). This thought was confirmed once I saw him on top of the net and the surface of the water this morning. He gained access through the rocks on the side, snakes do not walk in the middle of the road, they always walk against the wall or the edge of something. When I confronted him again with a garden clamp this morning, he quickly retreat through the side of the pond's rock, so now I know his pathway.

Internet is my research helper, after reading some 20 articles, decided I should trap the snake and remove it somewhere because he has already treat my pond as his habitat. Unlikely he is going away, if he is not going away that means my goldfish is at risk all the time. I was thinking about to buy a snake trap on the internet, just browsing through different websites, it costs $30 and the successful rate is pretty high.

Then I saw it takes almost a week to get shipped, this is taking too long, perhaps I need a person who can catch this snake alive, well I don't know who to call so I called the security office.

"I'll come over now." the security guard said.
"What do you mean by coming over now? Are you going to catch the snake by hand?" I asked.
"We have a special tool to use, we'll catch the snake at your backyard and release to the preserve area." He answered.
"Ooh! That's easy! I should have call you much earlier! I just scared the snake away for now, will definitely call you when the snake comes back again!"

Voila! Having security people around saved my life again.